1. A Kingdom, Mat. 25. 34. Luke 12. 32. Now a Kingly Throne is holden the top and crown of all earthly happinesses: the highest aim of the most eager and restless aspirations and ambitions of men. A confluence it is of riches, pleasures, glory, all royal bravery, or what mans heart can wish for outward welfare and felicity. *What stirs and stratagems, what murders and mischiefs, what mining and counter-mining, what mysterious plots and machiavellian depths, what strange adventures and effusions sometimes even of bloody seas, to catch a Crown? Witness Lancaster and York, nay all habitable parts of the earth, which from time to time have become bloody cock-pits in this kind.
2. An Heavenly Kingdom, Mat. 7. 21. And 18. 3. to intimate, that it surpasseth in glory and excellency all earthly kingdoms, as far as heaven transcendeth earth, and unconceivably more.
3. The Kingdom of GOD, Acts 14. 23. A Kingdom of GODS own making, beautifying and blessing; who doth all things like Himself, as I said before: replenished and shining with Majesty, pleasures and ineffable felicities, beseeming the glorious Residence of the King of Kings.
⟨p. 128⟩4. An Inheritance, Acts 20. 32. Not a tenement at will, to be possessed or left at the landlords pleasure: but an inheritance settled upon us, and sealed unto us by the dearest and highest price that ever was payed, which will be as orient, precious and acceptable, after as many millions of years, as you can think, as it was the very first day it was poured out and payed.
5. A rich and glorious inheritance, Eph. 1. 18. Fit for the Majesty and mercy of Almighty GOD to bestow; the un-valuable blood of His Son to purchase, and the dearly Beloved of His Soul to enjoy.
6. An Inheritance of the Saints in light, Coloss. 1. 12. Every word sounds a world of sweetness.
7. An Inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, 1 Pet. 1. 4. There can never possibly be the least diminution, much less any abolishment of the least glimpse of heavenly glory. But all bliss above will be as fresh and full innumerable years hence, as at our first entrance, and so through all eternity.
8. A Crown of righteousness, 2 Tim. 4. 8. Fairly come by, and full dearly bought. A crown of life, Ja•. 1. 12. A Crown of glory, 1 Pet. 5. 4. Glory it self, Rom. 9. 23. Nay, an exceeding exceeding eternal weight of glory, 2 Corinth. 4.
1. A Kingdome, Mat. 25. 34. Luke 12. 32. Now a Kingly Throne is holden the top and crowne of all earthly happinesses: the highest aime of the most eager and restlesse aspirations and ambitions of men. A confluence it is of riches, pleasures, glory, all royall bravery, or what mans heart can wish for outward welfare and felicity. *What stirres and stratagems, what murders and mischiefes, what mining and counter-mining, what mysterious plots and machivillian depths, what strange adventures and effusions sometimes even of bloudy seas, to catch a Crowne? Witnesse Lancaster and Yorke, nay all habitable parts of the earth, which from time to time have become bloudy cock-pits in this kind.
2. An Heavenly Kingdome, Mat. 7. 21. And 18. 3. to intimate, that it surpasseth in glory and excellency all earthly kingdomes, as farre as heaven transcendeth earth, and unconceiveably more.
3. The Kingdome of GOD, Acts 14. 23. A Kingdome of GODS owne making, beautifying and blessing; who doth all things like Himselfe, as I said before: replenished and shining with Majesty, pleasures and ineffable felicities, beseeming the glorious Residence of the King of Kings.
⟨p. 128⟩4. An Inheritance, Acts 20. 32. Not a tenement at will, to be possessed or left at the landlords pleasure: but an inheritance setled upon us, and sealed unto us by the dearest and highest price that ever was payed, which wilbe as orient, precious and acceptable, after as many millions of yeares, as you can think, as it was the very first day it was powred out and payed.
5. A rich and glorious inheritance, Eph. 1. 18. Fit for the Majesty and mercy of Almighty GOD to bestow; the un-valuable bloud of His Son to purchase, and the dearely Beloved of His Soule to enjoy.
6. An Inheritance of the Saints in light, Coloss. 1. 12. Every word sounds a world of sweetnesse.
7. An Inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, 1 Pet. 1. 4. There can never possibly be the least diminution, much lesse any abolishment of the least glimpse of heavenly glory. But all blisse above wilbe as fresh and full innumerable yeares hence, as at our first entrance, and so thorow all eternity.
8. A Crowne of righteousnesse,
- *Who hath not observed what labour▪ practice, peril, blood shed, cruelty, the Kings and Princes of the world have undergone, exercised, taken on them and committed; to make themselves and their issues Masters of the world. S. W Rawleigh.Who hath not observed what labour▪ practice, perill, bloud shed, cruelty, the Kings and Princes of the world have undergone, exercised, taken on them and committed; to make themselves and their issues Masters of the world. S. W Rawleigh.
