he could not rout out the Christians p. 207 Diogenes preferred his Cynical Life before Alexanders Royalty p. 223 Dionysius of Syracuse teaches a School at Corinth p. 170 Domitian ' s carelesness a cause of his death p. 318 Dreams how Temporal good things are compared thereunto p. 297 Dye willingly those will who are interessed in Eternal good things p. 75 Dying Men by wealth cannot be freed from the fury of a guilty conscience p. 129 E. EArthly things comprehended under Meat for three Reasons p. 6 Earthly things are but mean things in comparison of Eternal good things Ibid. Early some rise but why p. 248 Edward the Third at death forsaken of all but one Priest p. 128 End of a Christian ' s life what it is p. 72 Enemies there are many unto a Christian p. 51 52 Enemy to a Christian is Sin and that a sore one p. 53 Ephemeris a Beast and why so called p. 318 Ephorus his Saying of his Countrey-men the Cumaeans p. 249 Equal are all Men after death p. 284 Eternal good things comprehended under Meat for two Reasons p. 9 Eternal good things especially are to be laboured for p. 11 12 13 Eternal good things to be laboured for do best agree with our Natures p. 57 Eternal good things greatly laboured for by the Saints p. 63 64. Eternal good things will be possessed but by a few p. 64 65 66 67 68 Eternal good things must of necessity be gained p. 69 Eternal good things make Men willing to dye p. 75 Eternal good things are by God commanded chiefly to be laboured for p. 80 Eternal good things the best of Good things p. 84 Eternal good things the best of Good things proved by two Reasons p. 91 Eternal good things make the possessor of them good Ibid. Eternal God is p. 101 Eternal good things will do a Christian good under afflictions p. 140 Eternal good things will stand a Christian in stead and do him good when he lyes upon a sick or dying bed p. 144 Eternal good things will do a Christian good and stand him in stead at the day of Judgment p. 152 Eternal good things are always desirable p. 188 Eternal good things are satisfying good things p. 193 Eternal good things concern the Soul p. 198 Eternal good things neglected will cause vexation in hell p. 212 Eternal good things not to be gotten without labour p. 229 Eternal good things are not Fancies p. 235 Eternal good things make a Man a Rich man p. 286 Eternal good things are real good things p. 293 Eternal good things are for a Mans life p. 299 Eternity longer than the longest life p. 400 Eternity thought of should make Men provide for Eternity p. 301 Eternity with the very word Eternity a Gentlewoman was much moved p. 307 Eternales certain Hereticks so called p. 318 Evenings Returns to God p. 38 Examples of Saints to be imitated p. 59 60 61 Excellency of a Thing lieth in answering of the end p. 74 Exceter a Duke of that Place begg'd barefooted p. 170 Exhortations to get Eternal good things p. 265 Eye of Faith sees a beauty in Eternal good things p. 22â— F. FAith an enriching Grace p. 289 Faith like a Prospective-glass to the Soul p. 326 Faiths eye sees a beauty in Eternal good things p. 224 225 Fancy of some Men is that the only comfort of this Life doth consist in temporal good things p. 221 Fancy since the Fall what it is Ibid. Fancy often usurpeth upon the Vnderstanding p. 222 Favorinus his excellent Saying concerning the Soul p. 203 Few only have a share in Eternal good things p. 64 65 66 67 68 Fighting of a Battle a Comparison to set forth Christianity by p. 51 Fire hath caused great ruines p. 168 Five parts of the World onely are observed to know CHRIST p. 68 Fools are all they who labour not for Eternal good things Friendship amongst Men mutable p. 156 Fruitfulness in the heart is caused by the Holy Ghost p. 117 G. GErmany in it 26 Villages at once on fire p. 166 Gillimer the King of the Vandals his poor Estate p. 171 Glory the hopes thereof in Heaven is a cordial under sufferings p. 143 Glory in Heaven is Eternal p. 174 309 God onely desired by David p. 31 God Eternal p. 101 God hath in him all perfections Ibid. God in Covenant with any makes their condition happy God hath enough in him to satisfie a Christian p. 196 God to be a God to any is a great portion p. 291. 292 Good are all they who do enjoy Christ p. 110 Good men are men of good consciences p. 121 Good and bad not small and great will be the difference at the day of Judgement p. 133 Gospel giveth a true account of Heaven p. 235 Grace and glory better than gold and silver p. 12 Grace commended p. 96 Grace an Eternal good thing p. 97 Grace and glory how they differ p. 97 Grace cannot be lost p. 97 Grace makes a change p. 97 Grace the best riches p. 98 Grace cleanseth the heart p. 97 Grashoper was the Athenians badge p. 219 Grashoper who like it p. 218. 273 Grave in it no man is richer than another p. 131 Grave in it temporal good things yield no comfort p. 130. 