The Man in Israel that, by waxing Poor, did sell his Land in Canaan, was surely a type of the Christian, who by Sin and Decays in Grace, has forfeited his Place and Inheritance in Heaven: But as the ceremonial Law provided that the poor Man in Canaan, should not by his Poverty lose his Portion in Canaan forever, but that it should return to him in the Year of Jubilee: So the Law of Grace has provided that the Children shall not for their Sin lose their Inheritance in Heaven forever, but that it shall return to them in the World to come; the last Jubilee, or Day of Judgment: For then, They are not to be condemned with the World, 1 Cor. 11.32. All therefore that happeneth in this Case, is, They may live without the Comfort of it here, as he that had sold his House in Canaan might live without the Enjoyment of it, till the Jubilee: They may also seem to come short of it when they die. As he in Canaan did that deceased before the Year of Jubilee: But as certainly as he that died in Canaan before the Jubilee, did yet ⟨p. 144⟩receive again his Inheritance, by the Hand o• his relative Survivor when the Jubilee came so certainly shall he that dieth, and tha• seemeth in his dying to come short of the Celestial Inheritance now, be yet admitted at his rising again, to the Re-possession of his old Inheritance at the Day of Judgment. But, here is now Room for a Caviller to object and to plead against the Children, saying, They have forfeited their Part of Paradise by their Sin, what Right then shall they have to the Kingdom of Heaven? Now let the Lord stand up to plead, for he is Advocate for the Children. Yea, let them plead the Sufficiency of their first Title to the Kingdom, and that it is not their doings that can sell the Land forever. The Reason why the Children of Israel could not sell the Land forever, was because the Lord, their Head, reserved to himself a Right therein: The Land shall not be sold forever, for the Land is mine. Suppose two or three Children have a lawful Title to such an Estate, but they are all profuse and prodigal; but there is a Brother also that has by Law a chief Right to the same Estate. This Brother, he may hinder the Estate from being sold forever, because 'tis also his Inheritance, and he may, when the limited time that his Brethren had sold their share therein, is out, if he will, restore ⟨p. 145⟩it to them again.
The Man in Israel that, by waxing Poor, did sell his Land in Canaan, was surely a type of the Christian, who by Sin and Decays in Grace, has forfeited his Place and Inheritance in Heaven: But as the ceremonial Law provided that the poor Man in Canaan, should not by his Poverty lose his Portion in Canaan forever, but that it should return to him in the Year of Jubilee: So the Law of Grace has provided that the Children shall not for their Sin lose their Inheritance in Heaven forever, but that it shall return to them in the World to come; the last Jubilee, or Day of Judgment: For then, They are not to be condemned with the World, 1 Cor. 11.32. All therefore that happeneth in this Case, is, They may live without the Comfort of it here, as he that had sold his House in Canaan might live without the Enjoyment of it, till the Jubilee: They may also seem to come short of it when they die. As he in Canaan did that deceased before the Year of Jubilee: But as certainly as he that died in Cannan before the Jubilee, did yet ⟨p. 144⟩receive again his Inheritance, by the Hand o• his relative Surviver when the Jubilee came so certainly shall he that dieth, and tha• seemeth in his dying to come short of the Celestial Inheritance now, be yet admitted at his rising again, to the Re-possession of his old Inheritance at the Day of Judgment. But, here is now Room for a Caviller to object and to plead against the Children, saying, They have forfeited their Part of Paradise by their Sin, what Right then shall they have to the Kingdom of Heaven? Now let the Lord stand up to plead, for he is Advocate for the Children. Yea, let them plead the Sufficiency of their first Title to the Kingdom, and that it is not their doings that can sell the Land forever. The Reason why the Children of Israel could not sell the Land forever, was because the Lord, their Head, reserved to himself a Right therein: The Land shall not be sold forever, for the Land is mine. Suppose two or three Children have a lawful Title to such an Estate, but they are all profuse and prodigal; but there is a Brother also that has by Law a chief Right to the same Estate. This Brother, he may hinder the Estate from being sold forever, because 'tis also his Inheritance, and he may, when the limited time that his Brethren had sold their share therein, is out, if he will, restore ⟨p. 145⟩it to them again.
