334- Spiritual Perfecion. thou fhalt be old thou (halt firetch out thy hands, and another (hall carry thee where thou wouldft not , fignifying his Death. The circumffance, when thou arc old, im- plies an unwillingnefs to dye, when the natural term of Life was near expiring. Yet Peter had been a fpe&ator of our Sa- viour's glorious Transfiguration, and of his triumphant Afcent to. Heaven from Mount Olivet. The beft of us have reafon to joyn in the language and de- fire of the Spoufe, Draw us to thy bleffed pretence, and we. will run after thee : So ifrong is the band of natural Love, that fattens theSoul and Body, and fuch a re- lu&ancy there is again(( a Diffolution. But St. Paul declares, I defire to be di!: f lved, and to be with Chrifi, which is far better : He was contented to live for the Service of Chriff, but defirous to dye to enjoy his Prefence in the San&nary of Life above. This was his fixed and un- fatisfied delire. How few are arriv'd to fuch a heigth of Spirituality ? This de- fire is the fruit of Faith, with refpe& to the Reality and Glory .of the Eternal State, and our intereff in it. According as the revelation of the invifible King- dom is in our Minds, fuch is its attra- £five power in our Hearts. 'Tis the of fe& of. Divine Love in a degree of emi- nence. To vanquilh the Terrors of Death,
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