doth not ftop the Course of their partaking of the Benefits of Chrift's Purchase, but opens it further. Both the Souls and Bodies of Believers, or them that are effectually called, justified, adopted, and fanctified in their Life, do receive or partake of more Benefits of Christ's Purchase, at their Death. The Benefits of Chrift's Purchafe that their Souls receive at Death, are, that then they are made perfect in Holiness, and do immediately pafs into Glory Heb. xii. 23. Ye are come to the spirits of juft men made perfect. Luke xxiii. 43. And Jefus faid unto him, Verily I fay unto thee, To-day fhalt thou be with me in paradise.' The begun Work of Sanctification in the Souls of Believers is perfected at Death: So that their Souls are, upon their Separation from the Body,made perfect in Holiness, Heb. xii. 23. above cited. Sanctification perfected in the Souls of Believers at Death, is the Work of God's free Grace, whereby they are wholly renewed in every Part, after the Image of God, to the utter abolishing of the Remains of 9in in them, and are enabled eternally to live unto Righteousness in Perfection: Rev. vii. 14. 15. And he said to me, Thefe are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their · robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and ferve him day and night in his temple and he that fitteth on the throne, fhall dwell among them.' 2 Cor. iv. 16. Though < our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. Compared with Heb. xii. 23. forecited. And Rev. vii. 15. above cited; compared with 1 Cor. xiii. 8. 9. 10. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they 'fhall fhall fail; whether there be tongues, they fhall ceafe; whether there be knowledge, it fhall va"nifh away. For we know in part, and we prophefy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part fhall be done away. It is the fame Spirit of Chrift, who be gins and carries on their Sanctification in Life, that perfects their Sanctification at Death: Philip. i. 6. Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you, will perform it until the day of Jefus Chrift.' Pfal. cxxxviii. ult. The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me.' The Spirit wholly renews the Souls of Believers in every Part, after the Image of God, to the utter abolishing of the Remains of Sin in them, by communicating to them from Chrift their Head, a Fulness of Grace for Grace in Chrift, to the perfecting of his Image on them: Eph. iv. 13. 'Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the ftature of the fulness of Chrift. 1 Cor. xv. 49. "As we "have borne the image of the earthy, we shall alfo bear the image of the heavenly.' Chap. xiii. 10. When that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part fhall be done away?? The Spirit enables them eternally to live unto Righteoufnefs in Perfection, eternally communicating to them, from Chrift their Head, Supplies of Grace in full Meafure : Rev. vii. ult. The Lamb which is in the midft of the throne, fhall feed them, and 'fhall lead them unto living fountains of waters.' Compared with John xvi. 14. "He [the Spirit of 6 truth] fhall glorify me: for he fhall receive of mine, and shall fhew it unto you.' 1 Cor. xiii. 10. above cited. It appears, that there fhall be fuch an eternal Communication of Supplies of Grace, from Christ, to the Saints, by the Spirit, in that they continue for ever Members of Chrift and Members cannot act, but by continued Commurication of Influences from their Head: John xiv. 16. 17. And I will pray the Father, and he 'fhall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know · him, for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in " you.' Chap. xv. 4. 5. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the 'branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, ' the fame bringeth forth much fruit for without me ye can do nothing.' : The Glory that the Souls of Believers pafs into at Death, is, a glorious State, a glorious Place, and a glorious Society. The glorious State they pass into, is, a State of fhining in the perfect Purity of the divine Image: 2 Cor. iii. 18. But we all with open face, beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the fame image, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.' Compared with Heb. xii. 23. Ye are come to the spirits of juft men made per"fect.' The glorious Place they pass into, is, the highest Heavens: Philip. i. 23. I am in a ftrait betwixt two, having a defire to depart, and to be with Chrift; which is far better.' Compared with Eph. iv. fo.' He that defcended, is the fame alfo that afcended up far above all heavens, that The he might fill all things. And they are carried into it by Angels: Luke xvi. 22. And it came to pafs that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bofom.' The Glory of that Place they are carried into, is, the Glory of God and of the Man Chrift, fhining in it: Rev. xxi 23. And the city had no need of the fun, 'neither of the moon to fhine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.' But they are made perfect in Holiness, before they enter there, not after they are entered: Rev. xxi. 27. And there fhall in no wife enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lye: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. The glorious Society they pafs into, is, the Society of God and Christ there, and of the holy Angels, and glorified Saints: 2 Cor. v. 8. We are confident, I fay, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.' Heb. xii. 22. 23. 24. 'Ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerufalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general affembly and church of the firft-born which are written in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the fpirits of juft men made perfect, and to Jefus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of fprinkling, that fpeaketh better things than that of Abel. And this their paffing into Glory, is immediately after Death, Luke xvi. 22. Chap. xxiii. 43. forecited. There is no middle State then, between Believers their dying in Chrift, and their paffing into Glory, 2 Cor. v. 8. Philip. 23. forecited, Rev. xiv. 13. And I heard a voice <from from heaven, saying unto me, Write, Bleffed are "the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth: Yea, faith the Spirit, that they may reft from ⚫ their labours; and their works do follow them.' The Benefit of Chrift's Purchase that the Bodies of Believers receive at Death, is, that being ftill united to Chrift, they reft in their Graves till the Refurrection. The Grave is a Place of Reft to the Bodies of Believers: And they reft in their Graves, otherwife than the Wicked do in theirs, in that they reft in them, as in their Beds perfumed by Christ's lying in the Grave: I. lvii. 2. He fhall ⚫ enter into peace: they fhall reft in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. Compared with Rev. i. 17. 18. And when I faw him, I fell at his feet as dead: and he laid his right hand upon me, faying unto me, Fear not; I am the firft and the laft: I am he that liveth, and was. ⚫ dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death." That the Grave is fuch a refting Place to the Bodies of Believers, while it is a Prifon to others, is from their being ftill united to Chrift: I. lvii. 2. above cited. Compared with 1 Theff. iv. 14. If we believe that Jefus died, and rofe again, even fo them also which fleep in Jefus, will God bring with him." The diffolving of their Bodies into mallest Duft fcattered here and there, doth not diffolve the Union between Chrift and their Bodies in that Cafe, i Theff. iv. 14. above cited: And that because the Bond of their Union with him, is his infinite Spirit every where prefent: Rom. viii. 11. If the Spirit of him that raised up Jefus from the dead, dwell in you; he that raised up Chrift from the dead, fhall also quicken your 'mortal |