Heauen opened VVherein the counsaile of God concerning mans saluation is yet more cleerely manifested, so that they that haue eyes may come and se the Christian possessed and crowned in his heauenly kingdome: which is the greatest and last benefit we haue by Christ Iesus our Lord. Come and see. First, written, and now newly amended and enlarged, by Mr. William Cowper, minister of Gods word.

Verse 23.

And not onely the creature, but wee also who haue receiued the first fruits of the Spirit, euen wee doe sigh in our selues, wayting for the adoption, euen the redemption of our bodies.

NOw followeth the Apostles other argument,* 1.1 wherby he proues the greatnesse and certaintie of that glory to be reuealed, & it is taken from that feruent expectation which the sonnes of God haue of it. It can neither be a vaine nor a small thing, but by the contrary both great and certaine, whereupon God hath set the desire of his best creatures, by instinct of the Spirit of Grace. So that wee haue here first a description of Gods children; they are such as haue recei∣ued the first fruits of the spirit: secondly, a two-fold effect which this holy Spirit workes in Gods children; first a wea∣rinesse of their present bondage, and seruitude of sinne: se∣condly, a wayting by a constant expectation for a better. And this doth very much confirme the Apostles purpose, there being none on earth who can better iudge the excel∣lencie of that glory to come, than they who haue receiued the first fruits thereof. Out of all doubt the testimonie of any one, who hath tasted of that ioy to come, is more worth to commend it, than is the contrary iudgement of a thou∣sand others to disproue it.

And not onely the creature.] The Apostle proceedes from* 1.2 the testimonie of the creature, to the testimonie of the sonnes of God; when he spake of the creature he said, they sigh and grone with vs, they trauaile together in paine with vs, and when hee speakes of the godly, he saith, wee sigh in our selues, As man was not made for himselfe but for the Lord, and therefore should wait vpon him, so the creatures vvere not made for themselues but for vs: and therefore where they are at couenant with vs, they in their kinde wait vpon vs, they goe with vs, they grone with vs, are grieued

with vs, and shall neuer rest till wee be deliuered; let licen∣tious men liuing in their sinnes marke this: they sigh not in themselues with the godly, yea they scorne their sighings, and therefore shall not be restored vvith the godly, they grone not with the creature, and shall not be deliuered with the creature. O miserable man, how vnhappy is that end,* 1.3 whereunto thy vvanton and hard heart which cannot re∣pent doth lead thee? thou shalt not stand in iudgement with the godly, where they goe there shalt not thou goe, thou didst not mourne with the children of the marriage cham∣ber, and therefore shalt not enter vvith them into it to be comforted; thou shalt goe to another place, and mourne without them: the burthen of thy sinnes which now thou feelest not, shall presse thee downe to hell, and confound thee for euer: the creature that groned with the godly shall be restored with them, and thou shalt not be restored. O how shalt thou be cast downe, when the earth whereupon thou treadest shall be deliuered into the glorious liberty of the sonnes of God, and shall as a seruant stand in the day of restitution, but thou as a rebell shalt be cast into vtter dark∣nesse, and shall not be so much as partaker of the deliue∣rance of the creature.

But we also who haue receiued the first fruits of the Spirit.]* 1.4 In this description of the godly, let vs consider these three things. First, that whatsoeuer grace we haue we receiued it. Secondly, that grace we haue receiued is not full▪ but in part; for we haue onely receiued the first fruits of the Spirit. And thirdly, that the first fruits which wee haue are sufficient pledges to vs of the plenitude and fulnesse, which afterward we shall receiue.

