2. It doth not appear to wicked men, what the Sons of God shall be: The World are strangers, and intermeddle not with their joy: The truth is, the World are so far from knowing what they shall be, that they do not know what they are at present: There are Inchoate felicities which the Saints have in this life, which unregenerate men have no notice, or cognizance of▪ they have their feasts, their joys, their consolations, their boastings, that are riddles to the ungodly: They know not what the country feast of a good Conscience means, how then should they understand what are the Provisions of the Kingdom of Glory? The Children of God have their joys and ravishments here, and these strangers have no acquaintance with them. ⟨p. 62⟩Sound Divines interpret that, 1 Cor. 2. 9. Eye hath not seen, &c. To be meant of these, and that it is spoken, concerning ungodly men is evident, because he excepts Believers, vers. 10. But God hath revealed them to us by his Spirit. Those smiles of God's Countenance, those inward supports of heart, that sweet communion which their Souls have with God in an Ordinance, in hearing the Word, at a Sacrament, in their Closets, on their knees pouring out of their Prayers and tears into the bosom of their Father: Those holy transports are riddles, and matters of laughter and scorn to them, and if they know not what is, how should they understand that which is to come?
2. It doth not appear to wicked men, what the Sons of God shal be: The World are strangers, and intermeddle not with their joy: The truth is, the World are so far from knowing what they shal be, that they do not know what they are at present: There are Inchoate felicitys which the Saints have in this life, which unregenerate men have no notice, or cognizance of▪ they have their feasts, their joyes, their consolations, their boastings, that are riddles to the ungodly: They know not what the countrey feast of a good Conscience means, how then should they understand what are the Provisions of the Kingdom of Glory? The Children of God have their joyes and ravishments here, and these strangers have no acquaintance with them. ⟨p. 62⟩Sound Divines interpret that, 1 Cor. 2. 9. Eye hath not seen, &c. To be meant of these, and that it is spoken, concerning ungodly men is evident, because he excepts Believers, vers. 10. But God hath rovealed them to us by his Spirit. Those smiles of God's Countenance, those inward supports of heart, that sweet communion which their Souls have with God in an Ordinance, in hearing the Word, at a Sacrament, in their Closets, on their knees powring out of their Prayers and tears into the bosom of their Father: Those holy transports are riddles, and matters of laughter and scorn to them, and if they know not what is, how should they understand that which is to come?
