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Front Matter The "Miscellanies," 833–1152 Contents Illustrations Note To The Reader Preparation of the Text Acknowledgments Editor's Introduction Overview of the Period Borrowings from the Ancient Heathens Hell Torments The Nature of True Religion The Trinity Note on the Texts

The "Miscellanies," Entry Nos. 833–1152 833. OCCASION OF THE FALL OF THE ANGELS . Corol . LORD'S DAY . CHRIST'S ASCENSION . 834. DAY OF JUDGMENT . PROGRESS OF REDEMPTION . 835. PROGRESS OF REDEMPTION . CHRIST'S COMING TO JUDGMENT . 836. MILLENNIUM . 837. CHRISTIAN RELIGION . NATURAL RELIGION . REVEALED RELIGION . 838. ANGELS . WHY CALLED THRONES , DOMINIONS , PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS . 839. MYSTERIES IN RELIGION . 840a. CONDITION OF GOD'S PROMISES is often spoken of in Scripture as if it yet, in some sense, remained to be fulfilled after it is fulfilled. So in Psalms 51:10 , that God would CREATE in him a clean heart and RENEW 840b. LORD'S DAY . 841. OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST . 842. CHRISTIAN RELIGION . No. 1109, Nos. 1198 and 1199. With respect to that objection against the truth of the Christian religion, that the apostles seem often to speak of the COMING OF CHRIST 843. THE OLD TESTAMENT DISPENSATION did not wholly vanish at once immediately on Christ's resurrection, though that laid the foundation for its abolition; but it vanished gradually, and the new dispensation gradually succeeded. The old dispensation was not wholly abolished till the destruction of Jerusalem, and therefore the Apostle, speaking in the epistle to the Hebrews of the abolishing the old dispensation but a few years before the destruction of Jerusalem, uses such a manner of expression as he does, Hebrews 8:13 , "Now that which is old, is READY 844. JUSTIFICATION . 845. JUSTIFICATION . BLOOD OF CHRIST . OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST . 846. THE SATISFACTION OF CHRIST by suffering the punishment of sin is properly to be distinguished, as being in its own nature different, from the MERIT OF CHRIST . 847. REGENERATION OR CONVERSION 848. That the SAINTS shall be in some respects HIGHER IN GLORY THAN THE ANGELS , 849. CONVERSION , or rather REGENERATION , OF INFANTS AND OTHER CHILDREN . 850. DEACON'S OFFICE . 851. SCRIPTURES . INTERPRETATION . 852. PERPETUITY OF THE CHURCH . 853. THE WORK OF REDEMPTION THE END OF THE WORK OF CREATION AND ALL WORKS OF PROVIDENCE . 854. CONVICTION . 855. JUSTIFICATION . FAITH CONDITION OF SALVATION . 856. JUSTIFICATION . HOW WORKS JUSTIFY , OR HOW A CHRISTIAN LIFE AND PRACTICE JUSTIFIES . 857. JUSTIFICATION , HOW BY PERSEVERANCE IN FAITH AND BY AN HOLY LIFE . 858. CONVICTION . HUMILIATION . 859. JUSTIFICATION . 