The Happiness of the Righteous.

7. The Happiness of the Righteous in Heaven, is inconceiveably great. 1 Cor ii. 9. Eye hath not feen nor Ear heard, neither have entered into the Heart of Man the Things which God hath prepared for them that love him. Ifa. 64. 4.

1 John i 2. Beloved, now are we the Sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he shall appear we fhall be like him, for we fhall fee him as he is. Rom, 8. 29. .3. 21.

Phil.

8. Chriftians are Heirs. Rom. viii. 17.If Children then Heirs, Heirs of God, and joint Heirs of Chrift. Ch.

4. 7.

Gal. iii. 27. Heirs according to the Promife. Eph. 3. 6.

· Tit. ii. 17. Heirs according to the Hope of eternal Life. Heb. i. 17. Heirs of Salvation.

vi. 17. Heirs of Promife. Ch. 11. 7. 10. Heirs of Righteousness by Faith.

James ii. 5. Heirs of a Kingdom which God hath prepared for them that love him.

1 Pet. iii. 7. Heirs of the Grace of Life.

Chriftians have an Inheritance, a Kingdom, &c.

Matt. xix. 21. Thou shalt have Treasure in Heaven.

Ver. 29. Shall inherit everlasting Life.

xxv. 34 Chrift will fay, Come ye bleffed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you,. from the Foundation of the World. Luke

12.32.

Luke xxii. 29. I appoint unto you a Kingdom, even as my Father hath appointed unto me.

Ver. 30. That ye may eat at my Table, and drink in my Kingdom.

As xiv. 20 We must through manifold Tribulations enter into the Kingdom of God.

xx. 32. To an Inheritance among them that are fanctified by Faith, in Jefus Chrift. Ch. 26. 18.

Rom. v. 17. They which receive Abundance of Grace and of the Gift of Righteoutnefs, fhall reign in Life by Jefus Chrift. 2 Tim. 2. 12. If we fuffer with Chrift we shall alfo reign with him. Matt. 19. 28. Gal. iii. 18. An Inheritance not of law, but of Promife. Rom. 4.14. Eph. i. 11. In Chrift we have obtained an Inheritance.

Ver. 14 The Spirit of Promise is the Earneft of our Inheritance.

Ver. 18. The Glory of God's Inheritance in the Saints.

Col. i. 12. The Father hath made us meet to be Partakers of the Inheritance of the Saints in Light.

fhall receive the Reward of the Inherit

Col. iii. 24. Of the Lord ye ance, for ye ferve the Lord Chrift.

1 Theff. ii. 12. God hath called us to his Kingdom and Glory. 2 Theff. i. 5. That ye may be accounted worthy of the Kingdom for which ye

fuffer.

2 Tim. iv. 18. The Lord thall preferve me to his heavenly King.

dom.

Heb. ix. 15. Chrift the Mediator, &c. that they might receive the Promife of eternal Inheritance.

Heb.

Heb. x. 34. An enduring Subftance. Ch. 12, 28. A Kingdom that cannot be moved.

1 Pet. i. 3. God hath begotten us to a lively Hope.

Ver. 4. To an Inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away, referved in Heaven.

2 Pet. i. 11. An Entrance fhall be miniftered unto you abundantly into the Everlasting Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift.

Rev. i, 6. Jefus Chrift hath made us Kings and Priefts unto God and his Father. Ch. 5. 10.-20. 4. 6. See Luke 6. 20.—13. 28. 29. —14. 15.

xxi. 7. He that overcometh shall inherit all Things.

I Cor. vi. 9. The Unrighteous fhall not inherit the Kingdom of God. Gal. 5. 21. Eph. 5. 5.

Ver. 10.

9. The righteous have Reft. Job iii. 17. There (in Heaven) the weary are at Reft.

Pf. cxvi. 7. Return unto thy Reft, O my Soul.

Jer, vi. 16. Walk in the good Way and ye shall find Reft unto your Souls. Ifa. 57.2.

Matt. xi. 28. Come unto me (faid Jefus,) and I will give you Reft. Ver. 29. Ye fhall find Reft unto your Souls.

2 Theff. i. 7. God will give you Reft, when the Lord Jefus fhall be revealed from Heaven.

Heb. iv. 9. There remaineth a Reft for the People of God.

Ver. 11. Let us labour to enter into that Reft.

Rev. xiv. 13. The Dead which die in the Lord, reft from their Labour, and their Works do follow them.

10. Others enjoy Manfions, a new Heaven, and heavenly Temple, Light, &c. John xiv. 2. In my Father's House are many Mansions, I go to prepare a Place for you.

Ver. 3. I will come again and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there ye may be also.

2 Pet. iii. 13. We look for new Heavens, and a new Earth wherein dwelleth Righteoufnefs.

Rev. iii. 4. They fhall walk with me in White, for they are worthy. Rev. xxi. 22. The Lord God Almighty, and the Lamb are the Temple of it.

Ver. 23. The Glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

xxii. 4. And they shall see his Face, and his Name shall be in their Foreheads.

