*fives to long for Chrifis conznring. a47 ven was to the Captaines which came up againft Eliah, what the burning furnace was to them that cart in Sbadrach, Me/bee and i4bednego ; the fame will be the comming of the Lord Je- fus, to all unholy perfons. O therefore away with your fumes, every foule of man reforme his wages, That you ma .lift up your faces with boldne(fe, that you may with great joy and cow. fort fay, Come Lord Jcf us. Thirdly, get into your hearts the precious pearle of a lively faith ; this will quench all Satans darts, ftlence all the accufations of confcience, make you look on Chrift as on a friend to comfort you, an advocate to plead for you, and a Redeemer to fave you : and like Eli- al.'s fiery Chariot, will carry your foules aloft, and bring you with gladnefle into the prefence of the Lord Jefiis. Fourthly, make a good ufe of your talent, be wife, be dili- gent, be faithful', holy and humble in the imployment of it, and Chriff fhall come with comfort, and he fhall entertain:: you with a Tweet and comfortable Euge. Well done thou good and faithful' Servant, thou haft been faithfuil over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things, enter thou into thy Mal1ers joy. And let us be excited and ftirred up to work our hearts to this longing for Chrifs comming, confidering, Fief, the fatiety of our eftate ha Heaven ; there is a Tree bearing twelve forts of fruit,youth without old age, health without fickneff , fulneffe without loathing, liberty without bondage, beauty wi4'our deformity, impaJibility without griefe, abundance without rant, peace without trouble, fecurity without feare, knowledge without ignorance, glory without ignominy, joy without forrow. Secondly, the fecurity of that eftate, no enemy can reach us : it is a City never be- fieged, a Haven never difquited ; there is no death, neither of finne nor of rnifery, nor of nature. Thirdly, the jucundity of it ; a day without clouds, a Paradife without thornes, ful- neffe of joy ; true joy without deceit, fincere joy free from the mixtute of forrow, conftant joy, a Sunne that never lets : of which we nay fay as Augt ftine doth, O joy above jey, over - comming.all joy, without which there is no joy l when fhall I enter into thee, that I may fee my God who dwelleth in thee ? Here is joy above us, in the vifìon of God ; joy within us, in the glori- fication of our foule, and bodies ; joy about us, in our cow- V 2 munion fob I t.t4. 3. Ephef.6.16. EZom.s.3 I. 4 Mat.: c. a3.;; I. Revd.:, 1.2. 2. Revel. zl,4, Ncc culpa, nec tra j cria, flet natlr6e. Pfal. i 6. O gaudíum femperge di- unr, vincenc aine gaudium, extra quad non e,2 gaudium .ç ando intrabo in te, ut vide - am Deum rare- um lui habitat I finte?
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