"4 Oftheioyeroflseauen: we thinke that the.Lordhath onely prouided for vs goodly and etch furniture; but alfo flately palaces and glorious naanfions.For ifearthly kings will haue habitations anfwe- rabic to the greatnesof their maiefly, wherein they keepe their chicle rctidence; then how glorious and ful of¡lately maielly is this heauenly palace, which is the chiefe feat of theKing ofkings, wh&c he communicateth himfelfe to his chicle nobles and courtiers, the holyAngels, and, bleffed Sáints? But hard and impoflibleit is todefcribe inaliuely maner, theexcellencie and ffatelineffe ofthis glorious man- fion, and cityof the faints, in al the particulars thereof; only this wemay corset ude,thar itis;firfl,oftrioft large andalmoll infinite extent and circuit,feeing it isro be thefeat and habi- tation of innumerable Saints and Angels, vnto the ma- idly whereofisrequired that it be moll ample and fpatious, that theymay haue liberty and roome enough. Foras it is one part ofthewickeds difgrace and punifhment,that they (hat bethruflte gether in a Ilraite roo,ne,and like flincking, -1 ?yt.r3.30. tares and noifome weeds bee crufht together, and tied in bundles that theymaybee cartinto the fire : focontrariwife it ismore then probable, that the feat of the bleffed is molt ample and fpatious, that fo it may bee themore glorious, ilately,andmagnificent.And this appearethalfo-byeuidence. ofreafon : for ifthevifible heauensbe fomany and innume.. rabic degreesgreater then the earth; thenhowmuch more ampleandlpatious is theheauen,ofheauens, which doch doleand compaffe them astheydoe the.aireand earth ? Se- cond1y, we may be afibred that this place is.moll holyand pure,feeing it is the feat,not only ofche holySai ntsand.An gels, but alto of the Lord, who is holineffe it Celle. Forif that place ofhis temporali and monsentanieprefence,when. x4 as he appearedvnto.Mo,ffr, was holy;how muchmore holy are the heavens, which is the. place of his continuali refi - dente? In refpeóofwhich purity andholineffe it wil not admit ofany impure gueft;for as it is Paid, no vncleanething. A,poc.zr.27. Jhall enter in thither, neither whàtfaeuerworb!eth abominatson andlies. Finally, we maybeaffured though weecannocde-- firibe it according to it worthand excellencie, that it is a: fplacc
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