1IT shows us what an high valuation and esteem we should set upon the godly.2 They are, we see, men greatly in favour with God, as the Angel once proclaimed to Daniel*. and they are invested with glorious Privileges; they are of an heavenly descent, borne of the Spirit; and they are very […], for they are Heirs of the Kingdom*. God hath not only laid out some parcels of land, or divided heaven to them, as Canaan was divided to Israel by lot*. The Tribe of Judah to inhabit in one Country, the Tribe of Reuben, another, ⟨p. 211⟩&c. God, I say, doth not parcel out heaven thus to the Saints, no; heaven is theirs with all its Perquisites, with all its Royalties. There are no enclosures or Land-marks in heaven: There can be no confinement, where every thing is infinite: Oh what an high value and estimate then should be put upon the Saints! they are heirs! How doth the world respect great heirs? What honour then should we give to the godly! [Greek or Hebrew]. They are adopted into all the stately privileges of heaven! It is true, an heir in his young age may be kept short, but how rich is he when he is possessed of the inheritance? how rich shall the Saints be, when God shall pour out of his love, and shall empty all the treasures of glory into them! The Saints are jewels, but their worth and riches, is not known; therefore they are trampled upon by ⟨p. 212⟩the world. It doth not yet appear what they shall be: all things are theirs.
1IT shews us what an high valuation and esteeme we should set upon the godly.2 They are, we see, men greatly in favour with God, as the Angel once proclaimed to Daniel*. and they are invested with glorious Priviledges; they are of an heavenly descent, borne of the Spirit; and they are very 〈…〉, for they are Heires of the Kingdome*. God hath not onely laid out some parcels of land, or divided heaven to them, as Canaan was divided to Israel by lot*. The Tribe of Iudah to inhabit in one Countrey, the Tribe of Reuben, another, ⟨p. 211⟩&c. God, I say, doth not parcel out heaven thus to the Saints, no; heaven is theirs with all its Perquisites, with all its Royalties. There are no enclosures or Land-marks in heaven: There can be no confinement, where every thing is infinite: Oh what an high value and estimate then should be put upon the Saints! they are heirs! How doth the world respect great heirs? What honour then should we give to the godly! 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. They are adopted into all the stately priviledges of heaven! It is true, an heir in his young age may be kept short, but how rich is he when he is possessed of the inheritance? how rich shall the Saints be, when God shall poure out of his love, and shall empty all the treasures of glory into them! The Saints are jewels, but their worth and riches, is not known; therefore they are trampled upon by ⟨p. 212⟩the world. It doth not yet appeare what they shall be: all things are theirs.
- 1Use 1.
- 2Informa. 1. Branch
- *Dan. 9.23.
- *Jam. 2.5.
- *Josh. 15
