OftheOyes ofheauen. 883 amongfl them, they (hall communicate with oneanother in all theirhappineffe reioycingas much intheir glory andfe.. licity,as inthat which they themfeiueshaue receiued; ther- fore therecanbe no place to enaie or difcontent. CHAP. VIII. Thatheauen is aplacemóíí glorious; andofoser6lefred foctetie'kith the Saints, Angels, and our Saviour Chrt. Nd thus haueI (thoughbut indarkemaner) 4.Se47.i, dcfcribed the ioyes of heauen, bothwhich That thebeareen concerne the excellent condition of our ofheauene/hatll owne perlons, and alfo thofe things which bee ¡hbaa nu, areaboutvs. Vnto which we may now ad huh ismn theexccllencie and gloriousbrautieof theplacewhere, and beautiful and of the focietywith whom, wee Thal inioy al this happineffe. glorious. And Eft for theplaceof our happineffe; it is not the earth, aire,or firmament,wherein the flarres are fixed, but thehea- Hcb.7, t6. uen of heauens, or the fupreme and highefl heauen, into which Chrift ashee was man afcended, and fo was made higher then all the vifibleheauens,as the Apofile fpeaketh ;'z.Cor.rm.z. which is alto thatwhich the Apoflle Paul calleth the third heauen,into whichhe was taken vp. Howfoeuerforce think that after the refurre&ion, the bleffed faints Thal not be con- fined toany place,but haue the vfcbothofheauen and earth for their habitation, in both which they fha -1 enjoy the pre- fenceof God, andal diuine and heauenly happineffe. The which their opinion they ground vpon thole places of Scripture,where it is not onely faid, that there (hal bee new ECa.65.r7. heauens andnew earth ; therein weg but alto that t in Thai dl ri h -' pnd E6'at, . teoufneffe,that is, the holy and full who Thal executenigh - h toc.tr.,pet,t.t3. teoufneffe,and that thefaints beingcmadekings fhalreigne c Apoc.g.ro, vpon the earth. But concerning this point' c'andetermine nothing; oniylet vsknow this to our ioy andcomfcrt,that whcrefoeuerthe fituationofthis feat ofbleffedneffeThal be, itisscertainely moll glorious and maicúficai. Neither muff L11 2 we
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