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

Why doth not a new life animate thee at the very mention of these things? Hast thou not far more cause to raise up thy desponding Spirits with cheerfulness, then old Lacob, when his Son Joseph, who was Lord of that Land, sent for him into Egypt? Thy Father O my Soul, thy Brother is Lord, not of Egypt, nor of Goshen, but of Eden, of Zion; he is the King of that glorious City, the new Jerusalem; Heaven is his Throne, and Earth is his Foot-stool, and yet behold the waggons that he hath sent for thee, behold the provision that he hath sent to maintain thee comfortably in thy journey from Egypt to Canaan; is not this enough? O my Soul awake, up and see him before thou dyest; behold, he is coming, the Bridegroom is coming, Joseph is coming, to meet thee with a gallant ⟨p. 131⟩Train, in a glorious Equipage; It is but yet a little while, and thy husband will come and fetch thee in Royal State, attended with a numberless retinue of Saints and Angels. O hadst thou but an eye to behold their Chariots and Horsemen coming upon the mountains; he is coming, he is coming, he will be here quickly, he will not tarry, he is at the door. Contemplate sometimes on these things, and a little antedate that Glory by Spiritual mediation, do but think what a brave sight that will be to see the mountains covered with Chariots of fire, and Horses of fire, when the heavens shall bow before thy friend, and the earth shall melt at his presence, and yet thy heart not faint within thee; when the King shall come in the Clouds to fetch his Friends to his own house, where they shall dwell for ever. This honour have all the Saints.

Why doth not a new life animate thee at the very mention of these things? Hast thou not far more cause to raise up thy desponding Spirits with chearfulness, then old Lacob, when his Son Joseph, who was Lord of that Land, sent for him into Egypt? Thy Father O my Soul, thy Brother is Lord, not of Egypt, nor of Goshen, but of Eden, of Zion; he is the King of that glorious City, the new Jerusalem; Heaven is his Throne, and Earth is his Foot-stool, and yet behold the waggons that he hath sent for thee, behold the provision that he hath sent to maintain thee comfortably in thy journey from Egypt to Canaan; is not this enough? O my Soul awake, up and see him before thou dyest; behold, he is coming, the Bridegroome is coming, Joseph is coming, to meet thee with a gallant ⟨p. 131⟩