Ecclesia Monilia. The peculiar treasure of the Almighty King opened; and the jewels that…

BUT then, Secondly. 'TIS to be further expected, That the Final, and more perfect and complete making up of the Jewels, will be, in the Day, when our Glorious LORD will have his Jewels to be all together with Him, where He is, that they may behold His Glory. We read 2 Thes. II. 1. Concerning the coming of our Lord JESUS CHRIST, and our gathering together unto Him. Our gathering together unto our Lord JESUS CHRIST, will be His making up of His Jewels. It is in the Heavenly World, in the Future World, that the Children of GOD will ⟨p. 14⟩have those Things done for them, which will make up His Jewels for Him. The Jewels have continually something done towards the Making of them up, and the Spirits of the Faithful are, upon their Expiration, fetched away into the Paradise of GOD. While the Jewels are here below, they are in the Jewellers Shop, where they are Grinding, and Cleansing, and Fitting, that they may be made meet for the Inheritance of the Saints in Light. The Glorious LORD fetches them away, One after another, in what He will have to be the most proper Season for it. And as these are Taking up, He is therein making up the Jewels, which He will bring with Him, when He comes to the Raising of the Dead. After the Resurrection of the Dead, we shall see that wondrous Thing; Heb. XII. The General Assembly of the First-born, which are enrolled in Heaven, and the Spirits of just Men made perfect. The Day when the General Assembly of the First born, shall be brought all together, and the Departed and Separate Spirits of the Just shall be made Perfect, in the Bodies designed for them; This, This will be the Day in which the Glorious LORD will make up His Jewels. There will then be seen the Strong City of GOD, in which he will show His Marvellous Kindness unto His Jewels. Oh! That in the Visions of GOD, we may be now carried away, to a Great and High Mountain, where we may see that Great City, the Holy Jerusalem! Christians, Take a View of ⟨p. 15⟩the dazzling and charming Spectacle! It has the Glory of GOD in it; and its Light is like unto a Stone most precious: And the Foundations of the Wall of the City, are garnished with all manner of precious Stones. The Glorious LORD will make up His Jewels, by bringing them all into that Holy City, and there filling them with all the fullness of GOD, and causing them to shine like the Sun in the Kingdom of their Father;