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868 Oftbe ioyes ofheerses.. bath the vpper hand : but then we Thal be freed from thefe troubles anddangers,fo asweíhal nomore need to feare the affaults of Satan, the allurements and perfecutions of the. world, nor the frailtie and treacherie ofourowneflefb; nei- ther that they thenbe able toovercome andPoile vs, norfo much as to affauit vs,or once by al their power and malice to Ja cnte1libue dillurbe our ioyes:for in the heauenly happines(asone faith) gamays Wallas no friendperifheth, nor enemie entreth : and therefore the prit amities: gates or this heauenly citie no!hurtin becaufe no e- nulias admira- g' Y g, tarin tcur, nemie can approchvoto them.Finally,bythis heauenly hap- Augu(t. pineffe we fhal be exempted and freed from all mifcries and Apocal.at.aç. affliClions, with which this mortal life is made bitter and lob t1.í5. irkefome, and then (as Zophar fpeaketh) 11,e/ballforget our miferies, or remember themas waters that arepuff for there 8enè regnam that beno thunder, li htnings and earth- uakes no flormie 1eiafEa:i rom- g D t q , paratur,quoni- tempefls, fcorching heate,nor extremitieofcold ; thereThal anstune mare. be no nakedneufe,famine, warre, or piague;nogriefe for the fisn.11rinmbit' departure oftruc friends, nor dilcontent for the treacherie :ranfennr, 6. and infidelitie ofthofe which are falfe.ButI Thal not needto vitad:es.eter- nifolis claritate infll in particulars, feeingI haue alreadie more largely ex- fu/geftunt.Grc. preffed them ; vntowhich,if need were, I doubt not but eue- gor.lib.4oH s- ry Reader may adde agreat number outofhisowne feeling tnilHomil.s. and experience. §.SeF,l.q.. But as the whole manThal befreed from al euils;foaltohe Reafous toproue Thal be replenifhed with al good, and haue the fruition of that the ioyesof thofe heauenly ioyes; which as theyare vnconceiueable and heauere mar infinie foalfotheyflhalbeendleffe andeuerlafling: the for- needs mer point the A oflle expreffeth, where he faith, that the excellent and p P P > > ble/fed. thingswhich theeye kath notfrene,neither carebath heard,net- 1.Cor.a.9. theyeuercame into mans heart, are which Godbathprepared forthem that louehim. For ifthisbe trueofthe great worke ofour redemption, andofthehiddenmyfleries ofChriflian religion ; howmuch more ofthatgreater workeofour alo- rification;andofchore vnfpeakeable and incomprehenfible ioyes, whichGodpathprepared for hisSaints and Angels? which though theybevntovs inuifible, and in themfelues infinite,yet it that not beamiffe according to that final mea- lure ofknowledgewhichwe hauereceiued, to adde Tome- thing

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