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A01900	The happinesse of the saints in glory, or A treatise of heaven, on Rom. 8. 18 For I reckon, that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. By Tho. Goodwin. B. D.	Goodwin, Thomas, 1600-1680.	1638 (1638)	STC 12039; ESTC S118384	22,138	106

THE HAPPINESSE OF THE SAINTS in Glory OR A Treatise of Heaven On ROM 8. 18. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us By THO. GOODWIN B. D. LONDON Printed by E. Griffin for Robert Dunscomb in Lillipot-lane 1638. The scope of the Treatise IS to open and describe Heaven and the glory of the Saints therein pag. 2 1. Comparatively in foure respects 1. By comparing it with all the good things which this World affords as pleasures honours riches beauty p. 4 2. By comparing it with all the aflictions which we suffer in this life p. 7. 3. By comparing it to that joy of the Holy Ghost which Gods children are capeable of in this World p. 8 4. By comparing it with those joyes and that glory which the Saints now in Heaven enjoy before the day of Judgment p. 15 2. Simply as it is in it selfe and that first by the causes of it 1. The efficient cause the great God of Heaven and Earth p. 19 2. The materiall cause Christ Iesus the Lord of glory p. 25 3. The exemplary cause the glory of the Lord Jesus p. 33 The Object of this glory is God himselfe p. 37 The Subject of this glory or the vessell which shall receive it is the soule of man p. 53 4. The finall cause in which First the persons for whom God hath prepared this glory viz. his Saints p. 66 Secondly the end for which to manifest his owne glory p. 70 Secondly by the properties of it 1. It is an inheritance and that of every beleever p. 75 2. An eternall inheritance p. 78 3. An inheritance incorruptible undefiled p. 83 Imprimatur Iohan. Oliver Reverend in Ch. patri Dom. Arch. Cant. Cap. Dom. Decemb. 11. 1637. THE HAPPINESSE Of the SAINTS in Glory ROM 8. 18. For I reckon that the sufferings this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us MY scope is to raise up your hearts to heaven and to consider that great glory which God hath prepared for them that love him to open and describe heaven whereof there are many uses both to those that are in the state of nature and those that are in the state of grace There is nothing more powerfull with the wicked for to bring them to Christ nothing more proportionable to a principle of selfelove and likewise to the godly that they may willingly and with cheerefulnesse passe through the afflictions of this life that they may passe through the evill world with their hearts raised up to heaven The Apostle from the 17. verse to the end of this chapter sends it in beating this upon the hearts of Gods people in steeling their hearts and raising them up against tribulations and among the rest this is one incouragement to consider the joy which shall not onely be revealed to us but in us which we shall be made partakers of Brethren the consideration of Heaven which is so little thought on by us Christians this I would lay open to you the excellency of which glory that we may more clearely behold man may looke upon many things but I will onely name two First comparatively and this the Text leades us unto For I reckon not the sufferings c. Secondly simply as it is in it selfe First of all to know this great glory let us compare it with all other things with all the goods the creature can afford with all the things here below which our hearts dote so much upon as pleasures honours riches beauty c. they are not to be compared to it it transcends all the glory of this world all the good things wee are capeable of one leafe of this Tree of Life I say one leafe of it better than all the fruits that grow in this world Revel 22. Out of the bowels of this earth are raised gold silver pearles and precious stones which serve but for the materials of the wals of this City and for paveing the streetes of it The most glorious things this World hath serve I say for the gates of the Temple If the outside be so glorious consider how glorious must the inside be how beautifull must it be within why no creature this world hath is worthy so much as to shadow it all the creatures be swallowed up with this glory even as a drop is swallowed up with the Ocean Take Salomon in all his royalty the most magnificent rich and glorious Prince the World ever had he lived indeed at the best rate he had the very quintessence of them all in so much that a Queen her selfe was amazed to see his great glory yet let me tell you this Salomon which is now in heaven 10 thousand times exceeds all the glory and pompe hee had on earth I say the glory hee hath now exceeds it infinitely I say the glory he hath now in heaven excels that glory hee had on earth being on his Throne in all his royalty even as much as he did then excell himselfe when hee was in his mothers womb we see then the good things of this life are not worth talking of they come farre short they are not worthy to be compared together In the second place compare this glory with the afflictions we suffer here and it doth as the Apostle saith waigh them all downe not onely the afflictions which befall one man but all men I say all of thē be they what they will be and lay them in one ballance Heaven its glory in another it will waigh them all down even as a grain of sand will bee weighed downe of the whole World There is no reckoning to bee made of them in respect of heaven and yet one of these afflictions will eclipse all the good we enjoy here being afflicted we take no pleasure in all our worldly contentments Therefore wee see that the afflictions of this present time are not worthy to be compared to the glory which shall be revealed in us In the third place to 3. Com. make a further demonstration of this to you There is a joy which Gods people are capeable of in this life the joy of the holy Ghost which is unspeakeable and glorious one drop of which transcends infinitely all the joy the creatures can afford us my brethren have you ever heard of this joy have you ever tasted of it hath God ever raised your hearts to see it and his glory if you have but tasted as the Apostle saith how good the Lord is you shall say with David Psal 4. Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon me Thou hast put gladnesse into my heart more than in the time when Corne and Wine and Oyle increased This is the joy which comes fresh from the fountaine My brethren marke well what I say the Divell himselfe when he transformes himselfe into an Angell of light affords more

