2.rí0 APPEARANCE BEF6.)RB 60D [sERM. XtV. devotion many a-time here, and takes away the pleasur- able sensations ofreligion, because we ourselves know not whether God accepts us or no : There a full assurance ofour being beloved of God, and being for ever accept- ed of him, shall snake every exercise of devotion a most agreeable and perfect pleasure. Omy soul, how should it quicken thy race, and exalt thyjoy, to think how fast thou art removing from this world of sinners, and from all thy own doubts and "fears, to a glorious assembly of .holy souls, where not one doubt, or fear shall remain in their consciences, nor in thine 2. In this world the saint apears among a few to worshiphis God, but then among millions. Now many times we have worshipped in a secret corner, for fear of men ; but then it is all in public glory; for there all the worship that is paid, is the established worship of the whole country; and honours, andkingdoms, and wealth, are all on that side: All the inhabitants are made rich for ever, with the riches of heaven; and all the children of God are the sons and daughters of a king, and all heirs and possessors of glory, and reign together with the Lord Jesus, Rom. viii. 17. 2 Tim. u. 12. Here many times the children of Godare forced to be separatists from their neighbours and fellow-citizens, they are divided from the multitudes and crouds of man- kind, they are but a little flock; but there theyshall shine in the midst Of the general assembly of the first-born, and agreat multitude which no manciuld number, Rev.vii. 9. that with victories and songs are for ever addressing the throne of God and the Lamb. Owhen s all I hear the voice from heaven say, Come up hither 3. Now we worship in p. way of preparation; there for enjoyment and full delight. Ordinances here are but slight shadows, and very faint and imperfect resem- blances, Of what the worship in heaven shall be. Now the word of God is spoken by a man, and it loses much of the divinity and 'Amer, : by the means of conveyance; there it will 'be spoken by God himself to our spirits, or by our Lord Jesus Christ, to the ears of our bodies, raised, sanctified, and immortal ; and our souls shall receive as much of the express ideas, as God designs to convey by all his conversationwith that sanctified num- ber: nor shall theymiss of any of the, beauty, or spirit,
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