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CHAP. XXXVII. Of the glory prepared for the Saints, and reserved to be given to them at the appearing of the Lord Jesus Christ. (Book 37)

IF in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable, 1 Cor. 15. 19.

After I awake, &c. yet in my flesh (or, out of my flesh) shall I see God: whom I shall see for my self, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another, Job 19. 26, 27.

Death shall feed on them: and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, Psal. 49. 14.

Many of them who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake: some to e∣verlasting life, &c. and they who be wise (or, teachers) shall shine as the bright∣ness of the firmament; and they who turn many to righteousness, as the stars for ever and ever, Dan. 12. 2, 3.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God, Matth. 5. 8.

Lay up for your selves treasure in heaven: where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through and steal, &c. Matth. 6. 20.

Many shall come, &c. and shall sit down with Abraham, &c. in the kingdom of heaven, Matth. 8. 11.

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of the father, Matth. 13. 43.

Jesus was transfigured, &c. his face did shine as the sun: and his raiment white, Matth. 17. 2, 3.

In the resurrection, they shall neither marry, &c. but are as the Angels of God in heaven, Matth. 22. 30.

Then shall the king say, &c. inherit the kingdom prepared for you, &c. The righteous into life eternal, Matth. 25. 34, 46.

Little flock, it is your fathers good pleasure to give you the kingdom, Luke 12. 32.

—And the resurrection, &c. neither can they dye any more: for they are e∣qual unto the Angels, and are the children of God, Luke 20. 36.

Lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth nigh, Luke 21. 18.

I appoint unto you a kingdom, &c. that ye may eat and drink at my table, and in my kingdom: and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel, Luke 22. 29, 30.

To day thou shalt be with me in Paradise, Luke 23. 43.

I give to them eternal life: and they shall never perish, John 10. 28. Rom. 2. 7.

Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now: but thou shalt follow me after∣wards, John 13. 36.

I will come again, and receive you unto my self: that where I am, there ye may be also, John 14. 3, 19.

I will see you, &c. and your hearts shall rejoyce: and your joy shall no man take from you, John 16. 22.

The glory which thou gavest me, I have given them, &c. Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am, that they may be∣hold my glory which thou hast given me, John 17. 22, 24.

Glory, honour, and peace, to every one who worketh good, Rom. 2 7, 10.

We stand and rejoyce in the hope of the glory of God, Rom. 5. 2.

—The end everlasting life, &c. the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus, &c. Rom. 6. 22, 23, 31. Gal. 6. 8. 2 Tim. 1. 10.

—Heirs of God, joynt heirs with Christ: if so be that we suffer with him, that we may-be also glorified together, &c. The sufferings of this present time, are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us: for the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God, &c. We our selves, &c. waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body, Rom. 8. 17, 18, 19, 23.

They to obtain a corruptible crown: but we an incorruptible, 1. Cor. 9. 25.

We know in part, &c. but when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away, &c. Now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face: now I know in part, but then shall I know, even as also I am known, 1 Cor. 13. 10, 12.

As we have born the image of the earthly: we shall also bear the image of the heavenly, &c. The dead shall be raised incorruptible, &c. this corruptible must put on incorruption: and this mortal must put on immortality, &c. 1 Cor. 15. 19, 49, 52, 53, 54, 55. 2 Cor. 5. 4.

Our light affliction, &c. worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, &c. the things which are not seen, are eternal, 2 Cor. 4. 17, 18.

We have a building of God: an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens, 2 Cor. 5. 1.

Jesus Christ, who shall change our vile body: that it may be fashioned like un∣to his glorious body, Phil. 3. 20, 21.

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, Col. 1. 5.

When Christ who is our life shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory, Col. 3. 4.

Then we, &c. shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord: wherefore comfort one, &c. 1 Thess. 4. 17, 18.

You who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed, &c. when he shall come to be glorified in his Saints, and admired in all them who be∣lieve, 2 Thess. 1. 7, 10

That they may obtain the salvation which is in Jesus Christ, with eternal glory, 2 Tim. 2. 10.

There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, &c. shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto them also who love his ap∣pearing, 2 Tim. 4. 8.

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God, Heb. 4. 9.

Ye took joyfully the spoiling of your goods: knowing in your selves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance: cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward, Heb. 10. 34, 35. Prov. 8. 21.

Abram looked for a City which hath foundations: whose builder and maker is God, &c. they desire a better country, that is an heavenly: wherefore God, &c. for he hath prepared for them a City, &c. others are tortured: not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection, Heb. 11. 10, 16, 35. chap. 13. 14.

Ye are come to mount Sion unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Je∣rusalem, and to an innumerable company of Angels: to the general assembly, &c. unto God the Judg of all: and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediatour, &c. Heb. 12. 22, 23, 24.

Blessed be God, &c. who hath begotten us again unto a lively hope, &c. to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and which fadeth not away, reser∣ved in heaven for you, &c. The sufferings of Christ, and the glory which should follow, &c. Hope to the end for the grace which is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ, 1 Pet. 1. 3, 4, 9, 11, 13. chap. 5. 10.

Ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing, 1 Pet. 3. 9.

When the chief shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory which fadeth not away, &c. The God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Jesus Christ, &c. 1 Pet. 5. 1, 4, 10.

We, &c. look for new heavens, and a new earth wherein dwelleth righte∣ousness, 2 Pet. 3. 13.

He who doth the will of God, abideth for ever, 1 John 2. 17.

We know that when he shall appear, we shall be like him: for we shall see him as he is, 1 John 3. 2.

They shall walk with me in white, &c. clothed in white, &c. will I make a pillar in the temple of my God: and he shall go no more out, &c. Will I grant to sit with me in my throne: even as I also overcame, and am set down, &c. Rev. 3. 4, 5, 11, 12, 21. chap. 2. 26, 27, 28.

I beheld, and lo a great multitude, &c. stood before the Throne, &c. clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands, &c. These are they who came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb: therefore are they before the throne of God,

and serve him day and night in his temple, and he who sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them: they shall hunger no more, nor thirst no more: neither shall the sun light on them, or any heat: for the Lamb, &c. shall feed them, &c. and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, Rev. 7. 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.

The new Jerusalems glory described at large, &c. Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men: and he will dwell with them, &c. and wipe away all tears from their eyes: and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying: neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things are passed away, Rev. 21. 1, 2, 3, 4. chap. 22. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

See more of Eternal-life, Chap. 10.

See the sad end of wicked men, Chap. 5.

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