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1y Oftheloyesofheaaen. ggs place mo(1 glorious and maiefücall. Forif the Tabernacle whenGod gaue forcelush vifible lignes ofhis prefence, as the people in their frailty and mortality were capable of, was filled with glory;how ful ofglory and maiefly are the Exod.4o;4. higheft heauens, where Godkeepeth his chiefe refidcnce, arid manifcfleth his glory and grcatneffe, in a farre greater meafure tohis Saints and Angels, which are incorruptible and immortal? And this royal excellencybeing in it felfe in- effable and vnconceiucable; the Apofile defcribeth accor- Apoc.zx.to.tt. ¡dingto our woke capacitie, by loch vifible and earthly thingsas are moilprecious and glorious. And firfl hefaith, that thisnew Icrufalem and city ofGod, is ful ofGods glo- ry, and heríhining likevino a (lone mofi precious,and asa Iafper (lone, cleere as cryftal : that it hath a wall great and high,and twelue gatcs,and at the gates twclue Angels; that it is both in length and inbrcdth tweluc thoufand furlongs; that the building achewall ofit was ofIafper, and the city ofpure 'gold, like vitro glaffe,clecre and tranfparenr, pure and glorious : that the foundations of the wall of the city are garnifhed with all mancr ofprecious (tones : the fire foundation oflafper, the fecond ofSaphire,thethird ofCal- cedonie, the fourth of an Emerald, the fifthof a Sardonyx, the fixth ofaSardius,the feuenth ofa Chryfolite, theeight, ofaBeryl, theninth ofa Topaz, the tenth ofa Chryfopra- 'fus,theeleuenth ofaIacynth,ÿ twelfth ofan Amethyft.That the twelve gates were twclue pearles, and euerygateofone pearle,and thefirmofthe city pure gold,. andlike fhining glaffe .All which ifitbe tobee vnderftood ( as foamwould haueit) of the gloryof the Churchhereon earth, when as Iewes andGentiles Thalbe joined together beforethe com- mingofChrihto iudgement ; it isno leffeforcible toproue that theheaucn ofhcaucns is a place molIglorious; for if therebe fuch glory,beau:;ie,and ma lefty in the Church mi- litant, howinnumerable degrees Thal it beincneafed and in- larged in the Church triumphant ? ifthere be fuchexcellency tobe feene on earth, :Nhat (hal wee thinke ofineheauenof heauens? And ferely, ifthefe outcafes of thisempetial hea- uen, the flame fire uincn; daily fubieci toour view, bee fo L11 3 glorious;

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