Heaven

“Eternity to the godly is a day that has no sunset; eternity to the wicked is a night that has no sunrise.”

“Though heaven be given us freely, yet we must contend for it.”

“A man's greatest care should be for that place where he lives longest; therefore eternity should be his scope.”

“The world rings changes, it is never constant but in its disappointments. The world is but a great inn, where we are to stay a night or two, and be gone; what madness is it so to set our heart upon our inn, as to forget our home?”

“It is better to go to heaven with a few, than to hell in the crowd.”

“We shall never go to heaven when we die, unless we are in heaven while we live.”

“Meditation is the saints' looking glass, by which they see things invisible. Meditation is the golden ladder by which they ascend to paradise.”

“Men could be content to have the kingdom of heaven; but they are loathe to fight for it.”

“A little faith will bring your soul to heaven; a great faith will bring heaven to your soul.”

“His mercy is so great that it forgives great sins to great sinners after great lengths of time, then raises us up to great enjoyments in the great heaven of the great God!”

“When you speak of heaven, let your face light up. When you speak of hell, your everyday face will do.”

“There are no crown-bearers in heaven that were not cross-bearers here below.”

“A little stay on earth will make heaven more heavenly. Nothing makes rest so sweet as toil.”

“If there could be regrets in heaven, the saints might mourn that they did not live longer here to do more good.”

“If there were no hell, the loss of heaven would be hell.”

“Hope can see heaven through the thickest clouds.”

“The best and sweetest flowers of paradise God gives to His people when they are upon their knees. Prayer is the gate of heaven.”

“Sin is hell, grace is heaven; what madness it is to look more at hell than heaven.”

“Afflictions are but as a dark entry into our Father's house.”

“Man's holiness is now his greatest happiness, and in heaven man's greatest happiness will be his perfect holiness.”

“Your life is short, your duties many, your assistance great, and your reward sure; therefore faint not, hold on and hold up, in ways of well-doing, and heaven shall make amends for all.”

“Though heaven be God's palace, yet it is not his prison.”

“Much faith will yield unto us here our heaven, but any faith, if true, will yield us heaven hereafter.”

“There are five things that God will never sell at a cheap rate: Christ, truth, his honour, heaven, and assurance.”

“One drop of the sweetness of heaven is enough to take away all the sourness and bitterness of all the afflictions in the world.”

“It is the happiness of heaven to have God be all in all.”

“No soul shall ever come to Heaven, but the soul which has Heaven come to it first.”

“A godly man in the midst of the waves and storms that he meets with can see the glory of heaven before him and so contents himself.”

“When you sailors see the haven before you, though you were mightily troubled before you could see any land, yet when you come near the shore and can see a certain land-mark, that contents you greatly.”

“If I were to go to heaven, and find that Christ was not there, I would leave immediately; for heaven without Christ would be hell to me.”

“Heaven would be hell to me without Christ.”

“In heaven we shall appear, not in armour, but in robes of glory. But here these are to be worn night and day; we must walk, work, and sleep in them, or else we are not true soldiers of Christ.”

“Let your hope of Heaven, master your fear of death. Why should you be afraid to die, who hope to live by dying!”

“In heaven we shall appear, not in armor, but in robes of glory. But here our arms are to be worn night and day.”

“There is no imagination wherewith man is besotted, more foolish, none so pernicious, as this, that persons not purified, not sanctified, not made holy in their life, should afterwards be taken into that state of blessedness.”

“Only a sight of His glory, and nothing else, will truly satisfy God's people.”

“What are the honours and riches of this world, when compared to the glories of a crown of life?”

“We read—we speak—we meditate—we hear of heaven; and bright and lovely is the prospect.”

“But, in the kingdom of heaven, sorrow and sighing shall fly away.”

“You may open the treasuries in heaven; and it shall never be in vain.”

“For a Christian hath the reality of things: he hath a husband for ever, he hath matter of joy for ever, he hath a possession for ever; and then there will be a new world.”

“Would not Joseph, too, in exhorting his brethren not quarrel along the way, remind them that they were journeying towards one home and to one father?”

“This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.”

“The robes of glory will be the everlasting ornaments of meek and quiet spirits.”

“The visible things fade upon the sight, the invisible things unveil their grandeur.”

“To despise the world is the way to enjoy heaven; and blessed are they who delight to converse with God by prayer.”

