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

fetch your scaling ladders, run up apace, mount the rampiers, fear nothing though the Devil play his Artillery upon them, yet it is but powder, he shall never give you a mortal would; resist him and he will flee, and the field is yours; the Spoil, the Crown, the Honour will pay for your pains, blood, and danger. Fall on brave souls, fall on; the valianter you be, the more safe you are. Methinks I hear those noble Saints encouraging of you to get acquaintance with God, and saying to you that are yet afar off, come near, Come away poor souls, come away, what do you mean thus to delay? O little do you think what a friend we now find of God; it was but a little, a very little that was told us of the excellency of Christ, and the glories of this place, to what we experience; It was no false report that we heard when we was upon earth, of the happiness of Heaven: O here's a prize worth the running for; a Kingdom, a Crown worth the fighting for, an Estate worth the looking after. We have not now our stint; we are not dieted with those Spiritual Dainties, we have not now and then a sip, a draught, a bit in a corner, but we are at the fountain, we are daily feasted with infinite pleasures, our hearts are full, brim full, they run over, we swim in an ocean of spiritual enjoyments; these things are beyond your capacity now to understand. Were we to live upon earth again, and did we know what we do now know, we should ever pine with our earnest longing for God, the living God, to be in his immediate presence, and to be at that ⟨p. 253⟩angelical work of praising, serving, and loving him for ever. Wherefore brethren, let us encourage one another, Come let us go up to the house of the Lord; his dwelling is in Salem, his palace is upon mount Zion. Why should not we go on as merrily in the paths of Wisdom, as the wicked in the road of Hell? How do the Devils Champions encourage and hearten one another up? How do they laugh, sing and roar, as if their life were the only life; for shame let's tell them they lye in their teeth. Who hath the best company, they or we? the Patriarchs and Prophets, the Apostles and thousands of Martyrs are gone singing before some of our dear Relations, Fathers, Brethren and Sisters are newly welcomed by Christ to his Fathers house; and they are blessing that rich mercy that hath conducted them to such a place, to such a friend!

fetch your scaling ladders, run up apace, mount the rampiers, fear nothing though the Devil play his Artillery upon them, yet it is but powder, he shall never give you a mortal would; resist him and he will flee, and the field is yours; the Spoil, the Crown, the Honour will pay for your pains, bloud, and danger. Fall on brave souls, fall on; the valianter you be, the more safe you are. Methinks I hear those noble Saints encouraging of you to get acquaintance with God, and saying to you that are yet afar off, come near, Come away poor souls, come away, what do you mean thus to delay? O little do you think what a friend we now find of God; it was but a little, a very little that was told us of the excellency of Christ, and the glories of this place, to what we experience; It was no false report that we heard when we was upon earth, of the happiness of Heaven: O here's a prize worth the running for; a Kingdom, a Crown worth the fighting for, an Estate worth the looking after. We have not now our stint; we are not dieted with those Spiritual Dainties, we have not now and then a sip, a draught, a bit in a corner, but we are at the fountain, we are daily feasted with infinite pleasures, our hearts are full, brim full, they run over, we swim in an ocean of spiritual enjoyments; these things are beyond your capacity now to understand. Were we to live upon earth again, and did we know what we do now know, we should ever pine with our earnest longing for God, the living God, to be in his immediate presence, and to be at that