The first of these learnes vs humilitie: what hast thou O* 1.5 man which thou hast not receiued? The Lord dispenses grace to euery one according to his pleasure, and we are but ves∣sels filled and emptied as hee will. Secondly, it learnes vs thankfulnesse: vvhatsoeuer Grace wee haue receiued wee should returne both the praise and the vse of it to him who

gaue it; as the waters by secret conduits come from the Sea, returne againe openly into it, through the troughes, so that all men may see the returning, albeit they saw not the com∣ming: so that Grace which the Lord by his Spirit secretly conuayes to the godly, doth againe publikely returne vnto him by prayse and well doing. And thirdly, it doth teach vs diligence in prayer; if we desire encrease of Grace, we should seeke it from him of whom we haue the beginning, and vse all the meanes, such as hearing, reading, praying, keeping of a good conscience, by which Grace may grow, and be enter∣tayned in vs.

The next thing we obserue is, that in this life we receiue* 1.6 not the plenitude and fulnesse of Grace, but onely the first fruits thereof. The vse of this is, first to comfort the children of God, who are oftentimes discouraged with the sense and feeling of their owne wants. It is one of Sathans stratagems to try those by the rule of perfection, who are yet but in the state of proficients, and we had neede to beware of it. Shall I* 1.7 giue that vantage to the aduersary, as to thinke I haue no faith, because it is weake? or I haue no loue, because it is little: or no satisfaction, because it is but in a beginning? No, but I will so hunger and thirst for more grace, that I will still giue thanks for the grace I haue receiued; for here wee haue no fulnesse, our greatest measure is as the first fruits, in respect of that which is to come.

On the other side, because euery comfort which is giuen* 1.8 to the godly, is turned by prophane contemners and moc∣kers, into an occasion and nourishment of sinne: they are to know this comfort belongs not vnto them: It is a common thing to them to excuse the want of all Grace. O it is but a small grace which in this life is communicated to the best, and they think their sinnes are wel enough couered, by this that all men are sinners, as if there were no difference be∣tweene sinne tyrannizing in the vvicked, and captiued in the godly, or as if beginnings of Grace in the regenerate did not seperate them in regard of conuersation from the

vnregenerate who are void of all Grace. Let them therefore know that the Spirit of God whom the godly receiue, is not onely called the first fruits, the earnest, and the witnesse of God, but also the seale and signet of the liuing God. As a seale leaues in the waxe that similitude and impression of the forme which is in it selfe; so the Spirit of God commu∣nicates his owne image to all those whom he seales against the day of redemption, hee makes them new and holy crea∣tures. And this conuinces carnall professors of a lye, vvho say they haue receiued the first fruits of the Spirit, notwith∣standing that their works be wicked and vncleane: they may rather, if they vvould tell the truth, say as those who being demaunded whether they had receiued the holy Ghost or no, answered we know not whether there be an holy Ghost or no: so may they instead of bragging of the first fruits of the Spirit, say in truth wee know not what yee call the first fruits of the Spirit.

And thirdly, out of this description we may gather, that* 1.9 albeit we haue no more but the first fruits of the Spirit, yet are they sufficient to assure vs, that hereafter we shall enioy the whole Masse. In two respects it is customable to men to giue an earnest penny in buying and selling, eyther when the summe is greater then they are able to pay for the pre∣sent, or when the thing bought is of that nature, that it can∣not presently be deliuered: but betweene the Lord and vs there is no buying nor selling, he giues freely vnto vs▪ both the earnest and the principal, but first the one, and then the other; not that the Lord is vnable to pay presently all that he hath promised, but because the principall is of that na∣ture, that it cannot be receiued, till we be prepared for it. As the husbandman must sow and tarry vvith patience till the haruest come, wherein hee may sheare: as the warriour must fight before he obtaine the victory; and the wrestler receiues not his crowne till hee haue ouercome, neither doth he that runnes in a race obtaine the prise, till he haue finished it: so must the Christian, in all these be exercised,

before that the Lord possesse him in the promised king∣dome of his Sonne Christ Iesus.