131. Great gifts despised by Luther p. 31 Guise the Duke thereof said to be the richest man in France p. 292 H. HAbitation for the soul in the body but a meer habitation p. 149 Habitation in Heaven is Eternal p. 184 Hannibal disappointed in taking of Rome and why p. 320 Happy men who they are p. 292 Hearing of the word attention is required p. 21 Heart of man by nature is stony p. 115 Heart is made fruitful by the workings of the Holy Ghost p. 117 Heathens minding things of this life p. 10 Heaven a light some glorious and everlasting habitation p. 150 Heaven truly described in the Gospel p. 235 Heaven all that have a knowledge thereof do not labour for it p. 236 Heavenly happiness set forth in some Queries p. 88. 89. 90 Heavenly happiness cannot be conceived p. 90 Heavenly things are the only lasting the everlasting good things p. 264. 173 Heir of the promises one of the greatest titles that belong to a Christian p. 241 Hell full of many knowing heads p. 236 Henry the 4 Emperour in poverty p. 170 Henry the 4 King of France esteemed France equal to the Spaniards many Kingdomes p. 179 Hermet his esteem of a Cat p. 223 Holiness from the Holy Ghost p. 114 Hopes of wicked men for Heaven will be frustrated p. 66. 67. Hopes for Heaven should be grounded upon the word of God p. 240 Hopes for Heaven a Cordial under afflictions p. 143 Hopes for Heaven are but in vain built upon the promises by those who obey not the Commandements p. 242. 243 Hormisda his esteem of Christ p. 108 I. Idleness desired of most men p. 5 Idle persons unprofitable persons p. 5. 8 Idle persons
Diadem made of the pure gold of Ophir is long since dust but the Crown of glory worn in the Kingdom of Heaven is immarcessible incorruptible and lasting beyond all compass of time being without all possibility of alteration as there will be found no Cross set upon this Crown so there will be no end of this Crown It s no news to hear of Crowns in the World pluckt from the heads of Kings and Emperors but Fortune that ridiculous riddle of fools cannot reach this Crown for as it is super-eminent so it is permanent Then the head wearing this Crown and the crown then worn will be both immortal the person glorifyed and the Crown of glory both will endure for ever You will hardly hear of a King or Prince that wore the Crown of his Kingdom the whole age of a Man long a time as a man may naturally live which the Psalmist says is threescore years and ten and few come to fourscore but the Philosopher makes the life of a man an hundred years yet Saints in glory wearing this Crown will injoy not only the age of a man but In secula seculorum for ever and ever 7. The house or habitation prepared in Heaven is an Eternal habitation God is an excellent preparer He prepared a table in the Wilderness for the Israelites where he gave them water out of a stony rock and Manna from Heaven He prepared a Kingdom for Hester when she was a poor banished Maid He prepared a Whale for Jonah when he was cast into the Sea He prepared the World as an house well furnished against the coming of Man into it But of all preparations that is the greatest He hath prepared for every Believer an house Eternal in the Heavens 2 Cor. 5. 1. v. For we know that if our Earthly house of this Tabernacle were dissolved we have a building of God an house not made with hand Eternal in the Heavens Here is the habitation prepared for every true believer that which St. Paul lays claim to belongs to each member of Jesus Christ so that each one of them may say Was Heaven prepared for Abraham Isaac and Jacob so it is prepared for me Was the Apostle St. Paul sure of this so am I. Was Lazarus carryed up thither so shall I I shall one day inhabit those habitations scituate in heaven An house scituate in a fruitful and pleasant Countrey is very taking with every one An house in some great City is of great esteem What would you judg of an house to have been scituate in Jerusalem that Princess and Paragon of the Earth and for Renown called the City of God But this is the new Jerusalem this is Mount Zion the garden and paradise of God here is an house scituated not in any Kingdom of the World but in the Kingdom of the Saints not in any Region of the Earth but in Heaven in the Land of Promise flowing with Milk and Honey where are fruitful Hills and pleasant Vallies whence came all those large clusters of Grapes of inward and outward comforts unto us whilst we are on this side the river This sets forth the excellency of the habitation that it is in Heaven when Christ would shew the excellency of the bread of Life he says It is bread from Heaven the excellency of Spiritual and Eternal blessings is set out in this That they are blessings in heavenly places Ephes 1. 3. v. