The vanity of this mortal life, or, Of man, considered only in his present…

Nor was he in that ignorance about the nature and design of Christs Kingdom, but that he understood its reference to another world, and state of things, even beyond all the successions of time, and the mortal race of men; so as to have his eye fixed upon the happy eternity which a joyful resurrection must introduce, and whereof Christs resurrection ⟨p. 11⟩should be the great and most assuring Pledge. And of this we need no fuller evidence than the express words of the Apostle St. Peter, ¹who after he had cited those lofty triumphant strains of David, Psal. 16. 8, 9, 10, 11, I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my fl•sh also shall rest in hope, for thou wilt not leave my soul in hell (or in the state of darkness) neither wilt thou suffer thy holy One to see corruption. Thou […] show me the path of life. In thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. All which he tells us was spoken [concerning Christ];² he more expressly subjoins, that David being a Prophet, ³and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him▪ that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne. He seeing this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ, ⁴(it appears he spake not at random, but as knowing and ⟨p. 12⟩seeing before, what he spake) That his soul was not left in hell, &c. nor can we think he thus rejoices in another's resurrection, forgetting his own.

Nor was he in that ignorance about the nature and design of Christs Kingdom, but that he understood its reference to another world, and state of things, even beyond all the successions of time, and the mortal race of men; so as to have his eye fixed upon the happy eternity which a joyful resurrection must introduce, and whereof Christs resurrection