A fourth volume containing one hundred and fifty sermons on several texts of Scripture…

Hope is here put for the thing hoped for, as Col. 1.5. For the Hope that is laid up for you in Heaven. Where Hope is put for the Object of Hope. Now this Matter or Object of our Hope is sometimes called Life, sometimes Glory, sometimes Joy and Pleasure. It is a Life that never shall be quenched or put out; Jude 21. Looking for the Mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal Life. It is a Glory that is Eternal for Duration; 2 Cor. 4.17. it is called a far more exceeding and Eternal Weight of Glory: for the measure of it, it is above our Conceit and Expression, as much as a Creature can bear. It is Joy and Pleasure without Mixture and without End; Psal. 16.11. In thy Presence is Fullness of Joy, at thy right Hand there are Pleasures for evermore. Now this Hope is said to be blessed, because it puts us into the Fruition of absolute Blessedness. We cannot conceive of it now to the full; when we come to enjoy it, we shall find it above all that ever we could conceive or hear of it: As much as we see and know of it, showeth it is a blessed thing; but we shall understand it best when we hear the great Voice calling us, Come up and see.

Hope is here put for the thing hoped for, as Col. 1.5. For the Hope that is laid up for you in Heaven. Where Hope is put for the Object of Hope. Now this Matter or Object of our Hope is sometimes called Life, sometimes Glory, sometimes Joy and Pleasure. It is a Life that never shall be quenched or put out; Iude 21. Looking for the Mercy of our Lord Iesus Christ unto eternal Life. It is a Glory that is Eternal for Duration; 2 Cor. 4.17. it is called a far more exceeding and Eternal Weight of Glory: for the measure of it, it is above our Conceit and Expression, as much as a Creature can bear. It is Joy and Pleasure without Mixture and without End; Psal. 16.11