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ Because Gold is the most precious metal therefore we lay it over things not only Wood and Cloth but Silver it self we will wash over Silver it self that is a precious metal with Gold that is the most precious metal So because Heaven is so excellent we find the choicest blessings and good things guilded with this adjunct and all to shew the wonderful excellency of Heaven it self this then sets out the Excellency of this building of God it is in heaven and our Saviour Christ calls it his Father's house Joh. 14 2. v. In my Father's house are many Mansions this was created to be the Court of the great King the Praise of the whole World made to be a Non-such most magnificent stately and glorious farr above the reach of the thought of Men no man being able in words to set forth what Workman-ship and â—are pieces what Majesty and incomprehensible Excellencies are in this Palace of the great King and heavenly habitation of Saints and Angels It pleased God to create this glorious â—abrick which we see for his servants to inhabite in for some time but this is not to be compared to the Palace in Heaven When in a Kingdom we see Subjects live in stately houses what houses think we Kings live in Verum haec tantum alias inter caput extulit urbes Quantum lenta solent inter viburna cupressi To use the Poets words for look how much the greatest Palaces of Kings and Princes do exceed the poorest and meanest Cottages so much nay infinitely more does Heaven the greatest Palaces themselves that soon will be laid in the dust The most sumptuous Palaces and the strongest Materials have vanity written upon their Portalls and are oftentimes demolished and laid in the dust hence those ruines of whole Cities strong Castles great Abbies and Monasteries these are subject to Fire Earthquakes Storms Tempests Inundations and many other Casualties but Heaven hath Eternity written upon the gates thereof and shall stand for ever Say that many houses in the World Kings Palaces and strong Castles have stood long have lasted already many generations and yet may indure hundreds of years and be neither burnt with Fire nor shaken with Earth-quakes nor battered with Canon nor blown up with Gunpowder but continue quiet habitations not only to the present possessors but Ad natos natorum Et qui nascentur ab illis even for many years many Generations be continued to their children and to the children of their Nephews Yet who knows not that the like places have somtimes been laid waste the line of Confusion hath been stretched out upon them thorns and nettles and bryers have grown up in them they have beâ—n habitations for Dragons and Courts for Owls Corâ—orants and Bitterns have possessed them Ostriches and Ravens have dwelt in them the wild beasts of the Desert have there met with the wild beasts of the Islands and the Satyre hath been heard to cry to his fellow the Shrich-Owl hath also rested there and found for her self a place of rest there the great Owl hath made her nest and layed and hatched and gathered under her shadow and thither have the Vultures been gathered together As the Lord in Isay 34. for many Verses threatens to deal with his Churches enemies But say they should escape such desolating Judgments yet the day is coming when they will be consumed and brought to nothing When the
Nova Hispanioâ—a and â— am King of France He is King of the West Indies â—nd I said Henry am the King of France He thought â—he Kingdom of France only equivalent to all those Kingdoms how large and great soever how rich and â—eal thy soever they were so this Inheritance in Heaâ—en is more then equivalent to all the Inheritances in his world It is an inheritance infinitely large and â—at will satisfy all the children and heirs thereof â—ithout any occasion of eâ—vy or contention it is not â—e that Land that could not contain both Abraham â—nd Lot with their Substance whiâ—â— was the occasiâ— of quarrelling to the Heardsmen Neither is it onâ— large but lasting even everlasting Inheritances â—ith Men last but for a season this endureth for ever â— Inheritance incorruptible and that fadeth â—t away 1 Pet. 1. 4. v. Many Inheritances seem â—â— and glorious and it is a goodly thing to possess the inheritances of a Gentleman of a Knight a Lord an Earl or Duke but a Kings inheritance surpasseth all yet these inheritances may be taken from us whilst we are here even before death comes Mephibosheth's inheritance was given to Ziba and Naboth's Vineyard that was the inheritance of his Father was taken away by Ahab and Jezebel But this is called an Eternal Inheritance Heb. 9. 15. an inheritance we shall never be deprived of an inheritance to be injoyed world without end 5. The kingdom of Heaven is an everlasting kingdom A Kingdom is held to be the top of all worldly felicility but such honor have all the Saints they have all of them a Kingdom prepared for them Matth 25. 34. v. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand Come ye blessed of my Father Inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world Here is a Kingdom far excelling all worldly kingdoms what though any Prince should possesâ— twenty eight flourishing kingdoms as Charles the fifth did or that he ruled over an hundred and Twenty Nations as Darius King of the Medes did or that he injoyed an Hundred twenty and seven Provinces as Ahasuerus did or that he were actually Governor and Monarch of the whole world as Amurath the third styled himself and the great Cham of Tartarâ— reports himself yet what were all these Kingdomâ— and more then these to the Kingdom of Heaven But one Heaven is worth a thousand kingdoms The Kingdom of Heaven is an everlasting Kingdom it is called the everlasting Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 2 Pet. 1. 11. v. The Kingdoms of thâ— world have their times and turns their ruines as welâ— as their rise so that most of them now live but by famâ— only to many Monarchs and somtimes flourishing Kingdoms there is left little more then their Name Not so the kingdome of Heaven we may write upon it the Venetian Motto Nec fluctu nec flatu movetur neither winds nor waves can move it It is therefore called a Kingdom that cannot be moved Heb. 12. 28. v. Wherefore we receive a kingdom that cannot be moved I may truly say of it what is said of that kingdom Dan. 2. 44. v. It is a Kingdom set up by the God of Heaven and it shall never be destroyed but stand for ever All other Kingdoms are but transitory only this kingdom shall remain for ever The kingdom of Israel was a long time very famous but at last came to decay It is observed somewhat to resemble the course of the Moon for alterations and change The Moon in 28. days finisheth her course fourteen days to the full and fourteen days to the wane so from Abraham to Solomon were fourteen Generations then the Moon was at the full from the end of Solomon's days to Zedekiah are fourteen generations and here the Moon decayed and waned but the kingdom of Heaven shall last beyond all time 6. The Crown worn in the kingdom of heaven is an Eternal Crown Such there are whose heads were long since destinated to a Crown Charles the Ninth was crowned at eleven years old Frederick the Second was crowned at three years old King James was crowned at ten Moneths old Sapores King of Persia was crowned whilst he was yet in his Mothers belly the Nobles setting the Crown upon his Mothers belly but the Saints and people of God were crowned in God's Eternal counsel before the world was founded What promises are there in Scripture of a Crown made 1. Gregem Christi bene poscentibus to such as feed the flock of Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 5. 2 3 4. v. Feed ye the flock of God which is among you and when the cheif Shepherd shall appear ye shall receive a Crown of glory that fadeth not away 2. Deum amantibus to â—hoâ—e that love God Jam. 1. 12. v. He shall receive a Crown of life which the Lord hath promised to thâ—se that love him 3. Advâ—nâ—um Christi diligâ—ntibus to such as love the appearing of Jesus Christ 2. Tim. 4. 8. v. Henceforth there is laid up for me a Crown of righteousness which the Lord the righteous Judge 〈…〉 ll give at that day and not to me only but unto all them that love his appearing 4. Tentationes sustinenâ—ibus to those who endure tribulation these shall have the Crown because they are brought to the strife to the fight of faith Jam 1. 12. v. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation for when he is tryed he shall receive the Crown of life 5 Ad mortem usque fidelibus to those who are constant unto death Rev 2. 10. v. Be thou faithful unto death and I will gâ—â—e thee a Crown of life those that persevere and hold on though meeting with persecutions and put to fight for a victory shall be crowned Clemenâ— Alexandâ—inus reports that there were in Persia three Mountains He who came to the first heard as it were a fâ—â— off the noise and â—oice of them who were fighting he who attained at the second heard perfectly the crys and clamours of Souldiers ingaged in the fury oâ— a baâ—tail but hâ— who attained uâ—to the third heard nothing buâ— the joyful acclamatioâ—s of a victory This happens really with every Christian striving for Heaven who are to pass three mystical Mountains to wit Reason Grace and Glory He who comes at the knowledg of Reason gives an alarm unto Vice which he combats and overcomes by Grace and in Glory celebrates his victory with the joy and applause of all the Inhabitants of Heaven and is crowned a conqueror with an incorruptible crown 1 Cor. 9. 25. v. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown but we an incorruptible Crown The most Royal Diadems that are worn by Princes in the world are but corruptible ones that in Heaven is incorruptible Crowns are made of Gold though they be also inriched with Jewels Gold indeed is the most during Metal but Solomon's rich