And though payment of the principall for a time be* 1.10 delayed, yet for our comfort, the earnest and first fruits are presently deliuered vnto vs, the Lord so dealing with vs as he dealt with Israel in the Wildernesse, when he caused the twelue spies to bring with them from the riuer of Eschol, a branch of the Vine tree, so full of the clusters of grapes, that it vvas borne betweene two vpon a tree, together with the figges, and pomegranats, and other fruits of that land: for no other end, but that Israel tasting of the first fruits of Canaan might be prouoked to a more earnest desire there∣of, as also to assure them that the Lord who had giuen them the beginnings, vvould also put them in possession of the vvhole, accord••ing to his promise: euen so the Lord Iesus who hath gone before vs to our heauenly Canaan, not to view it onely, but to take possession thereof in our name, hath sent downe vnto vs some of the first fruites thereof, that wee may taste them, such as peace of Conscience, and ioy of the Spirit, that by proofe of the small beginnings, wee may know what excellent comfort is laid vp in store for vs.

Wee sigh in our selues. Here followes now the two effects* 1.11 of the Spirit, which he workes in them vvho haue receiued it. The first, is a sense of their present misery, which causes them to sigh vnto God for deliuerance, and he saith, they sigh within themselues, to teach vs that it is not an hipocri∣ticall and counterfait, but an inward and godly sorrow, which the Spirit workes in the children of God. Which I doe not so speake as if I did condemne those sighes which breake forth without; for sometime the grie••e of heart is so aboundant in the godly, that not onely it breakes out in sighing and mourning, but in strong crying to GOD also, but to restraine the hipocrisie of others, who make a faire shew of that in the flesh, vvhich is not in the Spirit. True religion striues rather to be approued of God, than seene of

men: one sigh proceeding from the hart, is a louder crying in the eares of the Lord of hosts, and more forcible to moue him▪ than the noise of all the shooting Priests of Baal, when they are gathered together into one.

We are therefore more deepely to consider this, that the* 1.12 Spirit of God first teacheth vs to sigh and mourne for our present misery, before he comfort vs with a constant hope of deliuerance. If now we mourne not, we shall not reioyce hereafter: it is onely mourners whom God hath marked in the fore-head▪ to saue from the wrath to come: such a con∣tinuall* 1.13 mourner vvas Dauid, who protests that in the night he watered his couch vvith teares, and in the day mingled his cup therewith: and Iob in like manner, my sighing (said he)* 1.14 comes before my eating. The Saints of God are not asha∣med to professe that of themselues, vvhich the mockers of this age esteeme a womanly affection; there is nothing to be found among them, but eating, drinking, singing, and a contracting of one sin after another, with carnall reioycing; but woe be vnto them that now laugh, for assuredly they* 1.15 shall weep, the end of their ioy shall be endles mourning and gnashing of teeth, they shall shed teares aboundantly with Esau, but shall finde no place for mercy.

Let vs therefore goe to the house of mourning with the* 1.16 godly, rather than to the banquetting houses of the wicked, reioycing in their sinfull pleasures. At one time Simon the Pharisee gaue our Sauiour a dinner, and Mary vvho had beene a sinner, brought him the sacrifice of a contrite hart, and the Lord esteemed more of her teares, than of the Pha∣risies delicates. No banquet pleaseth the Lord Iesus so vvell as a banquet of teares, poured from a truely penitent heart.* 1.17 The Lord is said to gather the teares of his children, and keepe them in a bottle, thereby to tell vs that they are pre∣tious in his sight: for hee is not like fooles who gather into their treasures, things which are vaine and needelesse. But alas, how shall hee gather that vvhich wee haue not scatte∣red? vvhere are our teares, the vvitnesses of our vnfained

humiliation before God. The hardnes of heart hath ouer∣growne* 1.18 this age, that albeit there be more then cause, yet there is no mourning. The sonnes of Cain learned without a teacher to worke in brasse, and iron, and the wit of man can make the hardest mettall soft, to receiue an impression, but cannot get their owne stonie heart made soft; yea, the children of God finde in experience how hard a thing it is* 1.19 to get a melting heart. The rocke rendred water to Moses at the third stroke, but alas, many strokes vvill our hearts take, before they send out the sweet teares of repentance: this I marke that knowing our naturall hardnesse, vve may learne without intermission to fight against it.