“I think few Christians find much furtherance heavenward by their multiplicity of engagements or enjoyments in this world.”

“Now they are the sons of God; but it appeareth not in this world what they shall be; and if they be now such, whilst black, what when in heaven, when Christ is made glorious in them?”

“This is Christ's prayer, that the saints may be with him in his kingdom, and be bespangled with some of the beams of his glory.”

“Rejoice and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven," Matt. v.”

“Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." But it is to heaven we look for the soul's perfect and changeless happiness.”

“And the flesh of Christ is in heaven and shall there abide till the last judgment.”

“His mercy to his own soon comforted them for all their toils and conflicts, in a land flowing with milk and honey—a type of that inheritance awaiting his saints now, after conflict is over.”

“The more any man in holiness resembles God on earth, the greater and the larger portion of glory that man shall have when he comes to heaven.”

“Then, through rich mercy, there is solid hope, that the child born on earth, is born an heir of heaven.”

“By justification we are made kings and priests, are lifted above all sins and lusts, world and devil; have a right and title to heaven.”

“But now there are other of God’s saints that trade with God for great things—for immortality and glory and a kingdom, and the crown of eternal life.”

“And, thus to lay out, is to lay up, to lay up uncertain riches in a safe repository: God's promises shall be thy security, and every star in heaven a seal set upon the treasury-door, which none can break or violate.”

“Likewise I say unto you (saith Christ) there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more then over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.”

“When you have reckoned up so many myriads and millions of years, nay, ages—as have passed the bounds of all arithmetic, eternity is not yet begun!”

“It is a matter of consequence: as we desire heaven, we must desire this holy fire to be kindled in us.”

“Does not godliness have the promises of this life as well as of that to come?”

“What pains did they take in the Olympian games : they ran for a garland of flowers, and do we stand still who run for a crown of immortality?”

“And he says to me, write, blessed are they which are called to the marriage supper of the lamb.”

“And thus it is with the broken-hearted; he needs, and God has prepared for him plenty of the comforts and cordials of heaven, to succour and relieve his sinking soul.”

“The crown which the poor in spirit shall wear in heaven, is an honorable crown.”

“If you have such a glorious inheritance to come—admire, and thankfully adore the love of God in settling this rich charter upon you!”

“Subsequent thereto, however, the godly will be ushered into the third heaven—the paradise of God—by the King, in order to have the eternal satisfaction of joy in immediate fellowship with God.”

“Yes, let us love, and sing, and wonder, and go singing and wondering on through life, until we join the songs and admiration of the blessed before the throne.”

“Climb up the celestial mount; take a turn, as it were, in heaven every day by holy meditation.”

“God therefore hath reserved the best excellencies for the time to come, in promises and in his word, if we have grace to depend upon his word, and in the mean time go on and cross our corruptions.”

“They that be in heaven love to see the face of God, they joy in it.”

“There are many who are exceeding inquisitive to know whether their names are written in heaven or not.”

“No one, however wise, wealthy, noble, or beautiful, will ever get to heaven without conversion .”

“If your friend is wicked, though he were your friend on earth, you will cease to be his friend in heaven.”

“O how sweet is that peace which faith breeds! it is a plant of the heavenly paradise; it is a Christian's festival! it is his music: it is as Chrysostom speaks, the anticipation of heaven. 5.”

“Therefore it is said of Abraham that he sought a city that had foundations.”

“Can any Man promise us anything better than Heaven? or, can any Man threaten us with anything worse than Hell?”

“But this “due time” is properly meant to the life to come, which has two degrees: the first is at the day of death, when the soul enters into happiness.”

“Let us receive this as from the Lord and lay it to our hearts: whatsoever we do evening and morning, day or night, whether we be young or old, rich or poor, first we must seek for the kingdom of heaven and His righteousness.”

“Now I have quitted myself of death, and sin imputed to me as a surety, and I am going to heaven to make an end of all there: ‘I ascend to God, to my God and to your God.’ We have all one common Father, and one common God.”

“Certainly, if only the violent take Heaven, the idle person will never come there.”

“There ’s no difference between a king and the poorest and meanest person when they go to heaven .”

“A Christian, by the eye of faith, through the telescope of the promise—may see into heaven.”

