'fhall fail; whether there be tongues, they fhall ceafe; whether there be knowledge, it fhall vanih 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 begins 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 per'form 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 Christ 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.

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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 Righte oufness in Perfection, eternally communicating to them, from Chrift their Head, Supplies of Grace in full Measure : 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 'truth] fhall glorify me: for he fhall receive of mine, and fhall 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 Chrift, to the Saints, by the Spirit, in that they continue for ever Members of Christ; and Members cannot act, but by continued Communication 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 feeth '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 á 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 just men made per'fect. The glorious Place they pafs into, is, the highest Heavens: Philip. i. 23. "I am in a strait 'betwixt two, having a defire to depart, and to be with Chrift; which is far better.' Compared with Eph. iv. 10. He that defcended, is the fame alfo that afcended up far above all heavens, that

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he might fill all things.' And they are carried into it by Angels: Luke xvi. 22. And it came: to pass 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. 6 27. And there fhall in no wife enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever 'worketh abomination, or maketh a lye: but 6 they which are written in the Lamb's book of 'life.' The glorious Society they pafs into, is, the Society of God and Chrift there, and of the holy Angels, and glorified Saints: 2 Cor. v. 8. 'We are confident, I fay, and willing rather to be ' abfent from the body, and to be prefent 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

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<from heaven, faying 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 fill united to Chrift, they ref in their Graves till the Refurrection. The Grave is a Place of Reft to the Bodies of Believers: And they rest in their Graves, otherwife than the Wicked do in theirs, in that they rest in them, as in their Beds perfumed by Chrift's lying in the Grave: f. vii. 2. He shall enter into peace: they fhall reft in their beds, • each one walking in his uprightness. Compared with Rev. i. 17. 18. And when I saw him, I fell 6 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 still united to Christ: 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 smallest Duft fcattered here and there, doth not diffolve the Union between Chrift and their Bodies in that Cafe, 1 Theff. iv. 14. above cited: And that because the Bond of their Union with him, is his infinite Spirit every where prefent: Rom. viii. 1. If the Spirit of him that raised up Jefus from the dead, dwell in you; he that raised up Chrift from the dead, shall alfo quicken your ' mortal

mortal bodies, by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.' Compared with Pfal. cxxxix. 7, Whither shall I 'go from thy fpirit? or whither fhall I flee from thy prefence?" And they are to rest so in their Graves, till the Refurrection: Job xix. 26. 27. And though after my fkin, worms destroy this < body, yet in my flefh fhall I fee God: whom I 'fhall fee for myself, and mine eyes fhall behold, ' and not another; though my reins be confumed within me.'

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The Dead will rife again: Acts xxiv. 15. There shall be a refurrection of the dead, both of the juft and unjuft.' John v. 28. 29. The hour is < coming, in the which all that are in the graves 'fhall hear his voice, and fhall come forth, they 'that have done good, unto the refurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the refur'rection of damnation.' And the Refurrection of the Dead will be at the last Day, when Christ comes again to Judgment: 1 Theff. iv. 15. 16. For this we fay unto you by the word of the Lord, that ( we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord, fhall not prevent them which are afleep. For the Lord himself fhall defcend from heaven with a fhout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead ' in Chrift fhall rise first.' Some will be then found alive, as at this Day: 1 Cor. xv. 51. Behold, I 'fhew you a myftery: We fhall not all fleep, but we shall all be changed.' And they shall not die and rife again; but inftead of dying and rifing again, they fhall be changed, 1 Cor. xv. 51. above cited. They that fhall rife again, are, all the Dead, fmall and great, juft and unjust, John v. 28. forecited. Rev. xx. 12. And I law the dead, fmall

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