Thou who art a Believer,1 hast a good Land, the Garden of Eden, 2a glorious Land, and that Land which is the glory of all Lands, there are abundance of excellent privileges that do belong to the Church of God; and as it is a judgment to be cast out of such a Land as this was, so it sets out the great judgment to be cast out from the Church of God, or for God to deny to give unto us the blessing of his Church; you know what a great affliction it was to Moses to think that he should not come into that good Land,3 Oh! ⟨p. 160⟩how did he pray to God that he might come into Canaan? Certainly it is that which we should pray for, that we might live to come into Canaan that God is a bringing his People into: now let us not murmur as they did in the Wilderness, and their carcasses did fall in it, but let us go on and be as Caleb and Joshua, of another spirit, and not fear our Adversaries, but go on in Gods way, and the Lord will bring us into the good Land; it's true, we have deserved to be cut off in the wilderness, but certainly God hath a Canaan for his People, a Canaan yet to come for his People, the Lord hath great things to do for his Church, and there are many expressions upon which some think that God even will make use of this Canaan yet for to be the place of his chief Majesty and glory that shall appear in this world; but however that be, yet the Lord hath a Canaan for his people that we may confide in. It follows.
Thou who art a Beleever,1 hast a good Land, the Garden of Eden, 2a glorious Land, and that Land which is the glory of all Lands, there are abundance of excellent priviledges that do belong to the Church of God; and as it is a jugment to be cast out of such a Land as this was, so it sets out the great judgment to be cast out from the Church of God, or for God to deny to give unto us the bless••g of his Church; you know what a great affliction it was to Moses to think that he should not come into that good Land,3 Oh! ⟨p. 160⟩how did he pray to God that he might come into Canaan? Certainly it is that which we should pray for, that we might live to come into Canaan that God is a bringing his People into: now let us not murmur as they did in the Wilderness, and their carcasses did fall in it, but let us go on and be as Caleb and Joshua, of another spirit, and not fear our Adversaries, but go on in Gods way, and the Lord will bring us into the good Land; it's true, we have deserved to be cut off in the wilderness, but certainly God hath a Canaan for his People, a Canaan yet to come for his People, the Lord hath great things to do for his Church, and there are many expressions upon which some think that God even will make use of this Canaan yet for to be the place of his chief Majestie and glory that shall appear in this world; but however that be, yet the Lord hath a Canaan for his people that we may confide in. It follows.
- 1Use. 1.
- 2The happiness of Believers.The happiness of Beleevers.
- 3Use. 2.
