Ofthe;oyes ofheaxen. 869 thingofthem,thatby theconfideration hereof,we may haue our affeélions weaned from the immoderate loue of theft bale and earthly vanities, and may haue our hearts fo infla- med with thefe diuine and heauenly excellencies, that we mayvfeal good meaneswhereby we mayattainc unto them. And that we may the better conceiueofthe greatnefl'e of thcfe ioicswhich are in themfclues vnconceiueable,and may haue forre little glimpfeof this glorious light, I wil firft fet owne force rcafons which may neceflarily proue, that though in this placeof banilhment and time of ignorance, we cannotperfe&ly know and diflinéllyexpreffewhat thefe ioyes are yet it muff needsbe that they are mofl excellent; and afterward in fòme darke defcription fhadow out this bleffedneffe and vnconceiueable glory, by letting downe (thoughbutdarkely) force particulars wherein their excel- lencie and perfeólion doth confifl. The arguments toproue this point maybetaken from the leffe io the greater,where- inwe are tovfe thebell things ofthe world, asfleps wherby being railed we mayobraine fume dark profpe&ofthisglo- rie,as it wereafarre off; andasfolles to feeout thebetter the incomparable beautie of that inualuable jewel the bleffed- neffeof the Saints, and ioyesofheauen:for thus we may rea- fonand neceflarilyconclude, thatiftheLordwho is infinite in al goodnes, wifdomeand power, bath in this lifeproui- ded fuch a world for thegoodand bad together, for (han- gersas welashisfriends,yeafor Turkes, Pagans,Infidels,A- theifls, blafphemers,andperfecutors, who are-his profeffcd enemies, as wel ashis faithful feruantsand Bearechildren; what glory and happineffebath he prepared for them alone in theworldtocome?Ifal haue in common fuch profits and delights,howglorious andgreat isthat peculiar portion re- fereed for theSaints? ifthis world deflinated todcftruetion, hauefuch a goodlyvaulted roofe, adorned in the daywith fucha gloriousSunne,and in thenight withtheMoone,fhf- ningwith fuchbeautieand hrightnes, befpangledaltowith fuch a multitude offlarres,asit were preciousfhiningicwcls andrich diamonds, and fuch agoodly floore as theearth is, beautifiedwith fuch variety of beafls, birds, trees, plants, Kkk 3 whole-
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