A discourse concerning the Redeemer's dominion over the invisible world, and the entrance thereinto

That this his disposal of him, in taking him, now, up to himself, to be glorified by him, and to glorify him, in the Heavenly state, was a thing then agreed upon, by solemn Covenant, between God and you. It was done by your own virtual, and unretracted consent. The substance of the thing was agreed to expressly; that God should be his God, and ⟨p. 14⟩finally, make him happy, and blessed in himself. But if you say, you would only have had his complete Blessedness, yet a while deferred; I will only say, could you agree with that God, whose he was, and whose you are, about the substance of so great a Transaction, and now differ with him about a Circumstance? And besides, all Circumstances must be comprehended in your Agreement. For taking him to be your God, you take him to be Supreme Disposer in all things: and his Will to be in every thing the Rule, and measure of yours. Which you have expressly consented to as often as you have prayed, either in the words, or after the tenor, of that Prayer, wherein our Lord hath taught us to sum up our Desires, and represent the sense of our Hearts.

That this his disposal of him, in taking him, now, up to himself, to be glorify'd by him, and to glorify him, in the Heavenly state, was a thing then agreed upon, by solemn Covenant, between God and you. It was done by your own vertual, and unretracted consent. The substance of the thing was agreed to expresly; that God should be his God, and ⟨p. 14⟩finally, make him happy, and blessed in himself. But if you say, you would only have had his compleat Blessedness, yet a while defer'd; I will only say, could you agree with that God, whose he was, and whose you are, about the substance of so great a Transaction, and now differ with him about a Circumstance? And besides, all Circumstances must be comprehended in your Agreement. For taking him to be your God, you take him to be Supream Disposer in all things: and his Will to be in every thing the Rule, and measure of yours. Which you have expresly consented to as often as you have pray'd, either in the words, or after the tenour, of that Prayer, wherein our Lord hath taught us to sum up our Desires, and represent the sense of our Hearts.