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Head V. the Kingdom of Heaven. 555
wine Nature, which the Heirs of Glory are Parta¬
kers of, Pfal. Ixxiii. 25. IVhom have I in Heaven
\lut thee ? And there is none upon Earth that I de-
ifire befides thee. (1.) fbe Laws of Heaven are in
rithy Heart, if thou art an Heir of Heaven, viii.
> )io. I will put my Laws into their Mind, and write
wthem in their Hearts. Thy Mind is enligbtned in
i: the Knowledge of the Laws of the Kingdom, by
rf: the Spirit of the Lord, the Inftru&or of all the Heirs
It of Glory: For whoever may want Inftru&ion, fure
v an Heir to a Crown (hall not want it. It is writ-
V ten in the Prophets, and they jhall all be taught of
>2 God, John vi. 45;. Therefore tho* Father and Mo-
:l: ther leave them early, or be in no Concern about
'1 their Chriftian Education, and they be foon put
•i t® Work for their daily Bread; yet they (haH not
aj lack Teaching. Withal thy Heart is changed, and
fa thou beared God’s Image, which confifts in Righ-
) teoufnefs and true Holmefs, Eph. iv. 24. Thy Soul
i is reconcil’d to the whole Law of God, and at War
/ with all known Sin. In vain do they pretend to
J the holy Kingdom, who art not holy in Heart and
I Life; for without Holinefs no Man Jhall fee the
t Lord, Heb. xii. 14. If Heaven is a Reft, ’tis for
1 fpiritual Labourers, and not for Loiterers. If it is
2 an eternal Triumph, they ate not in the Way to it,
r who avoid the Ipiritual Warfare, and are hi no Care
l to fubdue Corruption, refift Temptation and to
: cut their Way to it, through the Oppofition made
1 by the Devil, the World, and the Flefh. (3.) ’the
' urea fare in Heaven is the chief, in thy Efteem and
Defire ; for ’tis your Treafure, and where your
tfreafure is, there will your Heart be alfo, Matth.
vi. 21. If it is not the Things that are feen, but the
Things that are not feen, which thy Heart is in
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