Ñe TCXXXII. cisaifcoover'diy Vrlt al-e pia 19, Revelation. ßz.39 a¢f rffoti reîolvaeftofi;httorhitn ; äs-thisCapá fáerrSá1vPió this1riñc ofLife aq f lniIïhádrofiPtItfonscoùrageouflyrefofvett,Wdheàrtùllyebiïtentedtodie orhitn. -t.iNleatins wontelgrrffu1 Effect, the like ofwhitb.the World nLî4 ,lawbefore" - wasve- Pl}ytfaitAle to rhe1Natureof this Do&sine. SuppoCe char God -fittüfili kvcn fhòtrl have 44ita Mt t) affrance ofanother Life after this, in wined goticLAliefierhoutd be if f i&aa r f{)tyihappy: What more reafonable to imagine, than that '1 ff iís` t affJffet fj7tb_ *bile. this Life, and all the Enjoyments of it, in comparlfoffdf1 heEterhairiflyd un- ,,bhe jyáble Happinefs, which they were periwaded the mtSUld be tnade iártakers 144another World ? So that whatever affurance an exprefs and clear Revelation fr ,nl;God of the soul s Immortality and another Life, together with the particular rnflonces of that State ; whatever Affurance a lively Inffance and Exampleof x:beAlling, in the Perron of himwho brings this Do&nine to the World ; whatever confequent Miracles, and fuitable Effe&s upon the Minds of Men to fucha Principle : I fay, whatever Affurance and Satisfa&ion thefe can give ofthisPrinciple, all this the Gofpel hath given us, beyond whatever the Heathen or yezrsrhad before. The Inference I (hall make from this Dilcourfe, {halt be oiàfypïhis.: That if there be filch State after this Life, then howdoes it concern ever0I111 tb providefor it? Every A&ion that we do in this Life, will have a good or bad Influence upon our Everialling Condition, and the Confequences of it will extend themfelves to Eterni- ty. Did Men f rioufly confider this, that they carry about them Immortal Souls that ihall live for ever, they would not trifle away the Opportunities of tItis Life, bend all their Thoughts, and imploy their Defigns in the prefent gratification of their Senfes, and the Satisfa&ion of their flefhly part, which {hall fhortly dieand moulder into dulì: but they would make Provilion for theState which is beyond the Grave, and lay Defigns for Eternity, which is infinitely the molt confiderable Duration they would not, like Children, take care for the prefent, without any profpe& to the future, and lay out all they have to pleafe themfelves 'for a day, withoutany regard to the remaining part of their lives. Nothing can be more unbecomingChri- ftians, whole whole Religion pretends to be built upon the firm belief of another World, than to be intent upon the things of this prefent Life, to the n 'g}eft of their Souls and all Eternity. Seeing then we pretend to be afiur'd of Immortal Life, and to haveclear.difcove- ries of Everlalling Happinefs and Glory, as we hope to be made partakers! of this Portion, let us live as it becomes theCandidates of Heaven, thofe that are Heirs of another World, and the Children of the Refnrrellion, that this Grace ofGod, which bath brought Salvation, may teach us to deny ungodlinefr and worldlyL ills, and to live foberly, right-eonfly, and godly in this prefect Life, looking for that bled hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Saviour jefus Chrifl. SERMON CXXlV, Of the Certainty of a Future Judgment"P ,fill. aerlo . °as,hi riV. Ili , 2 C O R. V. I O. >;, sf,,,,; The Firlt For°lfs muff all appear before the Judgment Seat of Chrifit, that every one St'''. a>a ` receive the things done in bis Body, according to that he bath done, rhiText° het it be good or bad. ppftle, in the beginningof this Chapter, exprefíeth his earneft define, if wtgf, to quit this earthly Tabernacle, for a houfe not made with hands, eterna i 'to be abfentfrom theBody, and prefent with the Lord. But how- évër ois mar_ f f y, p f 1, ¡ [gore of him, he tells us that,he made it his conftant endeavour, roto twat both in this refent State, whiff} hecontinued infthe$o_ dirt vr_ R.. quit it, and appear dte£ore God, he might be _a ijirÖved andaiep.ph-, a m,,,,, And that which made haras -fo careful was, becaufe thérewas v.t T a a day
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