860. HOW WORKS ARE PROPER SIGNS OF GODLINESS . See sermon on Matthew 13:6 , Prop. IV. Practice is the properest and fittest evidence of everything in the soul that concerns godliness, not only of godliness itself, but of that CONVICTION 861. JUSTIFICATION . HOW WORKS JUSTIFY . See Nos. 856, 859, 876, and 1030. Cleaving to God in practice, as having our expectations of happiness and well-being from him, as our portion and chief good, and serving him in dependence on his sufficiency for us and faithfulness to us in that way, is implied and very much intended in the Old Testament notion of trusting in God: which is equivalent to the New Testament notion of faith, and is spoken [of] as the condition of God's help and salvation in the same manner in the Old Testament, as faith is in the New. That this is intended in the Old Testament by trusting in God, is evident from the following places: Psalms 4:4–5 , "Stand in awe and SIN NOT ; commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Offer the sacrifices of RIGHTEOUSNESS , and put your TRUST 862. HUMILIATION . 863. CONFLAGRATION . MISERY OF THE DAMNED . 864. PROVIDENCE . GOD'S MORAL GOVERNMENT OF THE WORLD . REVEALED RELIGION . FUTURE STATE . ETERNAL PUNISHMENT . 1 . A FUTURE STATE 865. IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL . FUTURE STATE . 866. EXTREMITY OF HELL TORMENTS . 867. CHRISTIAN RELIGION . IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL . FUTURE STATE . THAT THIS WORLD WILL COME TO [ AN ] END . 868. SIGNS OF GODLINESS . SINCERITY . 869. DISPENSATIONS . TESTAMENT . 870. HELL TORMENTS , THEIR DEGREE . 871. That the SAINTS IN HEAVEN 872. UNPARDONABLE SIN . WHY THE SIN AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST IS MADE SO . 873. CONCERNING THE PROFESSION PERSONS OUGHT TO MAKE EXPLICITLY WHEN THEY COME INTO THE VISIBLE CHURCH , 874. COVENANTS . TESTAMENT . The prophecies of the Old Testament, concerning the glorious times of the gospel, show plainly that the way of acceptance with God, and the CONDITIONS OF SALVATION , 875. HUMILIATION . WEANEDNESS FROM THE WORLD . 876. JUSTIFICATION . OBEDIENCE . 877. JUSTIFICATION . FITNESS , NATURAL AND MORAL . 878. THE BOOK OF JOB , WHY INSERTED INTO THE CANON OF THE SCRIPTURE . 879. HUMILIATION . 880. BEING OF A GOD . 884. COVENANT MADE WITH ADAM . 885. JUSTIFICATION . PERSEVERANCE . 886. MISERY OF THE DAMNED . HAPPINESS OF HEAVEN . 887. ORIGINAL SIN . 888. CHRISTIAN RELIGION . 880. HEAVEN THE ETERNAL ABODE OF THE CHURCH . 890. JUSTIFICATION . OBEDIENCE . All Christian holiness, of both heart and life, is from faith. 'Tis an effect, exercise and expression of faith; for 'tis faith that purifies the heart, 'tis faith that worketh. All that is good in the heart and life of Christians, is called THE WORK OF FAITH . 892. JUSTIFICATION . 893. JUSTIFICATION . 894. COVENANTS . PERFECTION IN HOLINESS . ADAM'S INNOCENCY AND GOSPEL HOLINESS COMPARED . 895. CONVICTION . HUMILIATION . 896. BEING OF GOD . GOD AN INTELLIGENT , VOLUNTARY BEING . 897. FUTURE STATE . IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL . 898. DYING LOVE OF CHRIST . SATISFACTION OF CHRIST . 899. CONVERSION . THE METHOD , STEPS AND TIME OF THE WORK . 900. THE REALITY OF THE FUTURE CONFLAGRATION . CHRISTIAN RELIGION . 901. CONFLAGRATION . MISERY OF THE DAMNED . 902. CHRISTIAN RELIGION . 903. CHRISTIAN RELIGION . DAY OF JUDGMENT . 904. CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS . WISDOM OF GOD IN THE WORK OF REDEMPTION . 905. HELL TORMENTS , THEIR INCREASE . 906. MISERY OF THE DAMNED . CONFLAGRATION . 907. PROGRESS OF THE WORK OF REDEMPTION . 