. ' I Ht4rt-Treafoit: . ~f! are ·laid up in rhe new J,rufdlem lor you;· , ~ fuch things as eye bath not feen, nor ear heard, nor heart conceived : Happy ate. thol!, . Ohpoot foul, or rather ~ich foul, poor 1n tht.~ 'P!orld, rich in faith, and heir of 11 Kingde111e 1 Ja~~ , )'ea, of tht Kingdome : thou mayff bo~h ~ ftgh and fmile at the mad CJ,nd frantidc World , that weary themfclves for very va~ ·nity ,_ that torment themf~lves in caring and t0Uing for an ~earthly Treafure i which wheti obtained 1 cloth ,rather begee torment - thancontent, and leads 01t lafl: ·eo final defperation: It is _recorded of Stiga,dm Arch-Bi~ . fuop of /C~tnterlmrJ that hc_lived \fery poor'ly, ~Ji Po~d {aying· and fwearing that he ~ttd no. thin~,. ~-o ~0~:~,. not " penn1 : yet by aKey faftned ·about hts fo~. 17 4~ _ neck,was found ·great trea(ures afcer his death; · · which he had hid under t~e ground : But ' i~ Jas that Key would 110t open Heaven-gates~ nor would that rreafure puf~bafe Glory; ~ut the believing foul bath hi$ trea~ure_~bove,and by Faith he bath intereft' it1 ihe Lord Jefus, who hath indeed the Kej of P:Avi~ and is already enrred into the'Holiefi , and hath fet · ~eaven-gates wide-·operi to his purchaJedand prepared ones , and he is gone to - prepare a place for them. ·oh Sirs, fear not, ;you that have grace ihall riot mi!s of glory ' -~s your fle(h is in H·eaveri, fo Heaven is in' your fleih, . as it were J'he · w~ll open the gates of Glory; to thofe that opened their hearcs to receive ~he ~~ngof @lary : the i:reafqre ofgraceraif ... , eth the heart to this treafure~bove, and lays up ~rovi..fion~Of '¥1 estet'rial ~ate, this ftreant I ' , . 3 tU~ - I
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