The mourners cordial against excessive sorrow discovering what grounds of hope Gods people have…

3. Their everlasting abode with him in ⟨p. 66⟩his glorious Kingdom, after the Judgment is over; this encouragement is expressed, Context, verse 17. and so shall we be ever with the Lord; when Jesus Christ shall have finished that great Affair, and that High Court shall be broken up, then shall he return to Heaven again, attended with the pompous Train of Holy Angels, which waited upon him in that Transaction, together with all his Redeemed Saints, who in Soul and Body shall go with him to the heavenly Kingdom, and there be filled for ever with his presence, and be made blessed by his Communion through all Eternity; where as all others shall be excluded from his Presence, and suffer everlasting miseries in that Separation. Now these hopes are sufficient to swallow up all sorrows, and to dry up our tears▪ at least to keep them within the bounds of a due moderation, in either respect▪ now is the happy time when we shall come together again, and when we are there met, we shall part no more: and then our mutual fruitions shall be entirely perfect, and without any dregs or mixtures of sorrow or fear; we with them being together made completely blessed in the full enjoyment of all that which we have hoped for: and here lies the strength of a believers hope in this respect: The things themselves which are to feed and nourish it are ⟨p. 67⟩full, and there is nothing wanting in them; and they are also certain with respect to all those that are so qualified, as we have been considering; we have the infallible Testimony of the Spirit of God recorded in the Holy Scriptures giving us a full confirmation of these things.

3. Their everlasting abode with him in ⟨p. 66⟩his glorious Kingdom, after the Judgment is over; this encouragement is expressed, Context, verse 17. and so shall we be ever with the Lord; when Jesus Christ shall have finished that great Affair, and that High Court shall be broken up, then shall he return to Heaven again, attended with the pompous Train of Holy Angels, which waited upon him in that Transaction, together with all his Redeemed Saints, who in Soul and Body shall go with him to the heavenly Kingdom, and there be filled for ever with his presence, and be made blessed by his Communion through all Eternity; where as all others shall be excluded from his Presence, and suffer everlasting miseries in that Separation. Now these hopes are sufficient to swallow up all sorrows, and to dry up our tears at least to keep them within the bounds of a due moderation, in either respect now is the happy time when we shall come together again, and when we are there met, we shall part no more: and then our mutual fruitions shall be entirely perfect, and without any dregs or mixtures of sorrow or fear; we with them being together made compleatly blessed in the full enjoyment of all that which we have hoped for: and here lies the strength of a believers hope in this respect: The things themselves which are to feed and nourish it are