908. FUTURE STATE . IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL . 910. HELL TORMENTS . THEIR DEGREE . 911. BAPTISM OF INFANTS . 912. CHRISTIAN RELIGION . LEGAL SACRIFICES . THE NECESSITY OF SATISFACTION . 913. JUSTIFICATION . CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS . 914. LORD'S DAY . 915. NECESSITY OF CHRIST'S SATISFACTION . 916. EXTREMITY OF HELL TORMENTS . 917. SAINTS IN HEAVEN ACQUAINTED WITH WHAT IS DONE ON EARTH . 918. WORK OF REDEMPTION END OF THE WORK OF CREATION . 919. COVENANT OF REDEMPTION AND COVENANT OF GRACE . 920. LORD'S DAY . 921. DEGREE OF HELL TORMENTS . 923. CHRIST'S ASCENSION INTO HEAVEN . THE NEED OF IT . 924. HELL TORMENTS . THEIR DEGREE . 925. CHRIST'S ASCENSION . 926. HELL TORMENTS . THEIR DEGREE . 927. TORMENTS OF HELL . 928. PRESBYTERIAN DISCIPLINE . 929. HELL TORMENTS . 930. MISERY OF THE DAMNED AND HAPPINESS OF HEAVEN . 931. HELL TORMENTS . CONFLAGRATION . 932. PROGRESS OF THE WORK OF REDEMPTION . Add this to No. 911. The glorious times, the proper and appointed season of the APPLICATION 933. HELL TORMENTS . AGGRAVATED PUNISHMENT OF GOSPEL SINNERS . 934. HAPPINESS OF HEAVEN . 935. CONFIRMATION OF THE ANGELS AT CHRIST'S ASCENSION . 936. FALL OF THE ANGELS . SATAN THE PRINCE OF THE DEVILS . 937. ANGELS , ELECT . THEIR DEPENDENCE ON CHRIST . 938. HEAVEN . HOW THE ELECT ANGELS KNOW GOOD AND EVIL . 939. OCCASION OF THE FALL OF THE ANGELS . Corol . CONFIRMATION OF THE ANGELS AT CHRIST'S ASCENSION . 940. THE ELECT ANGELS 941. CHRIST'S HUMILIATION many ways laid a foundation for the humiliation of all elect creatures. By seeing one infinitely above them descending so low and abasing himself so much, they are abundantly made sensible how no abasement is too great for them. Lucifer thought what God required of him too great an abasement for so high and worthy a creature as he. But in Christ Jesus, they see one infinitely higher than he descending vastly lower than was required of him. It tends to humble the ELECT ANGELS , 942. CONFIRMATION OF THE ANGELS . 943. JUSTIFICATION . FAITH . REPENTANCE . 944. WISDOM OF GOD IN THE WORK OF REDEMPTION . REASONABLENESS OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION . 945. REASONABLENESS OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION . PERSEVERANCE . 946. CONSUMMATION OF ALL THINGS . PROGRESS OF THE WORK OF REDEMPTION . 947. CONFIRMATION OF THE ANGELS . 948. CHURCH DISCIPLINE . ELDERS OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES 949. DAY OF JUDGMENT . PROGRESS OF THE WORK OF REDEMPTION . 950. PRIDE . HUMILIATION . 951. TALK OF EXPERIENCES . 952. CONSUMMATION OF ALL THINGS . NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH . PROGRESS OF THE WORK OF REDEMPTION . HEAVEN SHALL BE CHANGED, AND EXALTED TO HIGHER GLORY AT THE END OF THE WORLD . 953. That the HEATHEN PHILOSOPHERS 954. MORAL GOVERNMENT OF GOD OVER THE WORLD . CHRISTIAN RELIGION . TRADITION OF THE HEATHEN . 955. TRADITIONS OF THE TRINITY AMONGST THE ANCIENT HEATHEN . Sanchoniathon calls Saturn by the name of Ilos , which Bochart supposed to be from the name of god, EL . "So Damascius: 'The Phoenicians and Syrians name their Saturn EL , 956. TRADITIONS AMONG THE HEATHEN CONCERNING THE CONFLAGRATION . 