The true Christians love of the unseen Christ, or, A discourse chiefly tending to…

6. And lastly, Show your love to Christ in your desires after Christ's presence here, and in your longing for his second appearance ⟨p. 162⟩at the last day. 1. Desire Christ's Gracious presence here, and the manifestations thereof, that according to his promises he would come unto you, that he would draw near, and that you might feel that he is near; desire that you might have clearer discoveries of Christ, and more intimate communion and fellowship with Christ; above all company and fellowship, desire the company fellowship and acquaintance with Christ, that you might walk with him and converse with him, and that there might be a daily intercourse between Christ and your souls, and that all distances between you, and strangeness might be removed; let your love express it self in desires after Christ when he is absent, and in delights when he is present; rejoice in the Lord exceedingly when he doth manifest himself unto you graciously, admire his beauty and delight in his smiles, admire his love and delight in the persuasions of his favour, let the actings of your love, and the workings of it, be such to your beloved daily. 2. Desire also and long for the second appearance of Christ at the last day; when he saith, Surely I come quickly, do you say, Amen, Even so come Lord Jesus. Look upon time as slow of heel and wing, that it runs no faster, that ⟨p. 163⟩it flies no swifter; look to the End of […], and long for it, because then with these Eyes you shall see him whom your […] loveth, because then you shall see Christ come down from the Throne of God with such Brightness of Majesty, and Brightness of Beauty, as will transport you with Wonder and Joy. Say, When Lord Jesus wilt thou take to thy self thy great Power, and clothe thy self with thy Authority, and come down to judge the World? when wilt thou open the everlasting gates of Heaven which have been shut so long? When wilt thou descend from Heaven with a shout, with the sound of the great Trumpet, and send thine Angels to gather all thine Elect from the four Winds, that all who love thee may meet in one Society? when shall we put on our Garments of Immortality, and be caught up in the Clouds to meet thee in the day of thy Triumph? When shall the day of our Coronation come, and of our admission into the Glorious Mansions which thou hast prepared for us in the Glorious Palace which is above?

6. And lastly, Shew your love to Christ in your desires after Christ's presence here, and in your longing for his second appearance