“You shall set your foot on the neck of that enemy: and as soon as both your feet are over the threshold of glory, you shall cast back a smiling look, and say, now, Satan, do your worst; now I am there where you canned not come.”

“To soar from earthly scenes is to escape the clouds of sense—the mists of partial glance—the darkness of a prison-state.”

“In heaven, God is set afore us to pick all happiness out of; and so all that happiness must arise from suitableness of heart to him.”

“He made a world, and how glorious is it! but if he make a heaven, think with yourselves what a heaven it will be.”

“You bestow upon this world that which might bring you to heaven.”

“These are they that sowed so many prayers, which God gave them not time to reap the fruits of on earth, but now they shall reap the fruit and comfort of them for ever.”

“But heaven is set out by the temple , which was fixed and permanent.”

“A believer is now an heir of this joy; let him wait until he is of age, and he shall be fully possessed of the joys of heaven.”

“Seed, sown in Jesus's blood, brings harvests to heaven's garner.”

“Believer, what will it be to gaze on the manifested beauty of Him, who is so altogether lovely!”

“We shall have far other thoughts of Jesus when we see him as he is; and shall then be able to make a more affecting estimate of the love which moved him to be made a substitute and a curse for us.”

“What made Abraham forget his father's house, going he knew not whither, but that he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God, and therefore he was a stranger at home?”

“They rejoice when a sinner is converted, and when he dies they are ready to carry his soul into Abraham’s bosom.”

“O cruel time, that tormenteth us, and suspendeth our dearest enjoyments that we wait for, when we shall be bathed and steeped, soul and body, down in the depths of this Love of Loves!”

“In paradise there was a tempter, but none in heaven; Satan was long since cast out thence, and the saints fill up the vacant rooms of the apostate angels.”

“Our minds must be in harmony with those of the inhabitants of heaven, or else the society of heaven would soon be intolerable to us.”

“Our great Redeemer and Liberator has gone before us to prepare a place for His people, and when He comes again — our redemption will be complete.”

“Heavenly joy consists in loving with all the heart, and in being beloved.”

“What a difference to our whole man, our whole spiritual being, will the renewal of the body make!”

“This river proceeds out of the throne, and so, as to its rise, it is special; it is also called the water of life, and as it is such, it is special; but as it is a river it is common, and of common use, and for common good.”

“If Sabbaths now are days of grace to men, what shall that great Sabbath be?”

“In that celestial kingdom there shall be no vilifying or slandering one another, no raking into those sores which Christ died to heal.”

“You may say, “But while I wait for the riches of Heaven and the promises, in the meantime I don’t have very much riches at all.” If you are under age, God is your guardian, and God will be accountable to you for everything.”

“Love is the everlasting grace which shall abide and be in use and exercise, when the actings of other graces shall cease.”

“In heaven the fear of God shall be perfected; therefore it doth not merely arise from guilt.”

“Would you not account that man a very fool that when he comes to an inn, should spend all his time there to furnish and adorn a room with curious hangings, when he must stay but for a night, and leave it the next day?”

“Usually the holiest of men have least of earth, though most of heaven.”

“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth." Rest not until you are enabled to look more within the veil; and fix your hearts more steadfastly on the only permanent realities in the universe.”

“Here on earth, the body is a clog ; in heaven it shall be a wing .”

“He gives us something to sweeten our pilgrimage here—some tastes of his love— these are the pledge and first-fruits.”

“All that we have now is a taste of the good things to come, and but a taste.”

“Have we not all of us precious and immortal Souls, capable and desirous of happiness?”

“The world is rushing on, as before, in turmoil, sin, and conflict—the war-cry, the martial music, the sigh of sorrow, and the wail of agony are heard—but not a spent echo mars their placid rest.”

“This is the highest pinnacle of the saints' hopes; wherein they, in their whole man, shall have the whole of eternal life in its perfection.”

“That day shall be a happy day indeed, when the High Priest comes forth to do the third, last, and completing part of His work—to bless His believing people.”

“Hitherto he had looked up from earth to heaven; but he was taught that ere long he should look down on earth from heaven.”

“The Apostle in Heb. 11. teaches that the hopes of the patriarchs were not confined to the present life, but were fixed on a future state of existence.”

“Secondly, heaven is the place of God’s residence, because he communicates himself most there.”

“Then all who have served Christ with the heart shall hear Him say, “Come, you who are blessed of My Father — receive the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world!”