For herein is our case so much the more pittifull, that ha∣uing* 1.20 more than matter enough of mourning, yet vve doe not mourne: without vs, should not the troublesome estate of the Church of God, be a matter of our griefe, though our priuate estate were neuer so peac••able? Godly Nehe∣miah being placed in the honourable seruice of King Ar∣tashashte the Monarch of the world, was not so much com∣forted with his owne good estate, as grieued at the desola∣tion of Ierusalem. Decay of Religion, and increase of Idola∣trie,* 1.21 made Eliah weary of his life: the Arke of God capti∣ued, and the glory departed from Israel, draue all comfort* 1.22 out of the heart of the wife of Phinces: these and many moe may ••each vs, that the affliction of Ioseph should be matter of our sorrow.

The causes of mourning within vs, are partly our sinnes,* 1.23 partly, our manifold tentations. As our sinnes are contracted with pleasure, so are they dissolued with godly sorrow. It is the best medicine, which is most contrarie to the nature of the disease: our sinne is a sicknes, wherein there is a carnall delight to doe that which is forbidden, and it is best cured by repentance, wherein there is a spirituall displeasure and sorrowing for the euil which we haue done: this mourning for sinne lasts in the godly so long as they liue in the body,* 1.24 yea, those same sinnes which God hath forgiuen, and put

out of their affection, are stil in their remembrance for their humiliation, so that with godly Ezechia they recount all* 1.25 their dayes and their former sinnes in the bitternes of their heart: so long as sinne remained in their affection, it was the matter of their ioy, but now being by grace remoued out of the affection, it becomes the matter of their sorrow.* 1.26

The other cause of our mourning, is our manifold ten∣tations: for this vvorld is no other thing but a stormy Sea, wherein so many contrary windes of tribulation blowes vp∣on vs, that we can hardly tell which of them we haue most cause to feare. On euery side Sathan beset•• vs with tentati∣ons, on the right hand and on the left, vt quatuor angulis* 1.27 pulsata domus, aliqua ex parte ruinam saciat, that the house being shaken at all the soure corners, may fall downe in one part or other; no rest nor quietnes for vs in this habitation, terrours within, fightings without. Propter quod vno con••ilio* 1.28 migrandum est Christianis, for the which, it is best for vs vvith one aduice to conclude, that wee vvill remoue; and in the meane time send vp our complaint to our Father in hea∣uen, as the Gibionites did to Ioshua, shewing him how vve* 1.29 are besieged and enuironed for his sake, and praying him to come with hast and help vs.

Waiting for the Adoption. Now followeth the other ef∣fect* 1.30 of the Spirit, for hee not onely causeth vs (as we haue heard) to sigh and mourne for our present miseries, but also comforts vs with the hope and expectation of deliuerance, though in this life vve haue trouble, yet haue we no trouble vvithout comfort. Blessed be God who comforts vs in all our* 1.31 tribulations, and beside that vvhich vve presently haue, it is yet much more vvhich vvee looke for. The men of this vvorld haue no ioy vvithout sorrow, euen in laughter their* 1.32 heart is sorrowfull, pretend what they will in their counte∣nance, there is a heauinesse in their conscience, arising of the vveight of sinne, but it is far otherwise vvith the godly, for euen in mourning they doe reioyce, and vnder greatest heauinesse they carry a liuely hope of ioyfull deliuerance.