more Corn then his barns would hold his condition on all hands might have been accounted happy but view him afterwards and what a change is there in his condition He is forced to beg and yet could not obtain a drop to cool his tongue Whilst he lived he was accustomed to drink in Cups of Gold to eat in Silver and to be clothed in Silk and curious Linnens But behold a change in Hell he begs for what Not for wines of Candie to delight his pallate Not for precious Cordials to refresh his Spirits but for a drop of water to cool his tongue and that not in a Cup of Gold or Christal but from the filthy and loathsome fingers ends of a Leper Not the meanest Beggar that comes to your doors was ever reduced to that strait as to come and beg of you a draught much less a drop of water Scarce would our ordinary Beggars drink rich wine if they knew for certain that the filthy and loathsome fingers of a scabby Leper had been therein their squeamish stomacks would not take down such a draught though it were given them in a Cup of Gold But observe the change betwixt Dives and Lazarus in the Story it is such a change as sometime was â—n Gideon's fleece Judg. 6. 37 38 39 40. v. One â—ime that was wet and the floor dry 37 38. verses Behold I will put a fleece of wool in the floor and if â—he dew be on the fleece only and it be dry on all the â—arth beside then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand as thou hast said And it was so for he rose up early on the morrow and thrust â—he fleece together and wringed the dew out of the fleece a bowl full of water Another time the floor was wet and the fleece dry 39 40. v. And Cideon said unto God Let not thine anger be hot against â—e and I will speak but this once Let me prove I pray thee but this once with the fleece let it now â—e dry only upon the fleece and upon all the ground let there be dew And God did so that night for it â—as very dry upon the fleece only and there was dew â— all the ground Now look as this fleece at one time was wet and the floor dry but at another time the floor was dry and the fleece wet so was it with Dives and Lazarus One while Dives is in prosperity rich and wanting nothing and Lazarus is in poverty poor and begging of crums Afterwards Lazarus is in glory and Dives in torments begging for a drop of water Questionless there are many that here swim and wallow in a Sea of pleasures who drink their Wine in Bowls yet hereafter shall want a drop to cool their tongues here there are many who enjoy great abundance but hereafter shall have nothing to sustain them nothing to help them here there are many that do enjoy great honours and glory in the world but hereafter shall have their great honour and glory turned into everlasting shame and confusion Hos 4. 7. v. As they were encreased so they sinned against me therefore will I change their glory into shame Here there are many adorn themselves with Pearls and Jewels but hereafter will find God to have rejected them and say of them They shall not be mine In the day that I make up my â—ewels What else can that place in 1 Cor. 1. 26. v. be but as a thunder-bolt in the very heart of some that boast themselves in their wealth power nobility and greatness in the world that however they abound with these things here yet not being effectually called are never likely to be admitted into Heaven but made Beggars in Hell For ye see your calling brethren how that not many wise men after the flesh not many mighty not many noble are called And who are not called into the state of grace here will never be called into a state of glory hereafter The words of the Apostle may be like the hand-writing on the wall to make the joynts of many enjoying plenty and abundance of Earthly things to tremble when they are not at the same time possessed of Eternal good things their plenty greatness and abundance will certainly be followed with a future want and Eternal beggary in Hell who live and dye without any care of Eternal good things Oh the great alterations amongst men that will be at the day of Judgment Lazarus shall then be received into Heaven and Eternal glory but Dives who was rich and faâ—red deliciously every day will then be tormented in Hell and want a drop of water What heart can conceive the rage and madness yea the terrible confusion that will be upon the faces of many that now think to ruffle it out in the world and do scorn those who are their inferiours only because of their wealth and greatness when these shall find themselves stript of all their power greatness and revenues and sent wretched and miserable and poor and naked into Hell There will certainly afterwards be such a change between many of these high and mighty ones that mind not Heaven and the things thereof and those who are not content with Ishmael's portion but labour after Isaac's Inheritance