The meek..Thal! inherit the earth. 191 comforts of this world, it'is given them, but they doe ñot iii herit ; They have not that right to the things of this earth as they are Co-Heirs with jefus Chrill : -- Now this is a bleifed . thing to have all our right reftored in Chrift,even in the things. of this earth, and to have it upon filch a tenure ; Certainly this love of God comes from the fame fountaine from whence. jefus Chrill himfelf r came, though the things that are en;oyed are but outward in themfelves : Thofe that have the care of Gods the fatherly care ofGod upon them here in this world to . fupply their wants, to helpe them in all their necellities, that have the influences of the love of God let out into. them through all the comforts of the creature,that they can fee Gods love in them;and that have all things here in this earth fane`Iify -_ ed unto them for the furtherance of their eternal good : Bleff ed are they for they (hall inherit the earth. And there are fome things elfe that we find in Scripture, that Chrift intends to his Saints here upon the earth, for the Scripture tells us there shall be New heavens and new earth,not onely new heavens, but new earth wherein dwelt rtrhte nf,:eff e ; And fo thisblefiedneife may be fulfilled at that day, when the . new earth !hall be, and in the 5 Rev. i o. ver: Akd haft made Its unto our God Kings and Priefts,and we (hall reign on the earth: Ile not meddle with that matter of controverfie about this, but take the words ofScripture as they lie,there is ceminly a reig- ning of the Saints upon the earth force way or other, for the Scripture holds it out in fo many words, it is fo Why then thofe that are meeke ones, they than have a great ihare in this reigning with Chrifl, even upon the earth. (, But why meek ones rather then others? Why all Gods people (hall have one inheritance'here in this world, It is faid of Abraham in the ,q. Rom: that he was the Heine of the ivorld, and fo all the feed ofAbraham doth inherit Abrahams inheritance, and every one of them isan heire of the world here, as well as of Heaven ;But why the meekones? Surely there is a fpeciàll connexion between this promïfe of in.! heriting the earth, and meeknefle : --that Ile thew you in di vers particulars, As . Firl
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