DISCOURSE III. 593 Let us put up our united prayers, that in this congregation, the " saints of God may shout aloud for joy ; that God may inhabit the praises of his people here, and that you may all be made joyful in this house of prayer; that ye may sing the songs of the Lamb in this assembly, as well as the songs ofMoses and David, and find divine pleasure here, raising your souls towards those rivers ofpleasure, which flow at the right- hand of God. In fine, that you may have, much of the presence of God with you, whensoever you shall meet together here, in the constant or occasional seasons ofdivine worship, and that he may sensibly fulfil all his words of promise. 4. The last lesson I would recommend to your learning here, is, " a holy elevation and joyof soul in the faith and prospect of the heavenly worship, and the more complete accomplishment of all the best promises of God, in the heavenly Jerusalem, which is for every holy, in the Zion which is above." There surely he has recorded his name in all its most glorious characters, for his noblest and brightest residence is there, among the innumerable company of angels and the church of the first born on high. There he has stamped the name of his holiness and his majesty, the name of his justice and mercy, the name of his all-sufficiency and his faithfulness in eternal signatures, which shall never be blotted out. 'There lie will meet his people, andbless them with everlasting blessings, such as eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive them. He will surelymake them exceedingjoyful, with the light ofhis counten- ame, in his house of praise, when earthly scenes shall vanish from the sight, and all that is low and mortal shall be forgotten. There we trust, you and your pastor shall appear, and you shall be his glory and his crownof rejoicing in that day, as he also shall be yours. Your appearance there will be an undoubted and eternal evidence, that he has not prayed or preached in vain, and that you have not heard the gospel from his lips in vain. There shall your mutual satisfactions rise high in your united songs ; for it is there Godhas appointed the place of his everlast- ing worship, and the united devotions andjoys of all his saints. With happy and unceasing harmony shall the song of Moses, and of the Lamb be sting for all our deliverances andfor all our sal - vations, while we travelled through the wilderness of this world, till he had brought us to the holy land ofpromise, and to eat the fruits of paradise. There shall we join with that unmeasurable assembly of angels, and with all the glorified saints that have gone before us, in one divine hymn of praise, salvation, honour and glory, to him that sits upon the throne, and to the Lambfor ever. Amen. Vor,. m. P P
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