An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

First, All things are always present with or before God: Things past, things to come are present with God, he were not eternal else. In that eternity or eternal estate of glory which believers shall at last arrive unto, even they shall enjoy all at once, because all their enjoyments shall be in God, or God shall be their whole enjoyment.

First, All things are alwayes present with or before God: Things past, things to come are present with God, he were not eternal else. In that eternity or eternal estate of glory which believers shall at last arive unto, even they shall enjoy all at once, because all their enjoyments shall be in God, or God shall be their whole enjoyment.

Secondly, God is infinitely happy and blessed. He hath all that ever he had, or that ever he can have, all at once, or already, nothing of his blessedness is either to come to him or gone from him; therefore he must needs be infinitely blessed. Here in this world some men have had a kind of blessedness, they have been rich and great, they have been in power, they have had their fill of pleasure, but now they have it not, all is perished and gone and past away. There are others in expectation of great matters, of great riches, of great honours, of great contentments in this world, but as yet they have them not; we say of many, Their lands are not come into their hands, their estate is but yet in reversion and expectation. Thus it is with men; some have had it, and it is gone, and others though they may have it, yet it is not come. But now with the Lord all is present, and therefore how infinitely happy is he! A man would think himself very happy if he could have all the contentments that ever he had scattered through the several days and years of his life gathered into one moment; it is thus with God, and thus in proportion it shall be with us, when we come to that blessed state of eternity.

Secondly, God is infinitely happy and blessed. He hath all that ever he had, or that ever he can have, all at once, or already, nothing of his blessedness is either to come to him or gone from him; therefore he must needs be infinitely blessed. Here in this world some men have had a kind of blessedness, they have been rich and great, they have been in power, they have had their fill of pleasure, but now they have it not, all is perished and gone and past away. There are others in expectation of great matters, of great riches, of great honours, of great contentments in this world, but as yet they have them not; we say of many, Their lands are not come into their hands, their estate is but yet in reversion and expectation. Thus it is with men; some have had it, and it is gone, and others though they may have it, yet it is not come. But now with the Lord all is present, and therefore how infinitely happy is he! A man would think himself very happy if he could have all the contentments that ever he had scattered through the several dayes and years of his life gathered into one moment; it is thus with God, and thus in proportion it shall be with us, when we come to that blessed state of eternity.