fnCont1tt3Ing 3an'o laebeniptíon: 363 pear in his full glory. The Kingdoms ofthe world with Chap .18. all their fplendour, are no more in compare to it than a dead fpark to the Sun in its brightnefs. The very Bo- diesof the Saints Ihall be raifed from the Grave, and beautifiedwith eternal Ornaments : They (hall be Com- panions with the Angels, and conformed to the glori- ousBodyofChrift. Briefly, In the Prefent Bate we are not capable to receive the full knowledg of Heaven : What we underftand is infinitely defirable,but themolt glorious part is Will undifcovered. The11potle tells us, Eye bath not feen, nor Ear heard,neither bath it enter'd Cor. 2.9: into the heart ofman to conceivewhat God bathpreparedfor theft. that lovehim. All that is beautiful or fweet here isbut a Ihadowof that Glory, a drop of that vaft Ocean ofdelights. For all that is defirable in the Creatures and is difperft among them, is united in God as theO- riginal in an infinite and indeficient manner; with all the Perogatives that the Creatureshave not. Celeffial Blefl'ednefs as much exceeds our molt raifed thoughts, as God is more glorious inhimfelf than in any repre- fentations madeof him by the shadows of our earthly Imaginations . There is a greater difproportion be- tween the conditionof a Saint onEarth and in Heaven, thanbetween theLife of an Infant in the Womb,andof the fame perfon when advanc'd to the Throne and at- tended with the Nobilityof a Nation. St. John de- I Jot,. 3. Z, clares,Nowwe are the Sons of God, but it doth not appear what wefbadl be. Who knows the full fignificationof beingheirs ofGodandjoint-heirs with Chrifl,ofpartaking inthat glorious Reward which is given to him for his great Services to the Crown of Heaven :' Who can tell the weight,thenumber and meafureofthat B!effednefse Tohim that overcomes, faith our Redeemer, will fgrant to Rev. 3 I. fit with me in my Throne, even as I alro overcame, andam fet down with my Father in his Throne. We have rea- Aaa 2 fon
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