I Oftbeioyesafbeam ,. 871 home?Ifwehatiefomanycanfcs .ofioy and .te ycì.nginthis valleyof teares,and timeofmourning for ourfins; how That we triumph with ioy,andie euen rauifhed with delight,on ourmariage day,whcn as al our finsbeingforgiuen,and we reconciledand refloredto thefauourof God, we fhal haue theWedding betweene vs andour husband Chrifl foiemni- Lakc z:;6.ßq. zed, when as girdinghimfelfe about, and making vs to fit downeat the table,hc will come forthin greatmateftie and glorie, andminifler vntovs at his feafl ; andafterwards carie vs into the btidall chamber of refi and happineffe, that we may eternally folace our felues with him in heauenly dc. lights ?Ittheworld,which is butas it were a prifon,wherein weare kept in fafecuftodie, tilwe be brought forth to ap- peare before Gods tribunal feat atthe dayo£iudgentetu, be fo excellentlyadorned, and fo richly furnifhed with varietie Iehn 14.3. ofdelights, that worldly men could find in their hearts to remain in itfor euer; how excellent andabfolute in al per- feion, is that kingdome which he bath prepared to be the countrieand citie ofthe Saints, andhis ovine kingly palace which he bath builtto be the feat ofhis Maieftie, and as it were the throneand theater .ofhis glorie? Finally,ifthere be fo greatvarietie ofproñts and pleafuresin thisworld, where the Lord would haue his.eleé} afflieled and correétedfor their faults,that they might amendthem, what infinite and incomparable treafures, loyes and delights, hash he roui- ded for them inheauen,where hepurpofethto reward them, to communicate vnto them the feel ftreames ofhis bountie and goodnes, to fet vpon their heads crownes ofgloric, and toclothand compaffe them about with ioy and happineffe? Surely the ioyes ofthis place are fo infinit and incomprehen- fible,that the Apoflle Todwho had feene them in vifion only, was fodelighted and evenrauifhed withthem, that it was needful that he fhouldhauea pricke in the fleih,and the a. Cor.t 5.7. meffenger ofSatan tobuffet him,that he mightnot be exal- tedabout meafure, through the excellencieand abundance ofreuelatiors.And therefore ifPaulfo triumphed in ioy,be- taufehe had for a fhort timebeheldthat heauenly happines invifiononly, what vnfpeakeable rauiflting delight (hai the Kk k 4 e1céc
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