Abraham we know he gave many gifts unto Ishmael but the Inheritance was bestowed upon Isaac Wealth greatness and honour with the like gifts are given even to wicked men but the Inheritance of Heaven is given only to others I mean to those that labour and take pains for it those gifts are perishing and will not pâ—ofit after death but the Inheritance fadeth not away The moment wherein a man dyes bereaves him of all his worldly gifts and enjoyments In that instant wherein Heliogabâ—lus dyed an end was put to all his sports pleasures and delights In that instant wherein Croesus dyed an end was put to his enjoyment of great riches and substance In that instant that Ahasuerus dyed he was bereaved of his hundred and twenty Provinces In that instant thou dyest though now thou possessest great houses fair reuenues and a large Inheritance thou wilt be deprived of all The moment of death as touching the things of this life makes all men equal then he who enjoyed much and he that enjoyed but little are equal then he who was glutted with all sorts of delights and he who was fed with the bread of sorrow are equal Then he who was an Emperour ruling over many flourishing Kingdoms and he who was a Peasant hardly owner of a small Cottage are equal the one enjoyes no more of this world then does the other Croesus possesseth no more then Irus Dives then Lazarus nor the King more then the Beggar As in a Stage-play it imports little who playes Alexander and who the Beggar since all are equal when the Play is done So are all after death equal both the Prince and the Plow-man Alexander and the Beggar the King and the Peasant the
Glow-worm brightned at the night-shining of the Stars in comparison of the Crown of Heaven which is as the glaring of Diamonds or Christal Looking-glasses the gloss of cloth of Gold and Tissue at the sight of the Noon-Sun every gemm in this Crown of Glory is lightned and heightned to a true transcendency of translucidation and lustre It may be said to every one of these Gracious ones Cogita te Caesarem esse Remember thou shalt one day be a King with God in Glory upon thee shall be setled such Crown-Revenues as no Earthly King could ever boast of We read of some indeed that are poor in the world but withal it is said of them that they Are rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom Jam. 5. 2. v. Hearken my beloved Brethren hath not God chosen thâ— poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him Faith says an accurate Preacher is an enriching Grace it brings all Christs riches into the Soul it intitles to the promises that are a Christians Magna Charta for Heaven and are themselves full of Heavenly riches it gives a Believer right to the everlasting Inheritance reserved in the Heavens an Inheritance that could not be bought with all the wealth of the world an Inheritance which doth more excel all the wealth of the world then the purest Gold doth the drossiest dirt Our hopes cannot conceive what this Inheritance will be when we come to possess it we shall know what it is 1 Pet. 1. 3 4. v. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ which according to his abundant mercy hath â—egotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurâ—ection of Jesus Christ â—rom the death to an Inheriâ—ance incorruptible and undefiled and that fadeth â—ot away reserved in Heaven for you Here is the Believers title to this Heaâ—enly Inheritance He is â—o poor man certainly thaâ— hath a good title to shew â—or some great Inheritance It was once the design of Alexander the Great to â—ave been Master of the whoâ—e world the which had â—e effected yet would it not have contented him â—is heart would not have been therewith satisfied he â—ould have wept that there was not another world â— be enjoyed I read that when Captain Drake â—ok St. Domingo in America in the year 1585. in â—e Town-hall were to be seen the King of Spain's â—rms and under them a Globe of the world out of â—hich arose a Horse with his fore-feet cast forth with â—is inscription Non sufficit Orbis Great were the Dominions of Charles the Fifth who ruled over eight and twenty flourishing Kingdoms Darius King of the Medes who vanqâ—ished Belshazar we read of him that he appointed One hundred and twenty Governours which should rule over the whole Kingdom Dan. 6. 1. v. From whence it is inferred that he had so many Provinces or Nations under him every Governour having the charge of a Province Ahasuerus took state upon him because he reigned over an hundred seven and twenty Provinces from India to Ethiopia Esther 1. â— v. But what are the large Dominions of Charles the Fifth Darius or Ahasuerus to what Alexander and the Spaniards unsatiableness desired The world was but enough for them to conquer and possess They would have been what Amurath the Third stiled himself and the great Cham of Tartary reputes himself the Monarchs of the whole World But the Believer hath the promise of two worlds this that now is and that which is to come 1 Tim. 4. 