A word in season to this present generation, or, A sober and serious discourse…

Fourthly and lastly, there is no power nor policy on Earth or in Hell, that can deprive a sincere Christian of a Crown of glory. 1 Pet. 5. 4. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a Crown of glory, which fadeth not away; as the garlands did, where with the conquerors at games, races, & combats were crowned, which were made of herbs, leaves, and flowers. A Crown imports perpetuity, plenty, dignity; It is the height of humane ambition. The Greek word Amarantinon, cometh from Amarantus, which is a flower that fadeth not, of which garlands were made in former times, and wherewith they crowned the Images of the Heathen Gods. A Believers Crown, his inheritance, his glory, his happiness, his blessedness shall be as fresh and flourishing after he hath been many millions of years in Heaven, as it was at his first entrance into it. Earthly Crowns are like tennis-balls, which are bandied up and down from one to another, and in time wear out. When ⟨p. 107⟩time shall be no more, when earthly Crowns and Kingdoms shall be no more, yea when the world shall be no more, a Christians Crown of glory shall be fresh, flourishing, and continuing; all the Devils in hell shall never wrangle a Believer out of his heavenly inheritance, nor deprive him of his crown of glory. The least thing in Heaven is better than the greatest things in this World; all things on Earth are fading, but the crown of glory never fadeth away: Thus you see why Heaven & the glory above is expressed by a crown; sometimes it is called a crown of righteousness, to note the grounds and rise of it; sometimes it is called a crown of life, because it is only to be enjoyed in everlasting life; sometimes it is called an incorruptible crown, to note the duration & continuance of it; and sometimes it is called a crown of glory, to note the honour, splendour, and eternity of it. Now let Devils, let oppressors, let persecutors do their worst they shall never be able to deprive the Saints of their blessed and glorious crowns. But,

Fourthly and lastly, there is no power nor policy on Earth or in Hell, that can deprive a sincere Christian of a Crown of glory. 1 Pet. 5. 4. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a Crown of glory, which fadeth not away; as the garlands did, where with the conquerours at games, races, & combates were crown'd, which were made of herbs, leaves, and flowers. A Crown imports perpetuity, plenty, dignity; It is the height of humane ambition. The Greek word Amarantinon, cometh from Amarantus, which is a flower that fadeth not, of which garlands were made in former times, and wherewith they crowned the Images of the Heathen Gods. A Believers Crown, his inheritance, his glory, his happiness, his blessedness shall be as fresh and flourishing after he hath been many millions of years in Heaven, as it was at his first entrance into it. Earthly Crowns are like tennis-balls, which are bandied up and down from one to another, and in time wear out. When