Heaven upon earth, or, The best friend in the worst of times. Delivered in…

Sixthly, He is the most Faithful friend. Where is the man that can tax him of the least unfaithfulness? Which is the man that can say that he ever forsook any of his in their greatest exigency? he hath been trusted more then once with more then the world is worth a thousand times over; and they which trusted him most, never accuseth, never thought their choicest Jewels, their whole estate could be left in safer hands; his promise, and his performance have kept touch, he never failed his in the least punctilio, or circumstance of time. Ask Abraham, who was one of Gods friends, God tells him that his seed shall inherit Canaan, and that they shall be strangers in a Land that was not theirs four hundred years; and did he not at the expiring of that time, though it was at midnight almost, bring them out of Egypt: God keeps his time with them to a minute. Ask Joshua whether he did not live to see this promise made good? inquire of David, and he will tell you again, that no friend is so trusty. The unfaithfulness is on mans side there indeed, there I say is many an unhandsome thing done, and yet for all God doth not (as you shall hear hereafter) presently break with them; if they forget that they are Children, he will not forget that he is their Father; if God should have done thus by them, many thousands of them that are now in Glory had been somewhere else. He promiseth indeed ⟨p. 101⟩great things unto his Friend; but do's he not do as he saith, if not in the very thing, yet in that which is better; and who would account himself wronged, if one that promised him ten pound in silver, should in the stead of it give him ten thousand pound in Gold and Jewels; I believe such a one would not be thought to be worse then his word, nor the person to whom he made this promise, count himself injured. And this God doth frequently, did men but understand the worth of what God pays them with. It may be God doth not clothe them in Silks and Satins, (neither do I know that he ever promised to do so) but yet he clothes them with the Righteousness of Christ, and bestows those glorious robes upon them, in which they look more trim and neat then in clothes of Gold; he hath made him such a Suit that is the handsomer for the much wearing; he may eat and drink, sleep, and work in it, and keep it on his back day and night, and it shall not he wrinkled; it is the better for use:

Sixthly, He is the most Faithful friend. Where is the man that can tax him of the least unfaithfulness? Which is the man that can say that he ever forsook any of his in their greatest exigency? he hath been trusted more then once with more then the world is worth a thousand times over; and they which trusted him most, never accuseth, never thought their choisest Jewels, their whole estate could be left in safer hands; his promise, and his performance have kept touch, he never failed his in the least punctilio, or circumstance of time. Ask Abraham, who was one of Gods friends, God tells him that his seed shall inherit Canaan, and that they shall be strangers in a Land that was not theirs four hundered years; and did he not at the expiring of that time, though it was at midnight almost, bring them out of Egypt: God keeps his time with them to a minute. Ask Joshua whether he did not live to see this promise made good? inquire of David, and he will tell you again, that no friend is so trusty. The unfaithfulness is on mans side there indeed, there I say is many an unhandsome thing done, and yet for all God doth not (as you shall hear hereafter) presently break with them; if they forget that they are Children, he will not forget that he is their Father; if God should have done thus by them, many thousands of them that are now in Glory had been somewhere else. He promiseth indeed