Ver. 5. The Lord God giveth them Light, and they fhall reign for ever and ever.

11. They are prefent with Chrift. John xvii. 24. I will that they alfo whom thou haft given me be with me where I am, that they may be-, hold my Glory which thou haft given me. Ch. 12. 26 -14 2. 3. Luke

22.30.

Col. iii. 4. When Chrift who is our Life fhall appear then shall ye alfo appear with him in Glory. 1 John 3. 2.

1 Theff. iv. 17. We shall be caught up in the Clouds to meet the Lord in the Air, and fo fhall we ever be with the Lord.

Rev. iii. 4. Thou haft a few Names even in Sardis, which have not defiled their Garments, and they shall walk with me in White for they are worthy.

Rev.

Rev. iii. 21. To him that overcometh will I grant to fit with me in my Throne, even as I alfo overcame, and am fet down with my Father in his Throne. Ver. 5

Rev. vii. 15. They are before the Throne of God and serve him Day and Night in his Temple, and he that fitteth on the Throne fhall dwell among them.

xiv. 4. These are they which follow the Lamb, whither foever he goeth, these were redeemed from among Men being the first Fruits unto God and to the Lamb. Ver. 5.

12. Are in a State of Joy. Pf. xvi. 11. Thou wilt fhew me the Path of Life, in thy Prefence is Fulness of Joy, and at thy right Hand are Pleafures for evermore. Pf. 36. 8. 9. Ifa. 35.10. Matt. xxv. 21. Enter into the Joy of thy Lord.

Jude xxiv. He is able to prefent you faultlefs before the prefence of his Glory with exceeding Joy.

13. Free from Pain and Sorrow. Ifa. xxxiii. 24. The Inhabitant fhall not fay I am fick, the People that dwell there fhall be forgiven their Iniquity.

XXXV. 10. Sorrow and Sighing fhall fly away.

Ix. 19. The Sun fhall be no more thy Light by Day, neither fhall the Moon give Light unto thee, but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting Light, and thy God thy Glory. Ver. 20.

Matt. vi. 20. Lay up for yourselves Treasures in Heaven, where neither Moth nor Ruft doth corrupt nor Thieves break through and steal. Rev. vii. 15. They are before the Throne of God, and ferve him Day and Night in his Temple, and he that fitteth on the Throne shall lead them.

Ver. 16. And they fhall hunger no more, neither thirft any more, neither shall the Sun light on them nor any Heat.

Ver. 17. For the Lamb which is in the Midft of the Throne shall feed them, and fhall lead them unto living Fountains of Waters, and God fhall wipe away all Tears from their Eyes.

N. B. The above Texts from Ifaiah- though prophetical of the happy State of the Church on Earth, are moft ftrictly true and expreflive of the Happiness of glorified Saints in Heaven.

Rev. xxi. 4. God fhall wipe away all Tears from their Eyes, and there fhall be no more Death, neither Sorrow nor Crying, neither fhall there be any more Pain, for the former Things are paffed away.

xxii. 3. There fhall be no more Curfe, but the Throne of God and of the Lamb fhall be in it, and his Servants shall serve him.

14. Eternal Life is from God Pf. xi. 6. Thou wilt fhew me the Path of Life. Acts 2. 28

xxxvi. 9. With thee is the Fountain of Life.

lxiii 3. Thy Loving-kindnefs is better than Life.

Rev. xxii. 1. I beheld a pure River of Water of Life, clear as Crystal proceeding out of the Throne of God and of the Lamb.

Ver. 2. In the midst of the Street and of either Side of the River

was the Tree of Life. See Live through Chrift.

15. Life promifed to fundry Graces and Duties. See promises to Faith in Chrifl to Obedience. Lev. xviii. 5 Keep my Statutes and my Judgments,

Ch. 29.

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which if a Man do he fhall live in them. Neh. 9. 29. Ezek. 20. 11. 13.

21. Rom. 10. 5.

Gal 3.5.

Ezek. xviii. 9. He that hath walked in my Statutes and kept my Judgments, he fhail furely live. Ver. 17. 19. Ch. 33. 13.

Matt. xix. 16. One came and faid unto Jefus, good Mafter, what good Thing fhall I do that I may have eternal Life !

Ver. 17 Jefus faid unto him if Commandments. Ver. 18. 19. 21. 26, 27, 28.-18. 18,

thou wilt enter into Life, keep the Mark 10. 17. 19. Luke 10. 25.

John iv. 36. He that reapeth receiveth Wages, and gathereth Fruit unto Life eternal, that he that foweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

xii. 50. The Father's Commandment is Life Everlafting,

Rom. ii. 7. To them who by patient Continuance in Well doing feek for Glory, Honour and Immortality. God will give eternal Life.

vi 22 Being made free froin Sin, and become the Servants of God, ye haye your Fruit unto Holinefs and the End everlating Life.

