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A glance of Heaven, or, A precious taste of a glorious feastA glance of Heaven, or, A pretious taste of a glorious feast
A glance of Heaven, or, A precious taste of a glorious feast wherein thou mayst taste and see those things which God hath prepared for them that love him / By R. Sibs ...A glance of Heaven, or, A pretious taste of a glorious feast wherein thou mayst taste and see those things which God hath prepared for them that love him / By R. Sibs ...
London: printed by E. G. for John Rothwell, 1638London: printed by E. G. for Iohn Rothwell, 1638
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
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 ⟨p. 116⟩after those excellent things: for certainly there is preparation on both sides. It is prepared for us, and us for it; it is kept for us, and we are kept for it: whom God keeps heaven for, he keeps them for heaven in a course of piety and obedience. We may know it by Gods preparing of us, by loosing us from the world, and sanctifying us to himself. Thus a man may know whether those great things be prepared for him, or no.
In a word, whom God hath prepared great matters for, hee 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 wee come there; and wee may know that wee shall come to possesse that, if we be prepared for it. What preparation? If we be prepared by a spirit of sanctification; and have holy desires, and longing ⟨p. 116⟩after those excellent things: for certainly there is preparation on both sides. It is prepared for us, and us for it; it is kept for us, and wee are kept for it: whom God keepes heaven for, he keeps them for heaven in a course of pietie and obedience. We may know it by Gods preparing of us, by loosing us from the world, and sanctifying us to himselfe. Thus a man may know whether those great things bee prepared for him, or no.
But the especial thing to know whether they be provided for us, or no, is love. God hath prepared them for them that love him: not for his enemies: he hath prepared another place,