957. HEAVEN MADE NEW AFTER THE DAY OF JUDGMENT . HAPPINESS OF HEAVEN . CHRIST'S GLORY INCREASED AFTER THE DAY OF JUDGMENT . 958. WORKS OF GOD , HOW ALL WROUGHT THROUGH CHRIST . GOD CREATED THE WORLD BY HIS SON , 959. HEATHENS had what they had of truth in divine things by TRADITION 960. ORIGINAL SIN . 961. SABBATH . 962. TRADITIONS OF THE HEATHEN . 963. GOD'S MORAL GOVERNMENT AND SPIRITUAL WORSHIP . TRADITIONS OF THE HEATHEN CONCERNING THEM . 964. MYSTERIES . 965. SPIRITUAL PRIDE . 966. ORIGINAL SIN . 967. INFUSED GRACE . 968. HUMILIATION . TRUSTING IN OUR OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS OR WISDOM OR STRENGTH . 969. TRADITION OF THE HEATHEN FROM FROM THE ANCIENT AND JEWS . 970. TRADITIONS OF THE TRINITY AMONG THE HEATHEN . 971. CHRISTIAN RELIGION . TRADITIONS AMONG THE HEATHEN OR NOTIONS OF THEIR WISE MEN CONCERNING A MEDIATOR OR THE NEED OF ONE . 972. CHRISTIAN RELIGION . THAT JESUS TRULY HAD THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY APPEARS BY THE FOLLOWING FACTS : 973. TRADITIONS OF THE HEATHEN FROM THE ANCIENT AND JEWS . 974. SABBATH AND BEGINNING OF THE SABBATH . 975. UNITY OF GOD . TRADITIONS AND OPINIONS OF THE HEATHEN CONCERNING IT . 976. BEING OF GOD . UNITY OF THE WORLD . UNITY OF GOD . 977. REVEALED RELIGION . The ANCIENT HEATHENS seem universally to have had that opinion, either by the light of nature or from TRADITION , 978. TRADITIONS OF THE HEATHEN CONCERNING GOD'S MORAL GOVERNMENT, OR THEIR OPINIONS CONCERNING IT . 979. REVEALED RELIGION . 980. SATAN BEFORE THE FALL THE HIGHEST OF THE ANGELS . 981. CHRISTIAN RELIGION . 982. THE WORK OF REDEMPTION THE SUM OF ALL GOD'S WORKS . 983. CHRISTIAN RELIGION . 984. CHRISTIAN RELIGION . EVIDENCES THAT THE WORLD OF MANKIND CANNOT BE MUCH OLDER THAN IS REPRESENTED IN SCRIPTURE . 985. TORMENTS OF THE DAMNED . 986. REVEALED RELIGION . 987. MISERY OF THE DAMNED . 988. TRINITY . 989. HUMILITY , 990. THAT THE WORLD WILL COME TO AN END . 991. PROGRESS OF THE WORK OF REDEMPTION . 992. TRINITY . TRADITIONS OF THE HEATHEN CONCERNING IT . 993. THE WORK OF REDEMPTION THE GREATEST WORK OF GOD, AND THE END OF ALL OTHER WORKS AND ALL GOD'S DECREES CONTAINED IN THE COVENANT OF REDEMPTION . 994. CONFIRMATION OF THE ANGELS . 995. HELL TORMENTS . 996. HOW WE ARE JUSTIFIED BY WORKS . 997. ORIGINAL SIN . IMPUTATION OF ADAM'S SIN . 998. JUDGING , CENSURING . 999. TIME OF GOOD FRAMES AND COMFORTS 1000. JUDGING , DISCERNING OTHERS . 1001. HUMILIATION . 1002. CHRISTIAN RELIGION . CHRIST A PERSON SENT FROM GOD AND THE TRUE MESSIAH . 1003. INFUSED GRACE . 1004. ETERNITY OF HELL TORMENTS AND HEAVEN'S BLESSEDNESS . 1005. CHRIST'S SUFFERING THE WRATH OF GOD FOR THE SINS OF MEN . SATISFACTION . WISDOM OF GOD IN THE WORK OF REDEMPTION . 1006. IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL . 1007. THE DOCTRINE OF THE DAY OF JUDGMENT , 1008. TRINITY . 1009. CONVICTION . HUMILIATION . 1010. That the predominancy of SELF -LOVE is the foundation of all sin, and [that] LOVE TO GOD 1011. VISIBLE CHURCH . CHRIST, THE HEAD OF IT . 1012. TRADITIONS OF THE HEATHEN FROM THE PATRIARCHS AND JEWS . 