Ge1pel=eonverfaeiou. Did they know that the Saints were not only Heirs, but Co-. heirs with Jefus Chrifi ? Thefe things are known only in the Gofpel, the glorious reward of theSaints. Did they in the time of the Law, know that thefe bodies of ours fhoutd be made more glorious than the Sun in the firma- ment ? This the Gofpel tels us, that thefe lumpsof clay which we carry now about with us,fhall be one day more glorious than the Sun (pining in his (Are. Did they know that our bodies íhould bemade like to the glo- rious Body of Jefus Chrifi ? That it isfol n in rweaknefs, but it is raifed inpower ; form indifhonor, but railed in glory ; forma natu- ral body ,butfhould rife a fpiritual body ; andform in corruption, and fhouldbe raild in incorruption ? Cereainly thefe things were very little known to the forefathers ( ifknown at all.) Now thefe things were the great Counfeísof God, that were kept hid from all eternity, only the Lord did referve the difco- very thereof tothe coming ofhis Son, that was the time for ope- ning of Heaven, Heaven was (hut, and there was little feen of the glory thereof till Chriul was incarnate in the fefh, the Lord. (I fay) referved1 the opening of thegates of Heaven, and the (hewing of theglfotyof it to the Saints till the coming of Jefus Chrift. Chri(tnow tellsus ofmanfions that He is gone before to: prepare for us, and when our earthly Tabernacle is diffolved, we have a bui.l'ing, not made with hands, but eternal in the Heavens. Oh nowmy Brethren, howought we to live ? It's the argument of the Apoftle when he!peaks but of the great charge in the Church here (fpeaking of new Heavens and a newEarth) it's meant of the (late ofthe Church that it (hall be in even here, and faith he, what manner ofperfons ought we ro be in alt holinffr .rndgodly converfittson ? But then whenwe hear of the highe.... Heavens, dtbraloamshofotn, the Paradife, the Saints fhall be -1,i- vingwith Chaff, wraps up to che third Heavens (as the Apoltle was,:.) Oh what manner ofperfons ought we to be in all godli- nefs, and holy Converfation ? Now ifyou fhould ask me, what Converfation is becoming theGape ? rwould tell you, that which we have in the third Chap. of this Epiffle ; For onr Converration is in Heaven. Upon what ground is it ? fromwhencealto we lookfor the Sav;or,the Loral III
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