The souls exaltation A treatiseThe soules exaltation A treatise

Thirdly, the death of the believer is a mean to bring and estate them into the full possession of all that happiness and glory, which heretofore hath been expected, and Christ hath promised; now it shall be attained: the time now comes, ⟨p. 211⟩when the Saints of God shall have no more tears in their eyes, nor sin in their souls, not sorrow in their hearts; when they die, then their sins and sorrows die too; you shall never be dead hearted more; then you shall have holiness in full possession which so long time you have longed for; it is now only in expectation, and you hope and look for it, when the Lord will put wisdom into your blind minds, and holiness into your corrupted hearts, but when death comes it will bring you to the fruition of all that holiness and happiness, and this is done by the death of the Lord Jesus Christ, 1 John 3.2. We are now the sons of God, but it doth not appear what we shall be, and we know that when he shall be made manifest, we shall be made like him: that is, like to him in all holiness, and happiness, as he is altogether holy, and altogether happy: now you are children, but only in nonage, now you are only wives betrothed, and you go up and down in your rags of sin, but when the solemnization of the marriage shall be in the great day of accounts, then we shall be like him; and he will make us altogether holy, and he will fill our blind minds with knowledge, and possess our corrupt hearts withal purity, holiness, and grace, so far as thy soul shall be capable of it, and shall be needful for thee: what, are you unwilling to go to your husband? the wife sometimes receives letters from her espoused husband, she welcomes the messenger, and accepts the tokens kindly, and reads the letter gladly, and will not part with his tokens above ⟨p. 212⟩any thing: but oh, how she longs to enjoy himself in his own person, this is her chiefest desire, to be possessed of him, and to have his company always: so the Lord Jesus Christ is your husband, he died that ye might live; he is ascended up into heaven; and hath made passage for you; you have many intimations of his mercy, and many sweet smiles from heaven, saying, well, go thy way, thy sins are pardoned, and thy soul shall be saved;

Thirdly, the death of the beleever is a mean to bring and estate them into the full possession of all that happinesse and glory, which heretofore hath beene expected, and Christ hath promised; now it shall be attained: the time now comes,