to the EPHESIANS. as I !hewed you out of I Cor. r 5· Now when he bath put fuch Endowments ~'\.../i upon the Body' at the R.efurrellion, then he placeth them in the midfl: of that Scr. XVII. Glory, and thofc Pleafures which ChriO: is in; and look what Seats of Glory he ~ runs through, they {hall run through too, and be Partakers of. In a word it is thus: JdtJs ChriO: is the King of the other World; and you all fhall be Nobles of that World, of that Kingdom, and fit together with him; even as it is !aid of 'jn;7JIIa the High-Prieft, inZech. 3· 8. Thou, and thy FeUowJ th•tfit before thee: For fo indeed in the great Sanhedrim, in the Meetings ofthe High-Prieft, and the other Priefts, they fate in a Ring, and fo they fate all before him, but yet they line all with him. This is a Type, and was a Type of Jefus Chri{t' and his Fel– lows, as they are called in "Pjal. _45· and that in refpeCl: of Glory, they being Partakers of the fame Kmgdom With h1m. And m that place ofZechary, he faith, that thefe Men •that Gte before 'Joflma the High-Prieft, were Men of Wonder, or 1"\IIen of Sigm, as I fhall fhew you by and by; the \vord is taken for being Types and Signs,as for being Men wondred at,tho ourTranOation feems rather to incline that way : but I fay, it holds forth as well the other ; for 'joj/Juah, and all thofe Priefls that C1te before him, were all but Types of our great High-Prieft that fits in Heaven, and of all that fit there with him. As it was thus typified out in the Old Teftament, fo you fhall find in the Evan'. gelifts, that when \he Kingdom of Heaven is fpoken of, ftill this expreffion of fitting is'mentioned : So that fitting in heavmly "Piacu, is to be Partakers, as 'Nobles, together with Chrift, of all the Honour, Glory, and Pleafure, that that Kingdom affords. In &at. 20.2 I. you have the expreffion, Grant that theft my two Som may fit, theone on tbjright hmd, and the other on thy left, in thy Kingdom. Chril'c doth not deny there, but that there is fuch fittings, and fuch advancement in his Kingdom, but only it belonged to fome body elfe than to thefe two. I quote the_place, only to fhew you th~t the Phrafeoffitting is there., You have it likewife in Mat. 18. 1 r. Many j/1aU come from the Eaft and Weft, fronJ all ff<!!arterJ of the World, and j/Ja/1 fit down with Abraham, and with Ifaac, and with Jacob, in the Kingdom of Heaven, So that it is a fitting, as Kings and Nobles, rogether with Chrift in the Kingdom of Heaven. So in Lu~ 22. 29. I appoint unto yo~e'a Kingdom, aJ my Father bath appointed unto me; and what follows? :n,,. fbaU {it on Thronu, judging the twelve Tribu of Ifrael. And to gi.ve y.ou one place more.for it,that fuiteth this Phrafe, (for that is it I am to open,) Rev.3.2 r. Io him that overconteth u>iU I gr4nt to {it with me in IJJ} Throne, even a1 I alfo overcame, and am jet dow1t with 111)' Father inhi.r Throne. So as indeed, lilY Brethren, it is all one to be" Partakers of that Kingdom Jefus Chrift is advanced unto, to be Heirs; and to be Co-heirs with him. Now if you would know·mol-e par'ticularly, what this Phrafe [jittit1g J dotli im~ly ; you fee it implieS a Kingdom, and in that Kingdom it implies thefe things;: Firfi; It implies the Pleafures of that Kingdom. My Brethren, heavenly things are ufually exprefs·~ to us by .~arthly, as you fee this Phrafe of fitting is from Mljt'!s uCed up-on'Earth.' Now it is familiar 'in the Old Teftament, and in the-New,• that'foltows the Language of the Old, to exprefs the Pleafures ofHea– ven by' fitti~g :it ~T~b!e1 to banqueF, it with the great King that maketh. tl!at Feaft. . So tn that ·Lu~ 2~.29. That you may eat and drin/;_ at my Table, m my lCiNgllorn. And in Mdt.'8. 1 t'. when Chrift would exprefs the Pleafures of Heaven in the Language of the Old Teftament, he faith, They fbaU fit duwn with Abraham, and with Ifaac, and with lac9b ; as being the chief Guefts that were koo\vn ih the Old Teftament. Therefore Heaven is called Abraham's Bofom : For as when ·Chrift'fa\e at Meat, 'John, ')Vho was the chief Gueft, leaned upori his>Breaft;·'or'lay'ih h'is'Bofom ;· fo the Pleafures of Heaven arc fet forth by aa alltJ.Iion to tqat Cuftcim which was then amongft the Jews, ( for the fafhion was, wllen Chrl!t was'upot\ the Earth, to lit at Meat in a leaning way, and the Cuftom of-the Roma~J'made' it !Dore genedl.aniong the 'jew1,) altho indeed the more ancient 'CuMm was' fitting, as appears in Gen. 43· 33· where it is faid, that Jofepl/s Bretllren fute befOre hirltat Meht. And you fhall fee the manner oftheir * Ff 2 fitting
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