Againe, wee are to marke that the godly are described* 1.33 in holy Scripture, to be such as doe not liue content with their present estate, but waites and longs for a better: and specially there are two dayes, for which the Children of GOD are said to waite; the first, the day of death, wherein they goe to the Lord: the second, the day of appearing, wherein the Lord shall come vnto them: they soiourne in the body, more weary of it, then Dauid was of his dwelling in the tents of Kedar: they wait with patient Iob, till the day of their change come, and doe desire with the Apostle to be* 1.34 dissolued, that they may be with Christ: they pray for it so oft, as they vse that petition, Let thy kingdome come, seeking* 1.35 death so farre as it is a meanes to abolish sinne vtterly, that Christ their King may alone raigne in them: but as for the wicked, the remembrance of death is terrible vnto them, and in their thought they put it far from them, and when it comes, it comes vpon them vnlooked for. As Iehu furiously* 1.36 came vpon Iehoram, and hee made vvith all his speed to his chariot, thinking to flye away, but in vaine for the arrow of Iehu ouertooke him; so death comes vpon the wicked* 1.37 in a day, and place wherein they looked not for it, and they being terrified with it, runnes with all the speede they can to their chariots, that is, to their refuges of vanity, but the dart of death surely ouer-takes them. Miserable are they vvhose comfort standeth rather in an vncertaine delay of death, than in any certaintie vvhich they haue of eternall life.

But let vs be prepared for it, as the good Israelites of* 1.38 God, with our loynes girded vp, and our staues in our hands, ready to take our iourney from Egypt to Canaan, vvhenso∣euer the Lord our God shall command vs. As fowles de∣sirous to flye, stretch ou•• their vvings, so should man desi∣rous to be with the Lord, stretch out his affections toward the heauens. Abraham sat in the doore of his Tabernacle when the Angell appeared vnto him, Elias came out to the mouth of his Caue, when the Lord appeared to him, and

we must also reioyce to come out of the caue and tabernacle of this vvretched body, if vve would meet vvith the Lord, yea, euen while as wee dwell in the body, if in our affection vve come not out, and stand as it were in the doore of our tabernacle, but like Ionas sleeping in the sides of the ship,* 1.39 we lye downe in the hollow of our heart, sleeping in care∣lesse securitie, it is not possible that the Lord can be familiar with vs.

The other day for which the godly are said to wait, is the* 1.40 day of Christs second comming. The Apostle giues this as a token of the rich grace of God bestowed on the Corinthi∣ans, that they waited for the appearance of Christ, and to the Philippians he saith, our cōuersation is in heauen, from whence we looke for our Sauiour the Lord Iesus, yea he giues it out as a marke of all those who are to be glorified, when hee saith,* 1.41 there is laid vp for mee a crowne of righteousnes, and not for me onely but for all them who loue Christs second appearing: And* 1.42 againe, Christ was once offered to take away the sinnes of ma∣ny, and vnto them that looke for him, shall he appeare the second time, without sinne vnto saluation.

These and many moe places proues that there is great* 1.43 scarcitie of Faith and spirituall grace in this generation, there being so few that vnfainedly longs for the day of his appearance: suppose euery man in word mumble vp that petition, let thy kingdome come, yet are they few who when Iesus testifieth surely I come quickly, can in truth answer with the godly, Amen, euen so come Lord Iesus: and all because we are neithe wearier of our present miserie, nor certaine of that glorious deliuerance to come, otherwise we would long for it, and reioyce at the smallest appearance thereof. The woman with child reckons her time as neere as shee can, and albeit others haue no minde of it, yet is it alway in her remembrance, because that then she hopes for deliuerance. Among the Iewes as the day of their Iubilie drawes neere,* 1.44 so the ioy of them that were in prison encreased, being assured that then they were to be releeued; and should not

wee much more reioyce, the neerer that the day of our eter∣nall Iubilie draweth vnto vs, wherein all teares shall be wi∣ped away from our eyes, and sorrow and mourning shall flye away for euer.