“God himself installs them into their honor and sets the royal crown upon their head.”

“Open each eye to see the beauty, riches, blessedness, and glory of God's heritage.”

“Meditation on the heavenly kingdom, would put a damp and slur upon all worldly glory.”

“In it is no temple; for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.”

“He who does most work here—shall have most reward hereafter.”

“As he is the Saviour of his church, which is his body, so he will come and fetch her at the last unto himself.”

“Man had a conditional promise hereof, in the covenant of works; but the condition being broken, the benefit promised was lost; heaven's gates were shut against Adam, and all his natural seed.”

“For the things of the life to come there are few of them but God's children have some experimental taste of them in this world.”

“God is in Heaven — holy, pure, spiritual, undefiled, light without any darkness at all — a Being who cannot bear that which is evil, or look upon iniquity.”

“That mariner hath sailed long enough that hath gained his port; and that soldier fought long enough that hath won the victory; and that child lived long enough that hath won heaven, how early soever he died.”

“What a blessed time will that be, never to grieve God's Spirit any more!”

“What is Heaven, but the rest and quiet of a man's spirit; that is the special thing that makes the life of Heaven, there is rest and joy, and satisfaction in God.”

“We are members of this world, and we are heirs of a better; we have relation to two worlds.”

“What a heaven upon earth must be enjoyed in fellowship with him!”

“This is to lay up a stock for hereafter, that thou mayest have whereon to live splendidly and gloriously to all eternity.”

“Without holiness no man can see God; that is, so see him as to be happy in him.”

“That our bodies at latter day shall be conformed to the image of Jesus Christ’s body, the Scripture is clear for it.”

“The saints shall be all clothed in white linen, which is the righteousness of the saints; that is, the righteousness they have by Christ, whereby they shall be righteous before God, and holy before men.”

“Even so, after men have fought the good fight of faith and kept good conscience in this life, then in the life to come they receive the crown of glory.”

“We will defy you to make us too soon happy, and to waft us too soon over the water to the land where the noble Plant, the Plant of Renown, groweth.”

“O! who is able to conceive the inexpressible, inconceivable joys that are there?”

“The provisions shall never be taken away—but they shall always be feeding upon those sweets and delicacies which are set before them.”

“Here on earth, the body is a clog; in heaven it shall be a wing.”

“O that day! when shall that day come that my soul shall never sin more against that God that I do love?”

“Who knows, but in a few days some of us may be taken into that incomprehensible glory, where we shall eternally admire that ever we did put any manner of weight on things here below?”

“Though this kingdom is given us freely—yet Christ bought it with the price of his blood; which is a heaven procuring blood.”

“As there is not so much in a shadow as in the image, so there is not so much in the image as in the thing itself.”

“To which it maybe answered, that though heaven be a world now that is extant, yet to us poor creatures here below it is a world to come; though it was created at the same time this lower world was.”

“Kings are as rare meat in heaven as venison is in poor men's kitchens," says the Dutch proverb.”

“What, then, will not a duration of blessedness so long as God shall live, fully and abundantly recompense!”

“Such beams of majesty fall from the angels, that we are not able to bear a sight of them.”

“Faith will furnish us with examples of the saints of God, whom he hath helped and assisted to go through sufferings, and who are now crowned and at rest in heaven.”

“There is no beating of drums or roaring of cannons; but the voice of harpers harping, in token of peace.”

“Then, with the Elders we will lay down that jeweled diadem at Jesus' feet, and He shall have all the glory, and to Him shall be all the praise!”

“The act here is, that I 'may dwell in house of the Lord.' He did not desire to be in it for a day or a little time, to salute it, and so leave to it; but to 'dwell in the house of the Lord,' and to dwell there for ever.”

“Learn on earth that that will abide in heaven, saith St Austin.”

“They never inquire what state they shall enter upon after death, whether upon a state of eternal woe or a state of everlasting bliss!”

“But I never would have you ignorant that if you went there with an impenitent heart, heaven would be no heaven to your soul.”

“Who should rejoice if not a believer, who is heir of the kingdom, and such a kingdom as eye has not seen?”

“As, therefore, every one written in heaven shall be holy on earth, so every one holy on earth is written in heaven.”

“Heaven is won or lost on earth; the possession is there, but the preparation is here.”