1013. SABBATH . TRADITIONS OF THE HEATHEN CONCERNING IT . 1014. TRADITIONS OF THE HEATHEN . 1015. THE HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT FROM MOSES ' TIME , CONFIRMED BY THE TRADITIONS OF THE HEATHEN . 1016. TRADITIONS AND OPINIONS OF THE HEATHEN CONCERNING THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL . 1017. TRADITIONS AND OPINIONS OF THE HEATHEN ABOUT THE CONFLAGRATION . 1018. TRADITIONS OR OPINIONS OF THE HEATHEN CONCERNING THE RESURRECTION . 1019. HUMILIATION . 1020. HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT FROM MOSES ' TIME CONFIRMED FROM HEATHEN TRADITIONS . 1021. TRADITIONS OF THE HEATHEN CONCERNING EVIL SPIRITS . 1022. TRADITIONS AND OPINIONS OF THE HEATHEN CONCERNING GOD'S SPIRITUAL WORSHIP AND GOD'S MORAL GOVERNMENT . 1023. TRADITIONS OR OPINIONS OF SOME OF THE WISEHEATHEN CONCERNING THE DUTIES , THAT BY WAY OF EMINENCY MAY BE CALLED CHRISTIAN DUTIES . 1024. TRADITIONS OR OPINIONS OF THE HEATHEN CONCERNING AN INCARNATION OF DEITIES . 1025. OPINIONS OF THE HEATHEN CONFIRMING THE REASONABLENESS OF CHRIST'S SUFFERINGS . 1026. CHRIST'S MIRACLES . 1027. ABOLISHING THE CEREMONIAL LAW BY CHRIST . 1028. INFUSED GRACE , TRADITIONS AND OPINIONS OF THE HEATHEN CONFIRMING IT . 1029. INFUSED GRACE. TEXTS OF SCRIPTURE 1030. COVENANTS. JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH . 1031. SIGNS OF GODLINESS. FAITH OBEDIENCE . 1032. HUMILIATION AND MORTIFICATION TO THE WORLD. CORRUPTION OF NATURE . 1033. IMPRECATIONS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT . 1034. ABOLISHING THE CEREMONIAL LAW . 1035. SATISFACTION OF CHRIST . 1036. CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS . 1037. WORK OF REDEMPTION . NEW HEAVENS AND NEW EARTH . PROGRESS OF THE WORK OF REDEMPTION . 1038. Those kinds of heavenly bodies called comets give great evidence that the WORLD IS NOT FROM ETERNITY AND WILL COME TO AN END , 1039. WHY THE CREATION OF THE WORLD WAS COMMITTED TO CHRIST . 1040. ABOLISHING THE CEREMONIAL LAW . Add this to Nos. 1027 and 1034. The following things are foretold of the times of the Messiah, which are all evidential of the abolishing of the ceremonial law, viz. that all the common people shall be priests, Jeremiah 31:40 , and every common utensil of the people should be holiness to the Lord, so that the priests should make use of them in the most sacred service of the sanctuary; yea, that upon the very tackling of their horses (an unclean beast) there should be written HOLINESS TO THE LORD , 1041. THE WORLD IS NOT FROM ETERNITY AND WILL COME TO AN END . 1042. NATURAL AND MORAL FITNESS . JUSTIFICATION . 1043. INCARNATION OF CHRIST . See No. 766. That the incarnation, or the union of the divine nature with the human, is by the Holy Spirit dwelling in the human nature, is evident by Revelation 4:5 , which we are told are the seven spirits of God, and also the same with that Spirit of the Lord as a spirit of wisdom and understanding, and counsel and knowledge, that it is said should rest on the BRANCH 1044. CHRISTIAN RELIGION . CHRIST'S SPIRIT OF PROPHECY . 1045. NATURAL AND MORAL FITNESS . 1046. SAINTS , HIGHER IN GLORY THAN THE ANGELS . 1047. TRINITY . THE HOLY GHOST 1048. CREATION . 