TONI' 110fions for denying Life, ungodly men that make you almoft weary of your lives ? If itbe a delight to us to read the writings of the illuminated Saints of God, and we think them fuch Jewels and Orna- ments in our Libraries; what a'pleafure would it be to con- verfe with them that wrote thefe Books and that in their celeftial perfeftion ,where they haveattained a thoufand times more light then before they had ; and where all the doubts are refolvedwhich their books could not refolve. 0 bleffed fociety, in comparifon of that we now converfe with ! 15. Nay more, left the bloody way of death fhould feern too ffrange and terrible to us, the Lord Jefus our Head liath trod that path ; and that of purpofe to conquer death by taking away the fling and principal caufe of terrors , and making that a paffage to felicity, that was a paffage to ever- laftingmifery. So that ever fince Chrift bath gone this way, there is no fuel) danger in it to his followers. Where the Captain of our falvation,goeth, his Souldiers may boldly fol- lowhim.. Forafmucb as the children were partakers of flefi.) and blood, he alto likewife took part with them , that he might defiroy by death him that had the powerofdeath, that is the Devil ; and might deliver them tkit through fearof death, were all.their lift time fubjeti to bondage ] Feb. 2. 14, 15.. He bath clearedour way, and taken out ofit the fordt thorns, and bath prepared us an habitation with himfelf. And that' we fear to go the way that Clarill bath gone, andpurpofely gone to clear it for us? 6. Moreover Confider, that the Celeftial inhabiants have purpofely made themfelves familiar with us in this lower world, that they inight acquaint us with themfelves_ , and lead us up to their bleffed habitation, and fit us for it ; No man ofcommon reafon can doubt, but that thole more -ca- pacious glorious parts ofthe Ilniverfe, are flored :with:inha- bitants anfwerable to their glory ; when we fee every corner of the lower world to be replenifhed with inhabitarits.And Scripture and fome experience tells us., that thole Angels of God are converfant here about us men : They bear ns up in their hands,that wedafh not our foot againfl a Rorie, they pitch their tents and encampabout us, as an appointed guard for 251
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