Locking tmto::fefru. Book.V. 1087 __ _;' elfe but God) is the fouls true happinefs, when it is at highell; whom luve 1 in hMven b~tt thee? whom ? why there are Angels, th~re ~re Saints, there are the fp irics of jufr and perfect men; are thefe nothing with D..tvid? 0 y~s ! all thefe arc good, but they are not able to fatisfie a foul without God himfelf. Whether God will make ufe of any creatures for our fervice then ? or if any, of what creamres ? and what ufe ? i~ more than I yet know; but to ml!<e up a full enjoyment there is required a gra--;-- cious-glorious-prefence, a fweet effuGon or communication of that prefence, a juft comprehen!on of the excellency of that comm·mication, a perfect love, and a p~rfect ref.l: in the lo1'e of ' whatfoever it is we comprehend ; now this is proper only to God; it is he only thac fills the whole capacity of the foul, it is he that fo .fills it that it can hold no more, it is he only that is the object of love intended to the uttermoft, and therefore he only is properly enjoyed, he only is polfelfed with a full contentment as portion enollgh, and as reward enough for the foul for ever. But flull not' the Saints have to do with fom~thing elfe in • heaven, but only with God ? 0 yes ! I beleeve there !hall be in heaven a commqnion of the blelfed fpirits in God, an alfociation ofche Saints and Angds of God: yet this fu dl not take away -the fole enjoyment ofGod that he fuould not be their all in all. • For they ilia II not minde chemfelves or their own good as created tltings, but altogether God ; they {}ult not love them or one another as for themfelves, but only for God; here we love God for himfelf, and it is a gr.lciouslove ; but there we full! love our felves for God, and 'cis a glorious love; why this is to enjoy God folely, in this refp ct he is all, and in all; whom have I in heaven but thee? Here's a poynt enough to weane us fro:n the world. Alas ! Ufe , the time is coming on a pace that all this world fu11l be di!folved, and then God fo~ll be all in .~!l; here I yes the Saints happinefs to have God immediately, God fuliy, and God foldy; and will not Saints prepare themfelves for fuch a condition as this? . you that hlVe the world, ufe it as if mt, for the fttfhion of this 1 Cor.7·31 • rPorld paj/eth away; and you ' that have but a little to do with thew JrlJ, imp~ove that condition : (urely 'cis your own fault if you have not more to do with God, for you have little elfe to · · · tako;: · '
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