122 Reaf. 1. ,·- The Parable of the Ten P irgins, ~ J<hat 'the lall end, and full ble!fedn(){fe of all the Eleet efpoufed here ro ChriH, it con!i!l:s in immediate communion with Jefus ChriH alone. what b~comes of thefe w.fe Virgins ? they enter into near communion and fellowlhip with the Bridegroom Jefus Chri[t. What becomes of the fouls of allrhe Eleet when they arefeparated from the body, and from this World~ the fpirit retu~ns to <Sod that gave it ; fo the foul_returns to Chrifi that bough~ ir. When thts World fhall be butnt up, what w11l become of the fouls and bodies of the El~et,' when there fhall be no more Sun to Chine, nor Kinodom to rule, nor Creatures to comfort? they iliall afcend from the clouds up into the marriage-chamber of the Son of God, and be for ever with the Lord and [h~ Lord alone:;· -and this is their ble!fedneffe, &c. Ble!fednelfe, yea, tb~ la{l: ahd only bleffedne!fe,even of heaven it felf. '":f olm 17. z 3' There are variety of creatures here, and in every one there is drop'c fome fl'ireet; but the Lords end ut? makf hu people perfefl in one. how is that? God in Chrill cqmmunicating all his goodne!k £o his Son , 'llnd lful •living i t~ hi~ (· then Chri!l: communicates all his own and Fathers love and I goodnen·e unrothem, and fo lives in them, and now they are jn him, and fo ~ psrfefl in one; as thofe rhat are thirfiy for a timt;, ,arc~ refrefhed with !fome drops,or. waters running in their Channel~,ar lafi r)l~y come to the wdJ.. 1J!·ddi;. . wh~tre<rhey.parrake of all together. ' ), . _· ;l ;r:r 'l'?ef. ~· 10. Th~ u the e11d of Chrifls_;defltk, tha; 11'6 might live toget~~r 'w_tth h~m ;_ tno~ !we oniJ from inm,but !we mth h1m,and together with !f111h; m beg1n~mgs here, hereafter fully. · · SECT. V. BEc·aufe God the Father hath laid up ~tll hi< glory moft ahundantlJ in Chrifl. Col. 2. 3· Tre«{tms of wifdome; lt jhir.es in the face of (hrift. z Cor: + 5,6. anti all o>. r glorJ alfo. Luk. z. p. CjlorJ of hu people I[r4el. Pfal. 29. 19. In .hu Temple he uttereth all hu glory; in the world, there it fpark!es in every creature, and tpe heavens declare ~t; b~t there is bur fomc;, .and~at commo~ (oall tongues and languages;, bl)t m th1s 7 emple, thcr Lord Jefus efpecially, there all the rathers gloryis,uttere,d, and bimfelf doth Utter it. Treafures are fuch things where there are , · 1. 'l'reciom thin_gs. · 2 . Abundance of tf.em. ~:· · 3· Hiddm,not open to,./[. ' . • 4· They are Jure and fafe there, for their owners to ,pke and enrich rhemfelves withall ; fo it is in ~hrift, there is fir!t, preciom things ; -a-lt-6-ods precioufnelfe , and all our precio!iS things ; our l!fe, our peace, our joy, our firengtb, &c. and fecohdly, ,.bundance of them; thirdly, hid fi' cm the world, andunknown.in pare' to tlae Saints; four th'y, but (ure there for their owne>s, and Chrifi is the rreafure of all thefe neafures,whic;h are.infinire as God himfelf.is; now if all our glory, and rhe glory of God be in Chri!t; th(!n as, privation of, and feparation from this glory is .the Jail: a'n'd (!)O[}!,fnifery; fo ~?onjunetion to, and communion w[th , and fruition of this ' ,gfury;: tpulll»tee la~ and great bapp~ne!fe of rhe Ele&,. I wo~Jd convince a~ ny carnal h~art by thts Argument; Dtd!t ever finde any comfort trom auy ~rearum;>, 'that com£prt is not from ir, but from the_N~rd by it; for creatures are but as cold water,alltheirwarmthis from the fire; now there is but a litde..of tlw:i;v.eemeffe of God, becaufecrearures can hoJd bur Iirc!e1 ir is fo narrow a ve!fel; but in the Lord Jefus all tbe goodne!fe of God is zathered together J r: f there,
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