1049. ORIGINAL SIN . IMPUTATION OF ADAM'S SIN . 1050. INTERCESSION OF CHRIST . 1051. LORD'S DAY . 1052. JUSTIFICATION BY FREE GRACE , 1053. PREPARATORY WORK . 1054. LORD'S DAY . 1055. DEACONS , THEIR OFFICE . 1056. DEATH THREATENED TO ADAM . 1057. OCCASION OF THE FALL OF THE ANGELS . 1058. ENTHUSIASM . 1059. THAT THE HAPPINESS OF THE SAINTS IN HEAVEN 1060. CONCERNING THE CANON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT . 1061. HAPPINESS OF HEAVEN 1062. ECONOMY OF THE TRINITY AND COVENANT OF REDEMPTION . 1063. THE WORK OF REDEMPTION THE END OF ALL GOD'S WORKS . 1064. COVENANT OF GRACE . 1065. TRINITY . 1066. END OF THE CREATION . 1070. JUSTIFICATION . FREE GRACE . 1071. LORD'S DAY . 1072. HAPPINESS OF HEAVEN . 1073. TRADITIONS OF THE HEATHEN AGREEABLE TO THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OF ORIGINAL SIN , 1074. THE COVENANT WITH ADAM . 1075a. ORIGINAL SIN . 1075b. FREEDOM OF THE WILL . SELF -DETERMINING POWER . 1076. SATISFACTION FOR SIN MUST BE COMPLETE . 1077. GOD'S HOLINESS is his having a due, meet and proper regard to everything, and therefore consists mainly and summarily in his infinite regard or love to himself, he being infinitely the greatest and most excellent Being. And therefore a meet and proper regard to himself is infinitely greater than to all other beings; and as he is as it were the sum of all being, and all other positive existence is but a communication from him, hence it will follow that a proper regard to himself is the sum of his regard. TRINITY . 1078. THE FALL . ADAM'S SIN . 1079. JUDGMENT DAY , 1080. GOD'S GLORY THE END OF THE CREATION . 1081. Texts that seem to show that the communication of God's goodness and HAPPINESS IS THE END OF THE CREATION . 1082. END OF THE CREATION . 1083. CHRIST'S SATISFACTION . 1084. END OF THE CREATION . 1085. JUSTIFICATION . 1086. CEREMONIES . 1087. CHRISTIAN RELIGION . 1088. CEREMONIES . 1089. THE SAINTS IN HEAVEN 1090. FAITH DIVINE, OR A SPIRITUAL CONVICTION 1091. COVENANTS OF REDEMPTION AND GRACE . 1092. JUSTIFICATION . FITNESS , NATURAL AND MORAL . 1093. ADOPTION , whether it be included in JUSTIFICATION . 1094. END OF THE CREATION . GLORY OF GOD . 1095. SAINTS IN HEAVEN REIGN ON EARTH . 1096. FITNESS , NATURAL , MORAL . JUSTIFICATION . 1097. CONFLAGRATION . MISERY OF THE DAMNED . 1098. That the ANGELS , 1099. END OF THE CREATION . GLORY OF GOD . GOD'S DECLARATIVE GLORY . 1100. MYSTERIES . 1101. JUSTIFICATION . 1102. TRINITY . 1103. Ezekiel's vision of the dry bones is a confirmation that, however NATURAL MEN 1104. ABOLISHING OF THE CEREMONIAL LAW . 1105. TRINITY . 1106. RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST . That salvation is not only by the atonement of Christ, but by his obedience to the law or commands of God is manifest by Hebrews 10:8–10 , "Above when he said, sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldst not, neither hadst pleasure therein, which are offered BY THE LAW . Then said he, Lo, I come to DO WHY WILL , 1107. CEREMONIAL LAW ABOLISHED . 1108. LORD'S DAY . 1110. SABBATH . LORD'S DAY . 1111. CHRISTIAN RELIGION . 1112. DISCERNING 1113. MYSTERIES . 1114. TRINITY . NAME OF GOD . 