A glance of Heaven, or, A precious taste of a glorious feastA glance of Heaven, or, A pretious taste of a glorious feast

And labour to know more and more our inheritance, as we grow in years, as children do, they search into the great matters their parents leave them, and the nearer they come to enjoy them, the more skill they have to talk of them: so should we, the more we grow in Christianity, and in knowledge, the more we should be inquisitive after those great things that our father hath provided in another world: but to go on.

And labour to know more and more our inheritance, as we grow in yeares, as children doe, they search into the great matters their parents leave them, and the nearer they come to enjoy them, the more skill they have to talke of them: so should wee, the more wee grow in Christianity, and in knowledge, the more we should bee inquisitive after those great things that our father hath provided in another world: but to goe on.

How shall we know whether these things be prepared for us or no? whether we be capable of these things or no? God hath ⟨p. 117⟩prepared them, and he hath prepared them for those that love him; but how shall we know that God hath prepared them for us?

How shall we know whether these things be prepared for us or no? whether wee bee capable of these things or no? God hath ⟨p. 117⟩prepared them, and he hath prepared them for those that love him; but how shall wee know that God hath prepared them for us?

In a word, whom God hath prepared great matters for, he prepares them for great matters: we may know by Gods preparing of us, whether he hath prepared for us. God prepared Paradise before Adam was created: so God prepares paradise, he prepares heaven before we come there; and we may know that we shall come to possess that, if we be prepared for it. What preparation? If we be prepared by a spirit of sanctification; and have holy desires, and longing