An Exp~fition of the cpijUe S'~ fining at the King's Table, in I Sam. oo. 2 5· where it is Gid, that Sa 11 ! fate Up· ,,.. ll. on a Seat b)' the Wall, and there was roo:n for all the Nobles · there \Vas 7 • ~.-~-,._, . K' ' fid cl D 'd' 1 ' J 0114 tban and ,A~me,- hue by .the L mg s I c, an. tlVr s pace was empty, it was re~ fcrved for hm1; ""d f:nth the 24th ve&, Hey jdte dowJJ to e<~t i\1eat. And fo e have interpreted that in Caul. I. I 2. While the King jittet/J at /J# Table; the w:::d in the Ori~inal is, JVhle he _(itm/; at /J# round Table, becaufe he cloth not fit alone, as0mtl d',J not,_ but he hltb Seats for alllus Nobles round about him, as the manntr of t,Jc ancient Kmg< was, that thole whom they would honour fate at Table with them; fo D>~vid offered Barzillai that Honour and Plcafure to fit at tlie King's Table. The meaning of all is this, that they lliall enjoy all the Pk •tfurcs th;,t Heaven aff,yds; for by fittmg at a Fcafl:, becaufe it ,is that which Men ufually phtce Happincls in, is that meant. Therefore in lfa. 2 5· 6. the Plea– lures after the Refit.rrcction arc exprcls'd by a Feafl of fot thi11gs, and of Wine on tbe LeeJ: And tt IS clear, he fpcaks of the State after the-Refurrection; for the Apof!le in I Cor. I 5· 55· quoteth the words in Ifo. 25. of Death being Iwallow– ed up in ViCtory.. Hence the Poets let forth the Pleafures of Heaven by Nelfar and Ambr~(l", wluch was but an tmttauon of the Jewtlli and Scripture-Language. The fame our Saviour Chrifi ufeth in the New Tefiament, in Mat. 26. 29. upon occafion of the Socrament, where they all fate, ?nd he had given them his Flelli to car, and his lllood to drink, and given it them under theBlood ofthe Grape, fa.th h<', I rod/ 11M l.•wceforth drmk_of thH Fnut ef the Vme, ttU I drin4 it new with you i11 my Father's lCiHgdom. Chrift being now to part with hi• Fellows and Companions, which had now eaten and drunk with him, he fpeaks after the manner ofMen, ofthe next happy and joyful Meeting they lliould have: r mufl: ;un with you now~ f.1ith he, and mufl: drink no more ofthis Blood of the Grape, but we will feafl: it 111 anotlter manner when we meet next, we will drink new Wine in my Father's Kingdom, ( jufl: the Language of the Old Tefl:~ment); and he calls it new Wine, not that there is any fuch thing in Heaven, for the Phrafe implies that it was onother thing he meant, it was Fulnels of Pleafures at God's right hand, Rivers of Plealures, of which they were to drink for evermore. He c.llls it new Wine, bccaufe it was Wine of another kind. The Jews always cal– led what was mort excellent, new ; and therefore when they would exprels the heavenly and fpiritual ] erufolent, as different from the material upon Earth, they called it the new ]emfo!em: So faith he, mw Wim, implying it was ano· thcr kind of Wine. And therefore we need not have recourfe for the interpre· ring of that place, to his drinking with his Difciples after his Refurrection; for it is clearly meant of his drinking with them in Heaven, after he bath delivered up the Kingdom to God the Father ; for we lliall fit in Heaven then, and enjoy this new Wine, which is the Holy-Ghoft filling us with the Godhead, that is, filling us with Plealures and Bleffednels that is in God himfel£ ·Here then is one thing that fitting in heavenly places cloth imply, it is enjoying the Ctmc Pleafure and Happinels that our Lord and Saviour Chrifl: himfelf dofh. My Brethren, you know that God cloth fometimes make his Children Partakers of Heaven here, filleth them with Joy unfpeakable and glorious, which indeed is but a tafte of that Glory which is to come ; it is an having us into the Wine– C\:ll.tr, and giving us fomewhat of what we lliall have hereafter; it is called in th~ Revelations, a coming to us to Cup with us. Now alas ! what is all the Joy you have here ? lt is but a Crum from tlie King's Table, a Bit from off a Difh, in cbmparifon of what we lliall have in Heaven. I allege all thi•, to open the Phralc, fit ting, as implying the Pleafures of that Kingdom: He hath 11Jade "' jit togetbt~· in l.•ern:mly placet. · Secondly; It implies not fitting only, as at a Table, but it i~portsalfo th<) Honour and the Power of that Kingdom ; that we are all Fellow-Nobles witli ]tfus Chrilt, and fit alfo a's Judges upon Thrones. This you have in L,kgn. 30. 'r01J flu// fit upon Thrones, j11dging the twelve Tribes of lfrael : And, 'l(_ev. 3· I rvi/J ar,mt I Icem to {lt upon my Throne. And therefore, you know, the Mother of ZeJ.,c~/ee's Children knowin~ that Chrifl:'s Kingdom would be the highefl: King– dom that "''er was: fhe asked, that ot'Je of her Sons might lit at the right hand, and the other on the left, in his Kingdom, to be Partakers of that Honour and Power
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