Chap-. I .Sect. z Looking. unto fe[t«. Book.V. Ill! fure thefe thing' are no fiClions of mans brain, bur truths and realities-; and as they are true and rea l , fo they are e.xceeding full of joy; all the excellencies of thi s wor ld arc but-a dream in comparifon of them; even the fun in i~.s brighrnefs is but darknefs to this glory that fuall chen .be feen. Come, think over ~befe things, and be fo enlarged in thythoughts, that before they go ,thou mayfi feel.the fweet,and tafte of this goodnefs of the Lord• 8. . Confider alhhe feveral tranfatlions that will follow in heaven ; then will Chrih: prefent all bis Elect to God his Father; then will ~e tgive in· all his commiffions which be hath received from his Father; thmwill the Son him[eif be fu/JjeCl to• the F~tther; th111 God mAJ hf all in ;11/. I cannot ftay to enlarge on thcfe. Onely remember,'though God he 111l in all, that excludes Mt Chrift, for be alfo Is All inatlte all his Saints, even to all · e-ternity;' Imtnediate vifion.i and,ftuitions of .Ch~ift, as-God is the very top of heavens joy : ch~ijf ii All; and in All;. Cbrift is the Center ofheavens happinefs; Chrift is the Wcll-fpring that fills the capacities ef Saints and Angels-; Chrifi is the object· of happinefs ir, fclf, tbere1s -a~ much bappinefs inChrift as happinefs is ; what ever belongs ~6 ~lory, is iP 'Qbrift, in him dweJIJ all the fulni{s : what ever ex-cellency is in flenr4!h ,'it is in Chrifl:, not only in perfeBion, but connexion, for all thbfe excellendes meet togetber~~eft & in Cbrifi;Clfrifl: is all good.things to al hisSaints in· heaven ; he is beautie to their eies., mufick to·their cars 1 h·oney (o their mout-hs , perfutm1 to•theirnoftrils, health to-their bod'ies, joy to their fouls , light to, their.uodcrfl:andings, contenuotheir wils; he is timewithoudlidiitg, focietie with· eut loathing,defirc without faiRting,Aipha and Omega, the be· ginning and ending; .wanting both; needing'neither, yet the Author of them boah, he is All in all, from one, not all. Even • ail' the fti:ength, wit, pleafure, vertues, colour!! , beauties, harmony, and goodnefs that ate in meo, beaUs, fifhes, fouls. trees, 'berbs, and all creatures, are nothing buc {park-les of thofc t hings which are in Chrift ~ Chrift bimfclf will tben fupply their ufe, fo that thebeft creatures-which now ferve the Saints, fball not havethe honour to fcrve them then-; ·therewill ue no Rcv.J.J ,l3· meJ of tbe Sr~n , Jm of 1h1 Moon to fo..inl in thai Citie ~ y,r the ·g!or1 of GgJ d1t}J light~n it, -md t~l ·LII"!_b i4 the ligh• thmof. · And
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