Where, for the comfort of the weake Christian, vve are* 1.45 to consider, whether the godly be alway in this estate, that they dare lift vp their heads with ioy, and pray for Christs second appearance or not? To this I answere, that their disposition herein is according to the estate of their consci∣ence: as the eye being hurt is content to be couered with a vaile, and desireth not to behold the light, vvherein other∣wise it reioyceth; so the conscience of the godly being any way wounded, is afraid to stand before the light of the coun∣tenance of God, till the time that it be cured againe. And this made Dauid to craue, that the Lord would spare him a* 1.46 little, and giue him space to recouer his strength; but after mourning and earnest calling for mercie, the conscience being pacified, then doe the godly say vvith Simeon. Now Lord let thy Seruant depart, for mine eyes haue seene thy sal∣uation.* 1.47

For the Adoption. He said before, that we haue receiued* 1.48 the spirit of Adoption, and now he saith that vve waite for Adoption: but vve must vnderstand that there is a begun Adoption, vvhereby vve are made the sonnes of God, and that vve haue receiued already: there is in like manner a consummate Adoption, vvhereby we are manifested to be the sonnes of God, and entred into the full possession of our fathers inheritance, and that we waite for.

The redemption of our bodies. As there is a two-fold adop∣tion,* 1.49 so also a two-fold redemption: the first is defined by the Apostle to be the remission of our sinnes, and that we haue receiued already: the second is called in that same Chapter, the redemption of the possession, and here the re∣demption of our bodies, and this wee looke for to come. As the soule was first wounded by sinne, and then the bodie vvith mortalitie and corruption: so the Lord Iesus the

restorer, who came to repaire the wound which Sathan infli∣cted on man, doth first of all restore life to the soule by the remission of sins, which hee hath obtayned by his suffering in the flesh: and therefore the Herald of his first comming* 1.50 cryed before him, behold the Lambe of God that taketh away the sinnes of the world: This is the first Resurrection, blessed are they who are partakers of it, for vpon such the second death shall haue no power: but in his second comming we shal also be partakers of the second redemption, hee shall redeeme our bodyes from the power of the graue, wherein now they lye captiued, and deliuer them from the shame of mortali∣tie and corruption.

Let this comfort vs against the present base and contemp∣tible* 1.51 state of our bodies, now they are but filthy sinckes of corruption, and vessels so full of vncleanenes, that the Lord hath appointed in the body fiue conduits to purge the na∣turall filth thereof, and after this they are to be laid downe in the bed of corruption, the wormes spread vnder them and aboue them (as it is said of the King of Ashur) shall de∣uoure* 1.52 and consume their flesh, the earth shall eate vp their bones, and turne them into dust; the braine which was the seat of many proud and vaine imaginations, becomes after death oftentimes the seat of the vgly toad; the reynes that were the seat of concupiscence, engendreth serpents; and the bowels vvhich could neuer be gotten satisfied with meate and drinke, shall be replenished vvith armies of crawling wormes: but against all these vve haue this comfort▪ that as presently we haue obtained remission of our sinnes, so are we assured of a glorious redemption of our bodies, qui enim* 1.53 resurgit in anima, resurget in corpore ad vitam, for he that riseth now in his soule, shall hereafter rise in his body to e∣ternall life.

And of this euery man is admonished, that if he loue his* 1.54 body, he should in time take heed to the estate of his soule, see that it be partaker of the first redemption, which is the remission of sinnes, and be sure thy body shall be partaker

of the second redemption. It is a pittifull thing to see what preposterous care is taken by men for conseruation of their bodily life; there is nothing they leaue vndone, vt differant mortem quam auferre non-possunt that they may at the least* 1.55 prolong and delay death, which they cannot cut away: but if men take so much paines, and suffer so strait a dyet of body, and bestow so great expenses that they may liue a short while longer vpon earth, what should men doe that they may liue for euer in heauen?