Rev. ii. 7 To him that overcometh will I give to Eat of the Tree of Life, which is in the midft of the Paradife of God.

xxii. 14 Bleffed are they that do his Commandments that they may have a right to the Tree of Life, and may enter in through the Gates into the City. See Promifes to Obedience, to good Works, Welldoing, &c.

16. To the Righteous. Prov. xi. 19. Righteoufnefs tendeth to Life. Ver. 30. Ch. 21. 21.

xii. 28. In the Way of Righteoufnefs is Life, and in the Path Way thereof is no Death.

Matt. xxv. 46. The Righteous fhall go into Life eternal. See Promifes to the Righteous,

17. To the Spiritually minded. Rom. viii. 6. To be fpiritually minded is Life, and Peace. Ver. 10. 13.

Gal. vi 8. He that foweth to the Spirit fhall of the Spirit reap Life everlasting

18. To leeking God. Pf. xxii. 25. Your Hearts fhall live that feek him. Amos v. 4. Seek ye me, and your Soul fhall live. See feeking God's

Promifes.

19. To Godliness. See Promises to Godliness.

1 Tim. iv. 8. Godliness hath the Promife of the Life that now is, and of that which is to come.

20. To the Fear of God. See Promises to fearing God.

Prov. xiv. 27. The Fear of the Lord is a Fountain of Life to depart from the Snares of Death. Ch. 19.23.-22. 4.

21. To loving God. See Promifes to loving God.

James i. 12. A Crown of Life he hath promifed to them that love him.

22. To Mortification, dying unto Sin. Matt. xviii. 8 If thy Hand or thy Foot offend thee, cut them off and caft them from you, it is better for thee to enter into Life, halt or maimed, rather than having two Hands or two Feet to be caft into everlasting Fire.

Ver. 9. If thine Eye offend thee pluck it out and caft it from thee, it is better for thee to enter into Life with one Eye, rather than having two Eyes to be caft into Hell Fire.

Rom.

Rom. vi. 8. If we be dead with Christ we fhall alfo live with him. Ver. 11. Reckon ye yourselves to be dead indeed to Sin, but alive unto God through Jefus Christ our Lord.

Gal. ii. 20. I am crucified with Chrift, nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Chrift liveth in me. Rom. 8. 2.

2 Tim. ii. 11. If we be dead with Chrift we fhall alfo live with him. 23. To Suffering for Chrift's Sake. Matt. x. 39. He that loseth his Life for my Sake fhall find it. John 12. 25.

xix. 29. Every one that hath forfaken Houses or Brethren or Sifters, or Father or Mother, or Wife or Children, or Lands for my Name's Sake, fhall receive an hundred Fold, and shall inherit everlasting Life. 24. To Perfeverance. Rev. ii. 10. Be thou faithful unto Death, and I Matt. 10. 22. will give thee a Crown of Life.

25. To those that overcome. Rev. ii. 7. To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the Tree of Life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God. See Ver. 11. 17. 26. Ch. 3. 5. 12. 21. Ch. 21. 7. 26. To Repentance. See Promises to Repentance, Converfion, Turning, &c.

Acts xi. 18. Then hath God to the Gentiles granted Repentance unto Life.

27. To the Wife. See Promifes to the Love and Study of Wisdom. Prov iv. 4. Wisdom faith keep my Commandments and live.

viii. 35. Whofo findeth Wisdom findeth Life, and shall obtain Fa vour of the Lord. Ch 16. 22.

Eccl. vii. 12. Wifdom giveth Life. See Ch. 13. 14-15, 24

Future Punishments.

Sinners that fhall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. Matt. v. 20. Except your Righteoufnefs, fhall exceed the Righteouf nefs of the Scribes and Pharifees, ye fhall in no Cafe enter into the King dom of Heaven. Ch. 7. 21. 22. 23. Jefus faid, not every one, that faith unto me, Lord, Lord, fhall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but he, that doth the Will of my Father which is in Heaven.

Ver. 22. Many will fay unto me in that Day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophefied in thy Name, and in thy Name caft out Devils, and in thy Name done many wonderful Works?

deCh. 18. 3. Except ye be converted, and become as little Children, ye Mark 10. 15. fhall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

Ver. 23. And then will I profefs unto them, I never knew you, Luke 13. 26. part from me ye, that Work Iniquity.

Mark 10. 23. 24. 25. 27. Jefus faid, how hardly fhall they that have Riches, enter into the Kingdom of God? How hard is it for them that truft in Riches, to enter into the Kingdom of God?—It is eafier for a Camel to go through the Eye of a Needle, than for a Rich Man to enter into the Kingdom of God.-With Men it is impoffible, but not with God, for with God all Things are poffible.

Luke 13. 24. Strive to enter in at the ftrait Gate, for many fhall Matt. 7. 13. For wide is the feek to enter in, and fhall not be able: Gate, and broad is the Way that leadeth to Deftruction, and many there be, which go in thereat, because strait is the Gate, and narrow is the Way, which leadeth unto Life, and few there be that find it.

John