37o Chap.' o. AnExpofttion upon the Bookof J 0B. Vcrf.r 9 God is, Heaven is, yet there is more in Heaven, then is com- mon to all places, That's Heaven properly, where the glory ofGod [hives moll, and where there is the fpecial revealings of his honour and power therefore it is called, The habita- tion of his holinefs,, andof his glory, (Ifa. 63, ii.) Heaven is (as we may fpaak) the pZce ofGob glorious refidence : This Heaven is not every where, for though God be every where, yet he doth,not manifeft himfelf equally every where, God hath built Heaven (as that great Monarch, Dan.4.:3.) fpake boaflingly of Babylon, for thehoufe ofhis Kingdom, andfor the WI I a nr:ura hon6ur of his Majefly. _A meer Naturalifl hath told us, That infuam fuijfe this principle is flatnpt upon the nature ofman , that God in ea'lo nem De- hath his dwelling place on high, or in Heaven. Heaven is fo m n aboate (Tait proper to God, that God is often (by a Metonimy) called Ariflotles. Heaven in the holy Scriptures. Thy Kingdom (faith Daniel lib. T. de to Nebuchadnezzar, (Dan.q ,26.) (ball before unto thee, after Anima cap, 3 that thouJhalt have. known, tbat;the Heavens do rule; that is, When thou (halt be humbled and brought to this acknow- ledgement that the God whole Throne and dwelling place is in Heaven, fits alfo upon all earthly Thrones, and is King in .a11 the KingdomesofMen. Chrifl puts the Queflion to the Jews (Msttb.21. 25.) 7he BajetiJme ofyohn, Whence ;vas it , from Heaven, or of Men ? that is, Was it fromGod, or from Men? Was it a humane invention, or aDivine Infiitution ? The,prodigal Son cryes out, Father 1 havefinned aping:Hea- ven , and in thyfight : that is, Both againfl my earthly, and heavenly Father. Some, becaufe there and the like Scriptures call :GadHeaven; and becaufe it is laid after the refurredion (when all the Saints fhallbe gathered into Heaven) That God !ball be allin:al'l ;: upon theft miffakes, I fay; they have run intoethar grafserror, That : Heaven. is God, :But when the Scripture calls Heaven the habitation ofGod, the Throne of God, the CityofGod; the buildingof God, an houfe not made with hands; it cannot be but a perverting of Scripture and a throwing up of reafon, to call it God, or to fay' that God and Heaven are the fame. 'Nor loth it all follow, that God+is Heaven:, becaufe GodJball be all inalitdus nHeaven. Paul was not teaching the Corinthians there what Heaven is, but wherein the happinefsofthe Saints (hall confifi;when they fi alialLbe.called up to Heaven, after the general refurl'edion from.
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