Bates - BT825 B37 1683

upon DEATH. 165 nefs of theLord, and know the incomparable difference between .the mean and frail felicity here; and the inef+imable immutable felicity hereafter, for them to be unwilling to leave this World for that which is infinitely better is aftonifhing. Such was the love ofour Saviour, that his perfonal Glory in Heaven did not fully content him, without the Saints partaking of it with him : Father John 17, I will that thole whom thou hall gien me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory : If our Hearts .do not anfwer his, 'tis a fad indi- cation that we havenot an interel' inhim : for the application ofhis Merits is aiwayes joyn'd with the imitationof his Vertues, and the refletion of his Love. TheLo- vers of Chrifi will joyn with the inflamed Spode, Draw us andwe Cant. L will rim after thee : O loofenour Affestìons

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