8. v. he hath two worlds entailed upon him he hath made over unto him all the blessings of this present world so far as they conduce to his present happiness and of the world to come absolutely It is true the Church is called the Congregation â— the poor Psal 74. 19. v. Forget not the Congregation of thy poor for ever A miserable sort of meâ— they are many of them who oftentimes are destituâ— of all worldly advantages yet have they one advantage above all otheâ—s in the world and that is this The Lord is their portion Levi that had no portioâ— amongst his Brethren yet had the Lord for his portion so these men unto whom God hath given Eternal good things though they may have no portioâ— many of them of any Temporal good things yet have they a portion in an Eternal God Jer. 31. 33. v. I will be their God and they shall be my people And happy is that people whose God is the Lord Psal 144. 15. v. Who can sufficiently lay open their portion that have the Lord for their God Psal 16. 15. v. The Lord is the portion of my Inheritance Impossible it is that any should have God for their God and be accounted poor Rich men are ready to boast of their riches hence that prohibition Jer. 9. 23. v. Let not the rich man glory in his riches which prohibition is followed with an injunction 24. v. But let him that glorieth glory in this that he understandeth and knoweth God yet not with the knowledge of the brain only but with such a knowledge as sinks down into the heart and works upon the affections not with such a knowledge of God as only Heathen Philosophers and meer carnal Christians have of God knowing him to be the Creator of the world but with such a knowledge as a Christian in Covenant with him knoweth him he knoweth him to be his God And such a knowledge of God hath a Soul enriching excellency in it 1 Cor. 1. 5. v. Ye are enriched with all knowledge I am sure that they who know God after this manner have cause to boast that they know God they may make their boast of God and have more cause to glory in God than the richest man hath cause to glory in his riches they may upon better grounds boast of God then the Jew in Rom. 2. 17. v. they may boast of God upon the like grounds that the Psalmist does when he sayes Psal 34. 2. v. My Soul shall make her boast in the Lord And again sayes the Church Psal 44. 8. v. In God we boast all the day long Rich men in the world are called happy men I am sure that they who have God for their God are happy men read that place but now named Psal 144. 15. Happy is that people whose God is the Lord They have him for their God in whom is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 all fulness Col. 1. 19. v. And who is Bonum in quo omnia bona their Souls need to look no further for any thing to enrich them here they may wriâ—e a Ne plus ultra God is quies animae Psal 116. 7. v. Return unto thy rest O my Soul for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee God communicates and doles out himself amongst those who have him in Covenant with them The Babylonians are said to make more then three hundred several commodities of the Palm-tree
Periander makes a Law against p. 8 Idle no day was Seneca p. 48 Idle to be Nature never brought forth any p. 246. 247 Idly some Affricans do spend their time p. 8 Jehosaphats but few p. 94 Ignatius his esteem of Christ p. 107 Imaginary good things only are all temporal good things p. 293. 294 Imaginary Heaven was made by a King of Perâ—ia p. 296 Inheritance in heaven is an Eternal inheritance p. 179 Interest in Christ will stand a man in stead at the day of judement p. 152 Johannes de temporibus his age p. 300 Joy to be had in Heaven is Eternal joy p. 176 Judgement day will be terrible to those who never had more then Temporal good things p. 132 Judgement day will put no difference between small and great but between good bad p. 133. 135 Judgement day when it comes Eternal good things then do a Christian good and stand him in stead p. 152 Judgement day to whom it will be terrible p. 158 Judgement day thoughts thereof should keep men from sin p. 161 Juno's Statue p. 118 K. KIngdome of Heaven an everlasting Kingdome p. 180 Kingdome of Israel compared to the Moon p. 181 Kings Raign is but a noble servitude p. 193 Knowledge of Heaven Eternal good things does not alwayes put on men to labour for them p. 236 Knowledge of Heaven the want thereof the cause why men labour not for it p. 237 Knowledge conjectural about heavenly things is to be preferred before certain knowledge aboâ—t earthly things p. 270 L. LAbour required of every Christian p. 4. 5. 7 Labour required of Adam in Paradise whilst innocent p. 7 Labour we must especially chiefly for Eternal good things p. 11. 12. 261. 265. 