Secondly; The Happiness of his Relations and Society. In our Company we shall be blessed, God, and Christ, and Saints and Angels, Heb. 12.22, 23, 24. But ye are come unto Mount Zion, and to the City of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable Company of Angels; to the general Assembly, and Church of the First-born, which are written in Heaven, and to God the Judg of all, and to the Spirits of just Men made perfect, and to Jesus the Mediator of the new Covenant, &c. We shall see God in Christ; the bodily Eye that cannot look upon the Sun, shall be perfectly glorified and strengthened; tho it cannot see the Essence of God, yet it shall see greater Manifestations of his Glory, than it is able to behold here. How will the Father welcome us, as he welcomed Christ! Psal. 2.8. Ask of me, and I will give thee the Heathen for thine Inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the Earth for thy Possession. So he will say to us, as Mat. 25.21. Well done, thou good and faithful Servant, thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee Ruler over many things: enter thou into the Joy of thy Lord. We shall come into his Presence with Shame. Sin causeth Shame, and maketh us shy of God: but as the Eye cannot endure the Light if it be wronged, so a wronged Conscience makes us afraid of the Presence of God; but when we shall be perfectly sanctified, and Sin shall be done away, we shall be able to stand in the Presence of God. So as to Christ, he cannot be contented without your Company, and you should not be satisfied without his. John 14.3. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and take you to my self, that where I am, there ye may be also. O what a joyful meeting will there be between us and our Redeemer! it will be much sweeter than the Interview between Jacob and Joseph. Christ longeth for the blessed hour as you do. The wise Men came from far to see him in a Manger; Zacheus climbed up the Tree to see him riding to Jerusalem. There will be another manner of Sight of Christ in Heaven, than there was of him in the days of his Flesh. When Joseph discovered himself to his Brethren, and said, Gen. 45.4. I am Joseph, your Brother, what rejoicing was there? much more will there be Joy in Heaven, when Christ shall say, I am Jesus, your Brother, your Saviour, your Redeemer;
Secondly; The Happiness of his Relations and Society. In our Company we shall be blessed, God, and Christ, and Saints and Angels, Heb. 12.22, 23, 24. But ye are come unto Mount Sion, and to the City of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable Company of Angels; to the general Assembly, and Church of the First-born, which are written in Heaven, and to God the Iudg of all, and to the Spirits of just Men made perfect, and to Iesus the Mediator of the new Covenant, &c. We shall see God in Christ; the bodily Eye that cannot look upon the Sun, shall be perfectly glorified and strengthened; tho it cannot see the Essence of God, yet it shall see greater Manifestations of his Glory, than it is able to behold here. How will the Father welcome us, as he welcomed Christ! Psal. 2.8. Ask of me, and I will give thee the Heathen for thine Inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the Earth for thy Possession. So he will say to us, as Mat. 25.21. Well done, thou good and faithful Servant, thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee Ruler over many things: enter thou into the Ioy of thy Lord. We shall come into his Presence with Shame. Sin causeth Shame, and maketh us shy of God: but as the Eye cannot endure the Light if it be wronged, so a wronged Conscience makes us afraid of the Presence of God; but when we shall be perfectly sanctified, and Sin shall be done away, we shall be able to stand in the Presence of God. So as to Christ, he cannot be contented without your Company, and you should not be satisfied without his. John 14.3. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and take you to my self, that where I am, there ye may be also. O what a joyful meeting will there be between us and our Redeemer! it will be much sweeter than the Interview between Iacob and Ioseph. Christ longeth for the blessed hour as you do. The wise Men came from far to see him in a Manger; Zacheus climb'd up the Tree to see him riding to Ierusalem. There will be another manner of Sight of Christ in Heaven, than there was of him in the days of his Flesh. When Ioseph discovered himself to his Brethren, and said, Gen. 45.4. I am Joseph, your Brother, what rejoycing was there? much more will there be Joy in Heaven, when Christ shall say, I am Jesus, your Brother, your Saviour, your Redeemer;
