8. And lastly, if it be so, how happy shall they be, who when their Lord cometh, shall be found doing the Will of God. Well doing will meet with a Well-done good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. Saints are called to Gods Kingdom and Glory here, and called upon to walk worthy of, answerable to, or becoming that Kingdom; and when they have thus walked with God, ⟨p. 33⟩they shall be called into the Kingdom and glory; they shall hear the joyful sound, saying, 1Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you, they shall then sit down with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, at the wedding dinner, which is yet to be kept in Heaven, when all the Saints come together. Oh, what a glorious and blessed time will that be, when they that are now laughed at, and scorned for being so precise, for doing the Will of God, shall then be crowned with everlasting glory? Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not; now indeed too too many say in works and in their hearts, if not in words, 'Tis in vain to serve God, what profit is there that we keep his Ordinances? the proud are happy, &c. But behold, the day cometh that shall burn like an Oven, and all the proud, and all that do wickedly shall be as stubble; but a book of remembrance is written before him for them that fear the Lord, and think on his Name, and to them shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings, and they shall be mine in that day, when I make up my Jewels, saith the Lord. Yea, the beloved of their souls, and he that loves their souls will speak and say, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away, for lo, the Winter is past, and the rain is over and gone, the flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land, the fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grapes give a good smell, Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. Oh, my Dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, and hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance comely. Though ye have lain among the pots, ⟨p. 34⟩yet shall ye be as the wings of a Dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. This, and much more then this shall be their glory.
8. And lastly, if it be so, how happy shall they be, who when their Lord cometh, shall be found doing the Will of God. Well doing wil meet with a Well-done good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. Saints are called to Gods Kingdome and Glory here, and called upon to walk worthy of, answerable to, or becoming that Kingdome; and when they have thus walked with God, ⟨p. 33⟩they shall be called into the Kingdom and glory; they shall hear the joyful sound, saying, 1Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdome prepared for you, they shall then sit down with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, at the wedding dinner, which is yet to be kept in Heaven, when all the Saints come together. Oh, what a glorious and blessed time will that be, when they that are now laugh't at, and scorned for being so precise, for doing the Will of God, shall then be crowned with everlasting glory? Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not; now indeed too too many say in works and in their hearts, if not in words, 'Tis in vain to serve God, what profit is there that we keep his Ordinances? the proud are happy, &c. But behold, the day cometh that shall burn like an Oven, and all the proud, and all that do wickedly shall be as stubble; but a book of remembrance is written before him for them that fear the Lord, and think on his Name, and to them shall the Sun of righteousnesse arise with healing in his wings, and they shall be mine in that day, when I make up my Jewels, saith the Lord. Yea, the beloved of their soules, and he that loves their soules will speak and say, Rise up, my love, my faire one, and come away, for lo, the Winter is past, and the raine is over and gone, the flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land, the fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grapes give a good smell, Arise, my love, my faire one, and come away. Oh, my Dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, and hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance comely. Though ye have lain among the pots, ⟨p. 34⟩yet shall ye be as the wings of a Dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. This, and much more then this shall be their glory.
- 1Their Masters joy enters into them here, and they into their Masters joy hereafter.
