878 Ofthe ioyes ofheoutera. image when bee appeareth ; ifmelodie, therefhall bea full quire ofSaintsand Angelstingingpraifesvino God ; ifplea- fure, Godwill make vs drinkeof the riuerofhis delights; if wifedome,we (hall be taught ofGod ; iffriendfhip,we fhall loue Godmore then anything,and our neighbours as our (clues; ifconcord, ir (hall be ourmeare anddrinke, to haue one minde andone will,becaufewe (hall all be conformable to the will ofGod ; ifpower, we(üall be omnipotent in our will, becaufe it is alfoGods will; ifwe takepleafure in ho- nour and riches,God willmake his good and faithful) fer- uants rulers ouer much, & they(Ball be the Ions ofGod and heires ofhis kingdom :finally, ifwe detire true fecuririe,we (hall be fo fure that we (hail neuer foie theftioyes, as weare lure thatwewould not willinglybe depriued oftilt', neither wilour louingGod, who prouided for vs thefe ioyes when we were Grangers& enemies,take thë away fromvságain(t our wils, being reconciled, and become his friends. In a word,fomany and excellent hallthefe byes ofheapen be, that the heart ofmanMall not beable to containeand com- prehend them; for we (hall haue abundant boy and glorie within vs,and round aboutvs; andbecaufe we cannot com- patfe them,being infinite and incomprehenïible,they (hail indofe and compaffevs. Vnto which (as fotne think-e) our Hoc podia's Sauiour in the parable alludeth; for whereas in this world isfiiintrare ioyisfaid toenter into vs, bet aufeit isnotfo great but that jcnbuntur, gxiait may ealilybe.comprehended;he biddeth thefaithfull fer- :neafanonopi .cant to enter into his matters ioy, becaufe there heauenly dtum non capi- i entesin coqoo oyes are fo ineffable and vnconceiueable,that:the Saints of dartoodoob -God cannot containethem, but are contained,and on all nrtuuntur.Au- fides compaffed and inclofed with them. Nomaruell then if icognit.ahcfeioyescannot in this timeof ignorance andmiferie be verxvitx,ltb. cap.q;. expre{ièd or conceiued;feeitig theycannot becomprehen- dedwhen they areenioyed ;'hee being infinite and incom- prehcnfible who is the chiefe caufeandobieaofall our ioy. -Only they may be darklyfhadowedbyfome earthly fimili- tudes and refemblanceswhich are within the compatfe of ourcapacitie. As for example,fome comparethis heauenly happineffe, to the flateaof fuchan one, as being vniuerfall Monarch
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