250 On the Excellency of the Soul. but this is the happinefs,of the fouls Of the Saints, that they shall have fuch a fruition of God, that they shall have all the ufe of God that they will, and when they will. And further , Fruition bath this in it, it bath a refle& a; A man, though bee hath a great deal of riches given him , yet if bee loth not know this , or if fo bee that. hee doth know it, and yet have not the comfort of -it, hee Both not enjoy it; fuch a man, though bee bee born to a great deal , yet if bee have.not the reflea a& CO know that bee bath ir, bee loth not enjoy ir.: So wee enjoy but little of God now, becaufe God,, though hee bee the portion of a gracious heart, yet the heart doth not know this fully : But know- ledge, when it fhall bee perfeá, then the foul (hall perfe&- ly know what good there is in God, and how far my foul may and is happy in the enjoyment of this God ; I (hall know how to make ufe of God to the full, and fhall have continually the comfort of all that good there is in Cod. And yet further , the prefence and communion with Je- fus Chrifl that the foul (hall have, betides that of God the Father, it (hall bee with him, where hee is It is a bleffed thing here to fo°oir the Lamb svhitherfoever hee goes, but to bee alwaies with him,to have alwaies fruition of him, and to have communion likewife with all the Saints and Angels , and, all the bleffed fpirits, that is a bleffed thing indeed. I remember I have read of Cato, when hee was about to dye, Oh bleffed day , faith hee, for now ! all go to the fouls of wife men,andPhilofophers;and fo upon that ground he did ac- count the day of his death a bleffed day, becaufe bee fhould go to have communion with the fouls of Philofophers and wife men : But how bleffed is it then for our fouls to have communion eternally with Angels and bleffedfpirits ? To s.i1, 3 are come to an innumerable company of Angels, aid the fps - rats of jufl men made perfe&t. When a foul is converted, it comes to have fome kind of communion with innumerable company of Angels and with the fpirits of juft men made perfeu`. : It b, ath the affuratxe of it here , and fhalíl.'.
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