comfort to the heart of an hypocrite than the World can doe why then how much more doth the joy of the holy Ghost which comes from a true fountaines if it be shed abroad in your hearts And hence it was that the Martyrs suffered so willingly ran through so many persecutions and yet the glory which is in Heaven if it be compared to this infinitely transcends it The joy which shall be revealed swallowes up all these joyes which we have here even as the sea swallowes up mole-hils it is nothing in comparison of Heaven it is but as a drop to the Ocean and yet one drop of this joy of the Holy Ghost is more excellent than Oceans of worldly comforts All the joyes of this world is but as a drop to the Ocean for infinite drops will make a Sea but infinite worlds will not make heaven but indeed infinite drops of this joy will make heaven because it is of the same nature yet this I say is not comparable to the joyes in heaven why its but the earnest penny of our inheritance 2 Cor. 5. 5. Now he that hath wrought us for the selfe same thing is God who hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit GOD doth fashon and prepare his people here at the revenewes of their joyes which shall come in hereafter all that the Holy Ghost makes us partakers of in this life is but as a sixe pence in respect of the whole payment of glory wee shall have in Heaven Phil. 1. 14. Which is the earnest of our inheritance untill the redemption of our purchased possession unto the praise of his glory This my brethren is but as a penny to the dowry of the Queene of Heaven which the Saints the Bride of Heaven are to enjoy The Scriptures calls it no more but the sealing of the holy Ghost the earnest of our inheritance Indeed it is of the same nature with the great summe of which it is an earnest for you know an earnest differs from a pledge in this a pledge is of another kinde but the earnest of the same kinde with the payment And so the joy of the holy Ghost is of the same kinde with that which is layd up for us but it is but an earnest and there is difference in the manner of producing it whatsoever we have here as our earnest is but from the light of faith we cannot see Christ from whom we have it we only beleeve on him as hee is absent wee never saw him and yet this workes a joy unspeakeable and glorious 1 Pet 8. Whilst we apprehend him by faith it is but as absent from him Therefore wee are alwaies confident 2 Cor. 5. 6 knowing that whilst wee are at home in the body wee are absent from the Lord and if we have such joy in his absence and seeing but a small glimpse or cranny of light comming to us by faith if this I say be so glorious what will it then be when to see him as he is to see him top to toe to be in the presence of him in which is fulnesse of joy By faith we see him but not all and this causeth joy unspeakeable and glorious what then to see him in perfection and have his presence the fulnesse of it whose presence in the least degree of it goeth farre beyond all the sight of him we have in the highest degree of faith yea in all the degrees of faith and yet the least degree of faith excells all the joy the World can give and therefore doe but thinke with your selves what Heaven is Compare it with those 4. Com. joyes and that glory the Saints that are in Heaven enjoy which infinitely transcends both the good things of this world the joy of the Holy Ghost and yet there is a glory to bee revealed after the day of Judgement that will transcend the joy of the Saints now mark the comparison The least drop of joy here that comes from the holy Ghost transcends the joy of the world the joy the Saints in Heaven now have as much transcends this joy of the holy Ghost as it doth that of the world yet after the day of Judgment there is a fuller treasure of joy to bee broken up And therefore let this raise up your hearts to conceive of the exceeding waight of glory laid up for the elect the Saints who are now in Heaven at the Well head of comforts who bathe themselves in these Rivers of pleasures why they have and are capeable of more joy than we can conceive of one Saint in heaven my Brethren hath more glory and joy in his heart than all the joy that is on earth and yet at the latter day their glory will as farre transcend that they have now even as it doth ours upon earth I may say of their condition as the Apostle doth Heb. 11. 40. God having provided some better things for us that they without us should not be made perfect while the Saints are without their fellowes they are not come to the highest degree of perfection Heb. 12. 23. To the generall assembly and Church of the first borne which are written in Heaven and to God the Judge of all and to the spirits of just men made perfect There is a perfection to be given them which they yet have not when all their fellow Saints all their fellow brethren when the whole number of the faithfull are together then shall a new treasure of glory bee broken up 2 Thes 1. 10. Who shall come saith the text to bee glorified in his Saints and to bee admired of all those that beleeve we doe usually admire a thing whē our expectation is exceeded now the Angels and the soules of the glorified Saints in Heaven they have seene and enjoyed many glorious things already and they looke for farre more glorious things but yet he will bring forth a glory at that day beyond their expectations he will not onely be admired by wicked men but all that beleeve shall admire this he will then put them to a new amazement Let now the consideration of this glory raise up your hearts to seeke for it that so such an unvaluable and great price may not passe out of your hands even the exceeding great riches of glory layd up for us Againe stand agast at the love of God that hath prepared such glory for you thus much comparatively Now secondly let us consider it simply as it is in it selfe and because things are best knowne by their causes we will begin with them And first of all the efficient 1. Cause cause of this great glory that is the great God of Heaven Earth whose Greatnesse and Glory wee cannot comprehend but only by his works he is the efficient cause of Heaven and all its glory he built this great City and all his workes shall bee like himselfe If King Ahashuerus make a feast he will make it like a King much more the King