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what,
6leff
ednejfe
there
is
fn
ering
fer
righteonfneffe,
Fifthly,
And then,
That
you have
in the
Text
;
For theirs
is
tke
kingdoaneof
heaven.
That
is,
Fir[f,.1he
blelfìng
of
theGofpel,
that's
upon
then
here,
and
the
kingdome
of Glory
in heaven is
theirs. This
kingdom, hath
there
three
things
init.
---
Firff
,
The
bleffng
of the
Gofpel
is
theirs,
in
an
eminent
fpeciall
manner
á
For
that's
call'd the kingdome
of
heaven
But
that
I
opened at
large unto,
you in
the
firff
Beatitude;-
Bleffell
are
the
poor
in
fpirit,
for theirs
is
the
k
nsdome
of
heaven;'-
Now
as
that's
promised
to the
pore:
infpi.r
t;
io
here to thole
that
fnnf
er
perfecution
They
[hail have
the
Righteotrfneífe
of
that
kingdome,T
he-
kingdome.
of
God, is
Righteo
fneffe
and
Peace
otnd
joy.; all
the
good and
bleflîng
of.
the
Gofpel,
in
all
the
Ad
mindfrations
of
Jeffus
Chrift
intheGofpel,
they
¡hall
be
par_.
takers
of
it
in
a
molt eminent
manner
;
that's the
tirff.
But
then,
Secondly,
the
kingdome
of
heaven;
that
is,
what
part of the
kingdome
that
Chrift ihall
have
before the time
when he
gives
up
the
kingdome
to
the
Father,
they
(hall
be
fure
to
have an eminent [hare
in
that
blef ing
:
Now to
me
there
is
nothing more
cleere
in Scripture then.
his,
That
there
is
a
kingdome
that
Chrifl
is
ro
have
before
his
giving up the
kingdome to
the
Father ;
For
fo
!peaking
ofthe
laft
day,
r Cor:
5
.
It's
faid, that then Chrift
fhallg
vessp
thel
ngdome
pinto
the,
Father,
and
God
Jhall
be
all
in all. But
now
the Scripture
fpeaks
ofthe
kingdome
of
Chrift,as
it
[hall
be
here,
as
a
promife
unto
the
Saints
before
that
of
the
kingdome
of the Father.
Rev:
3,
v.
Ta.hir
that
overcometh,
that
is, notwithf}anding
all his
fufferings, will
I
grant
to
fit
with
me in my
Throne,
even
as
I
alfa:
overcame,
and am
fee
donne with
my
Father in
his Throne.
Ob-
ferve this
Scripture,
1
his
plainly thews that
at
that time there
was
a
Throne of Chrifl,
that.
the
Saints
should
lit
on
after their
overcoming.
Now
-for
the
Throne
of
Chrift,
as
he
rules
all
the
world,
and
in his
Church
by
the Scepter
of
his
Word
and Spi-
rit,-
certainly
that
Throne
of
Ch ill
they were in
at
that
time
when
Chrifl
fpake
to
them
:
But
now
he
fpeaks
of another
time,
as
'a
Reward
of
all
their
fufferings and
overcoming,
in
tint
time they ii:ould
fit upon his
Throne,
as
he
fits upon
his
Fa-