874 Ofthe ioyes ofheauen. thy image. Vpon theoccafion ofwhichwordsone obie&etb, Gregor.bforal. that gluttingand loathing followerh fatietie: and then an- L .t8.cap.z?. fwereth,rhat it is not fo in this heauenly fulnes;forthat there may be no griefe and vexation in the minde, defiring, they are fatisfied ; and lea there fhould bee any loathing in this fulnes, they delire this fatietie. And therefore they delire without any trouble,becaufefatietie accompanieth their de- fires, and they are fatiate without cloying,becaufe their fa- tietie is (till kindled andfharpned by their reuued defiring. And this (hall be our eftate and difpolition whenwee haue Satietaseritix- thisfruition ofthis fountaine oflife; for at the fame time we Jauab:1is,nt 1- (hall hauea fatisfied thirft, and a thiriling fatietie, hauing in lamJà/üdiam ourxhirft not the lealinecefitie, norinour Iatietie, any loa- sempereJurie thinebccaufebeing fatisfied v eflail thirft,andthirllingwe tarie imu ,fa '(hallbe fatisfied. So that wee (hall haue in theft heauenly Auguft.dc tom- ioyes an infatiable fatietie,fitlnes without loathing, and al- pore. leima .in w_aies hungring, wee (ball alwaies be fatisfied. The which - 7o.Tom.1o. though itmay feeme ariddle,yetwee may rally refolueit, if we confider that we haue this thirfling fulnes ofioy fr6 the fruitionofGod himfelf,whobeing infinite inall perfe&ion, mutt needs £ullyfatisfie all thofe who enioy him; &becaufe he is thus infinite there canbenotedious cloying,orloath- fomeglutting;feeingthey haue in him continualland end- leffevarietie of ioyesanddelights; and'beingfatisficd with the fruitionofforce, they feeothers afteruthich they thirfi and hunger. Neither mull we thinke that they are a earic of the old,when they affe& new, for this. is only incident to tvorldtrioyes, .which being imperfedt doe not -bring con- tentment; but men the fame heauenly ioyes, at 'the fame .time,workeboth fatietie and thir(t, becaufe beingabfolute in all perfeffion,they glue full contentment, and contenting vs they inflame our loue, and becaufe wee loue them, they .kindle (till invsa thirttingde re,to haueRilI the fruition of thatwhichwee lone no leffedearely then deferuedly. Now futthermorehauing this pleating fatietienot only inour ap- petites,affe6lions, and defires,butalfo in our wits, and vn- derfiandings,and inal Other powers andfaculties ofour bo- dicsandfoules,beingperfeótly ioyned in a bondof felicitie one
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