1115. PRAYER , MORNING AND EVENING . 1116. THAT THE CHURCH OR ELECT MEN 1117. USURY . 1118. DISPENSATIONS . 1119. THE SAINTS IN HEAVEN ACQUAINTED WITH WHAT IS DONE ON EARTH . 1120. FAITH IN CHRIST THE CONDITION OF SALVATION . 1121. SAINTS AND ANGELS IN HEAVEN ACQUAINTED WITH WHAT IS DONE ON EARTH . 1122. HEAVEN PERFECTED . 1123. MORAL VIRTUE 1124. CONVICTION . 1125. CHRIST'S ASCENSION . 1126. HEAVEN PERFECTED AFTER THE DAY OF JUDGMENT . 1128. HUMILIATION , MORTIFICATION . 1129. PROBATION . 1130 [a]. JUSTIFICATION . 1130 [b]. FAITH , how connected with OBEDIENCE . 1131. GLORIOUS TIMES . MILLENNIUM . PROGRESS 1132. CHRIST'S RESURRECTION . 1133. WISDOM OF GOD IN THE WORK OF REDEMPTION . DAY OF JUDGMENT . PROGRESS OF THE WORK [ OF ] REDEMPTION . 1134. HEAVEN 1135. FUTURE STATE . 1136. INFINITE EVIL OF SIN . 1137. HAPPINESS OF HEAVEN . When God had finished the work of creation, he is represented as resting and being refreshed and rejoicing in his works. The Apostle compares the happiness Christ entered into, after he had finished his labors and sufferings in the work of redemption, to this ( Hebrews 4:5 , he points out that "In the expression of MY REST, the Apostle plainly understands… the rest that God himself enjoys." The Apostle therefore, according to JE, is here exhorting Christians "to seek to be partakers of the rest that Christ enjoys, that he entered into when he finished and ceased from his works." this seems to argue two things: viz. 1. that the way that the saints will be happy in the beholding the glory of God will be very much in beholding the glory of his perfections in his works; 2. that the happiness of the saints in heaven, especially since Christ's ascension, consisting in beholding God's glory, will consist very much in seeing his glory in the work of redemption. The happiness of departed saints under the old testament consisted much in beholding the glory of God in the works of creation, in the beholding which the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy. But their happiness since Christ's ascension consists much more in beholding the glory of God in the work of redemption, since that the old creation in comparison of this is no more mentioned nor comes into mind, but they will be glad and rejoice forever in this work. The beatifical vision of God in heaven consists mostly in beholding the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, either in his work or in his person as appearing in the glorified human nature. PROGRESS OF THE WORK OF REDEMPTION . 1138. REASONS to think that the gracious SINCERITY of our neighbors is a thing which, as to its certain knowledge, is altogether UNSEARCHABLE BY MEN : 1139. TYPES . 1140. END OF THE CREATION , etc. GLORY OF GOD . 1142. GLORY OF GOD . END OF THE CREATION . 1143. CONVICTION . PREPARATORY WORK . 1144. INSPIRATION . PROPHECY . 1145. SATISFACTION OF CHRIST . 1146. CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS , OBEDIENCE , SUFFERINGS . 1147. MORAL EVIL 1148. ABOLISHING THE CEREMONIAL LAW . 1150. THE FAITH OF MIRACLES 1151. END OF THE CREATION . 1152. COVENANTS . PERFECT OBEDIENCE . CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS .