to the EPHE S ! AN S. My Brethren do but think with your felve~ now, what Heaven mu!i needs be~ when a man's Soul lhall poffefs God as his ]~JberJtti11Ce. , An Inheritance, you~ know, is a thing for a man to ufe freely, and to be onesto the uttermo!i for Ius comfort; you lhall have God, and all hts Attnbutes fet beforey ou : Lo there is .Jour !~theritauce. Pfal. 16. ~: Thou art the lot of mztJe J,zber~ta11ce; at thy rigbt band tberr are f!lttl{tlrei for evermore. A man bath God fet before lum, improve him, be as happy as he can make you. I have wondered atthofe exJ>reiiions in the Scripture,.Rom. I~· 7' .we are faid to be rictived to tbe Glory of God. i Theff. 2.. 1:i.. we are faid to be called to hi< Kingdom, rmd to his Glory. Revel. 21.1 r. the City is faid .tohave the Gto1yof God, matenally God's Glory IS the Glory of the Samts, It ts not the Glo– ry of Creatures, or created Glory, it is the Glory of God that makes them hap· PY· And Verf. a . 23. it is faid there that The City had 110 11eed of the Sttn nei– thrr of tht Moon tojhi11e i11 it, for it is enlightned by God, The Glory of God did mtigbtm it, andtht Lamb, faith he, is the L1mp thereof, fo the Word figni– /ieth, they lhall need no other happinefs butto have God to be all 1h all, he is their Happinefs, it i' the lnberitance of him. And let me yet fun her exprefs this out of the place iall tnehtioncd. The Original here in the Text, when the Apol\le faith it is The Ricbes of tbe Glory of his Inheritance, is "T";;f~J!f u..l!t;vr,ur«.s- i u71i': he meaneth God the Father, or God the Son; I think God the Father, I will givc.you my R.eafon why; becaufe he prayeth to God as the Fatber of Glory that he would open their eyes to fee what is the Ricbes of his illheritance. Now mark the Expreiiion there in thar, Rw.21.23· he faith,God istht!ight of it, but The Lamb,he faith, is the tamp of it, and in Rev.u8. you lhall find him called tpe Morning Star; Chril\ is but the Lamp, he is but the Morning Star. Who is the chiefelt happihefs iri Heaven now? God, A happinefs beyond what Jefus Chril£.as God-matJ affordtth, he i• butthe Lamp, but the Mornit(g Star, Godis att i11 ali, whm be hatb g1vt11 :~p tbt Ki11gdom to his Father, It is his inheritance, it is not the inheriting of Cbri!i only, as poffeiiing him. · · I will convince you by this. Who is 'it that makes Chrill as God-manhappy? It is God, it is God immediately partic;pated, God is Ali ill A/J to the Lord Chrift: Now he that is ~he hapinefs of Chri!i, lhall immediatly be.our happinefs too; for Jejus Clmf1bath recei..,edzu to the Glory of God, that ts the expreiii– on, Rom. i5·7· in.totheGlorythat himfelfhath. So that how there is abun– dance in this, that it is, the inheritanceof him, of the F111ber of Glory, what is The ~iches of the Glory of the inheritanct in him, fo the Word will likewife fig– nifie, I will give you but one meaning more, my Brethren, and l take it, it is the mol\ proper here, and it is as great as any of the former, and it is this; What id the richrs of the Glory of his inb.rita11ce in the Saill/s. The meaning is this, That the Glory that the Saints lhall have, God reckoneth it tobe his l11he· ritance, His !t~heritance, faith he, ill the Saints. The meaning is plain– ly th1s, That that Olory that lhall arife to God, whlch he lhall for ever live up– on, as upon his lnberita11ce, lhall arife out of theirs; itis not faid to be their lit· heritance, but his lnberita11ce in them. My Brethren, there is much in this,not only are the People of God called God's Inberitance, but the Glory of the ~eol'le of God in Heaven is called God's lnbe:ritallce too. In 2 Theff. r. to. it IS fa1d that He fbali come to beglorifiulilt bis Saiuts,, a11dadmired i>t alithat bt– lieve; Mark his expreiiion, the Saints lhall be glorified, but how ? fo as Jefus lhallbe adC!)ired in them and glorified in them: And Rom. 9· 23. what if God •;;.u/Jtng. ( fatth he) to make known the richts of his G_loryolltbe ve{ftts of' Mer– cy, wb1:h be had afore prepared 11!1to Glory? Bnngnig veffels of Mercy unto Glory, ts but to make .know~ the I;?.iches of bis Glory; his Glory lhall arifc out of thetrs, therefore 1t IS fa1d r.o be His !t~heritanct in tbt Stiillfs• . N n :i. Now
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