Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment

Rejoice then believers, rejoice! what though you are poor in the world? you are rich in saith, and hope; what though you have no inheritance on earth? yet you are heirs of the Kingdom of Heaven, you shall have an inheritance which is incorruptible, and undefiled; what though you endure some hardship in your journey through the world? when you come home to your Fathers house you shall be freed from all want, and have such treasures to spend upon, which can never be exhausted.

Rejoice then believers, rejoice! what though you are poor in the world? you are rich in saith, and hope; what though you have no inheritance on earth? yet you are heirs of the Kingdom of Heaven, you shall have an inheritance which is incorruptible, and undefiled; what though you indure some hardship in your journey through the world? when you come home to your Fathers house you shall be freed from all want, and have such treasures to spend upon, which can never be exhausted.

6. Think what Honours you shall have; the meanest of you will be exalted unto higher dignity than the greatest Monarch that ever lived; you will be crowned with immortal glory, you will be honoured by God and the Angels; and you will not only have honour, but you will be made most honourable.

Rejoice then believers, and take comfort, though you are scorned by some, and accounted as the off-scouring of the earth; you are reproached and vilified by men here, but all your reproaches, especially those which you have born for the sake of Jesus Christ, shall be wreathed into a Crown, and make you the more glorious in Heaven; there you shall not have the least disgrace cast upon you any more; and you shall be kept ⟨p. 278⟩from doing any unbecoming action to blot and sully you in the least, but you shall shine like so many Stars, or glorious Suns in the Kingdom of your Father.