269 Labour we must for Eternal good things or else they will never be enjoyed p. 56 Labour for Temporal good things is with God's good granted p. 266 Labour for Heaven all will not that do desire Heaven p. 231. 232 Labouring for Eternal good things will bespeak a man to be a wise man p. 272 Lady Jane Grey her answer to Master Ascham p. 294 Lambert Martyr his high esteem of Christ p. 107 Learning a notable saying concerning it by Aeneas-Silvius p. 13 Lepidus an idle person p. 5 Life in Heaven is an Eternal life p. 175 Life of that man is provided for who hath gotten Eternal good things p. 299 Load-stone what man are like unto it p. 219 London about 13000 houses there burnt in the year 1666 p. 166 Longest life nothing to Eternity p. 300 Life Eternal may be said four wayes to be enjoyed in this present life p. 160 Lords Prayer but one Petition in it for Temporal good things and why p. 11 Loyterers a penalty against them p. 5 Luther despiseth great gifts p. 31 Luthers morning piety p. 37 Lyoness her property p. 311 Dysimachus Ioseth his Kingdome for a draught of water p. 72 M. MAn why he was created p. 37 Mandanus an Heathen looked upon death to be a change to a more happy estate p. 147 Manna was food miraculous but not lasting p. 7 Martyrs dyed cheerfully and what comforted them at death p. 75. 152 Mauritius thankful when he heard he should be punished in this world and spared in another though he were to lose Empire Life and all p. 71 Maximian Herculeus leaves his Empire in a rage because he could not root out Christians p. 207 Maevius a noble Centurion of Augustus his resolute answer to Antonius p. 34 Mean men have been highly advanced p. 104 Means used by the antients to keep death in their thoughts p. 145 Meats for the body are of a perishing nature p. 7 Meditation useful after reading or hearing the word p. 21 Melitho how she animated her son p. 349 Money that would never perish only pleased Saint Basil p. 62 Monk a story of such a one p. 331 Mornings to be spent in piety p. 36 Morning piety practised p. 37 Mountains three famous ones in Persia p. 182 Moses his great self denial p. 61 Mursius what he used to write â—pon all his books p. 307 Myrogenes his request p. 305 N. NArcissus fell in Love with himself p. 295 Naturally men do labour for Eternal good things p. 217 Neighbourhood in Heaven good p. 151 Nicostratus a cunning workman how much he admired a curious picture p. 255 Non-communicants reproved p. 26 Night piety required p. 39 Night spent in Prayer by St. Anthony p. 40 Night judgements on wicked men p. 41. 42. 43 Night mercies bestowed upon good men p. 42 Night guard God is to his people p. 43 Night piety practised p. 44. 47 Night how spent by some p. 248 O. OBedience entitles to blessedness p. 84 Opportunity painted with an hairy forehead but bald behind and why p. 321 Opportunity improved Examples of such p. 321. 322 Oracles how given by Proteus p. 27 Ordinances what they are p. 17 Origens choice p. 62 P. PAlestae fields in Greece so called what they were p. 60 Paradise was a most delightful place p. 195. 196. Pareus his opinion of Aristotles Arguments to prove the world to have had no beginning p. 294 Parr his age p. 29 Paul the Apostle especially beloved by the 〈◊〉 ans p. 13 Paulus Aemilius his sacrifices to the gods p. 29 Peace inwardly better then plenty outwardly p. 129 Periander his Law against idle persons p. â—8 Persecution should no way hinder a Christian in his laring for Heaven p. 32 Perseverance required p. 30 Philip the 3 of Spain his saying upon his death-bed p. 129 Philosophy was studied by Aristotle in the morning and Eloquence in the afternoon p. 270 Philpot Martyr how cheerful in the Colehouse p. 44 Pius Quintus saying of himself p. 95 Pleasures in the world compared to Rivers that fall into the Sea p. 213 Poor have the first of the beatitudes belonging to them but amongst the woes the first belongs to the rich p. 92 Poorer in the grave is Alexander then the poorest man in the world p. 131 Popes a ceremony used at the assumption of them p. 307 Prayer should be importunate p. 27. 28. 29 Promises are the surest Pillars to build hopes for Heaven upon p. 240 Promises are a Christians Magna Charta p. 208 Promises of God are all sure p. 208 Prosperous oft-times are the wicked p. 131 Proteus how he gave Oracles p. 27 Proverb one Jewish p. 51 Proverbs two very notable in the prejudice of rich men p. 92 Psalliam and Euchitae but Hereticks though they spent all their time in Prayer p. 27 Pythias piued to death p. 170 R. RAce thereunto Christianity compared p. 50 Real and not imaginary things are all Eternal good things p. 293 Repent none ever will that they laboured for Eternal good things p. 211 Reproof to thâ—se who preferr temporal good things before Eternal good things p. 255 Resolution required in a Christian p. 33. 34. 35 Rich to be what unlawful means some men do use p. 251 Rich that