Notes

• * 1.1

  The second ar∣gument pro∣uing the great∣nesse and cer∣taintie of that glory, is the feruent desire the godly haue to it by instinct of Grace.
• * 1.2

  The sonnes of God and the creature grone together, and shall be resto∣red together.
• * 1.3

  The wicked mourne not with them and shall not be partakers so much as of the deliuerie of the creature.
• * 1.4

  A description of the godly.
• * 1.5

  Learning vs humilitie, thankfulnesse, and diligence in Prayer.
• * 1.6

  No plenitude but first fruits of the Spirit haue we now.
• * 1.7

  Therefore are we not to think that wee haue no grace, be∣cause we haue but begin∣nings.
• * 1.8

  This comfort vainly abused by prophane men.
• * 1.9

  Why the Lord giues vs not in this life the principall, as well as the earnest.
• * 1.10

  What comfort wee haue now in the earnest and first fruits of the Spirit.
• * 1.11

  Two effects which the Spi∣rit workes in the godly, first a sense of their miserie for which they sigh.
• * 1.12

  Sighing and mourning goe before comfort
• * 1.13

  Psal. 6. 6.
• * 1.14

  Iob. 3. 24.
• * 1.15

  Luke 6. 25. Mat. 5. 4. Gen. 27. 38.
• * 1.16

  Maries teares pleased Christ better than the Pharisies deli∣cates. Luke 7. 38. verse 44.
• * 1.17

  Psal.
• * 1.18

  The deplorable hardnes of h••rt in this age, that cannot mourne Gen. 4. 22.
• * 1.19

  Numb. 20. 11.
• * 1.20

  Seeing we haue so many causes of mourning without vs, the troublesome estate of Gods Church. Nehe. 1. 4.
• * 1.21

  1 King. 29. 4.
• * 1.22

  1 Sam. 4. 19. A•••• 6. 6.
• * 1.23

  Causes of mour∣ning within vs, our manifold sinnes.
• * 1.24

  Rom 7. 24.
• * 1.25

  2 King 20. 23.
• * 1.26

  And our mani∣fold tentations.
• * 1.27

  Gregor. Mo∣ral.
• * 1.28

  Act. 20. 19.
• * 1.29

  Ioshua 10. 6.
• * 1.30

  The other ef∣fect the spirit works in vs, i•• a waiting for deliuerance.
• * 1.31

  2 Cor. 1. 3. 4.
• * 1.32

  Pro••. 24. 13.
• * 1.33

  The day of death and day of resurrection earnestly wai∣ted for by the godly.
• * 1.34

  Iob. 14. 14.
• * 1.35

  Mat. 6. 10. Luke 11. 3.
• * 1.36

  Death comes on the wicked as Iehu came on Iehoram.
• * 1.37

  2 King. 9. 23. 24
• * 1.38

  We should not soiourne in the body like Ionas in the sides of the s••••p, but like Abraham in the doore of the tabernacle. Exod. 12. 11. Gen. 18. 1. 1 King. 19. 9.
• * 1.39

  Ionas 1. 5.
• * 1.40

  The day of Christs second comming lon∣ged for. 1 Cor. 1. 7. Phil. 3.
• * 1.41

  2 Tim. 4. 8.
• * 1.42

  Heb. 9. 28.
• * 1.43

  As the Iewes waited for the yeere of Iubilie so should we for the day of Christ, but alas few doe so. Reu. 22. 20.
• * 1.44

  Leuit. 25. 10.
• * 1.45

  The wounded cōscience euen of the godly de∣sires not death.
• * 1.46

  Psal. 51. 9. Psal. 86. 3.
• * 1.47

  Luke 2. 29.
• * 1.48

  Adoption is either begun as now: or accom∣plished as we looke for it.
• * 1.49

  There is also a two-fold re∣demption: first, of the soule frō sin: secondly, of the body from death. Ephes. 1.
• * 1.50

  Ioh. 1. 29. Reu. 20. 5. 6.
• * 1.51

  Cōfort against the present base estate of our bodies.
• * 1.52

  2 King. 19.
• * 1.53

  Bernard.
• * 1.54

  He who hath the first redemp¦tion shall be sure of the se∣cond.
• * 1.55

  Bernard.