Art. IX. That when you come to Age he will give the Kingdom to you. God saith to the Believer here: Thine is the Kingdom: What ever is promised in the Covenant, is Sealed in the Sacrament, Luke 12. 32. It is your Fathers good pleasure to give you the Kingdom, Luke 22. 29. I appoint unto you a Kingdom, mark the promise is pregnant with a Kingdom. 'Tis no less then a Crown, a Kingdom, that is here delivered to you, Luke 19. 12. A certain noble man went into a far Country to receive to himself a Kingdom and to return: This is the business you are come for hither, to receive to your selves a Kingdom and so to return. Oh methinks you should forget what ground you go upon, as you are going home, to think what you have received here: methinks you should go forth as Haman from the Banquet joyful and with a glad heart. ⟨p. 90⟩Sirs, do you know what you are doing? why the Lord doth by these signs give you the Kingdom as a man by the delivering to you a Turf or a Key gives possession of an House, or Land. Brethren, have you ever read of the Kingdom of joy, of the Crown of life, of the Robes of Righteousness, of the Thrones of Glory? Why all this God here makes over to you: I tell you Sirs, these are not big words, nor cunningly devised fables. God All-mighty is here come to certify you of the reality of his promises. As sure as you do now sit on your seats, you shall shortly sit on your Thrones. As sure as you are now clothed with flesh, so surely shall you be clothed with Glory. Are you sure that you are now on Earth? so surely shall you be shortly in Heaven. The Lord intendeth you but for a very little while in this lower Region, you must dwell above; where Christ is, there you must be also. As sure as you now see a Crucified Christ, so sure shall you shortly see a Glorified Christ. The Lord Jesus doth anticipate his sentence here, and calls to you, Guests, Come ye Blessed, inherit the Kingdom. Take the writing, behold the Seals, here are the Conveyances of the Kingdom: The donation is sure and full, unalterable, irrevocable.
Art. IX. That when you come to Age he will give the Kingdome to you. God saith to the Believer here: Thine is the Kingdome: What ever is promised in the Covenant, is Sealed in the Sacrament, Luke 12. 32. It is your Fathers good pleasure to give you the Kingdom, Luke 22. 29. I appoint unto you a Kingdome, mark the promise is pregnant with a Kingdome. 'Tis no less then a Crown, a Kingdome, that is here delivered to you, Luke 19. 12. A certain noble man went into a far Country to receive to himself a Kingdome and to return: This is the business you are come for hither, to receive to your selves a Kingdome and so to return. Oh methinks you should forget what ground you go upon, as you are going home, to think what you have received here: methinks you should go forth as Haman from the Banquet joyful and with a glad heart. ⟨p. 90⟩Sirs, do you know what you are doing? why the Lord doth by these signs give you the Kingdome as a man by the delivering to you a Turf or a Key gives possession of an House, or Land. Brethren, have you ever read of the Kingdome of joy, of the Crown of life, of the Robes of Righteousness, of the Thrones of Glory? Why all this God here makes over to you: I tell you Sirs, these are not big words, nor cunningly devised fables. God All-mighty is here come to certifie you of the reality of his promises. As sure as you do now sit on your seats, you shall shortly sit on your Thrones. As sure as you are now cloathed with flesh, so surely shall you be cloathed with Glory. Are you sure that you are now on Earth? so surely shall you be shortly in Heaven. The Lord intendeth you but for a very little while in this lower Region, you must dwell above; where Christ is, there you must be also. As sure as you now see a Crucified Christ, so sure shall you shortly see a Glorified Christ. The Lord Jesus doth anticipate his sentence here, and calls to you, Guests, Come ye Blessed, inherit the Kingdome. Take the writing, behold the Seals, here are the Conveyances of the Kingdome: The donation is sure and full, unalterable, irrevocable.
