Ofthe layer ofheaxen. 887 andhappine{ie of fogreat amultitude? And ifthere be fuch byand fweetcontent on earth, whileft two or three lining inall profperity, dearely loue one another, whonotwith- {anding loue imperfealy, and (pend the lcafl part oftheir time in their mutual! fellow{hip with their beloued friends; what infinite ioy and reioycing (hall there be, when all the faints(hal be ioyned in their hearts with the bond ofperfeó charity, and in their perlons in a neere fellowfhip andlocie- ty, neuer againe to be feparated anddiuided?Neither fhal heere (as in theearth) propriety vnto thefe fpiritual ioyes, and heauenly treafuresbe any caufe ofdifference, by reafon that the ones hauing them, is the caufe why others want them ; feeing all th(e vnualuable riches, and vnfpeakeable happine(fe fhal lieout in common, for the vfe and comfort ofalthe inhabitants. Andas al fhall ioyntlyenioy this king- domeofglory in an holy commuoion,fo euery one (hall en- iov it wholly to himfelfe ; euen as the fun ferueth for the vfe andbenefit ofthe whole world;& yet eueryone induedwith fight inioyeth itwholly, as though no other were partner withhim. And therforebecaufe the oneshauing ofthis hea- uenly ioy and ble(fedneffe,isfo farce fromhindring ofano- ther,that contrariwife thtough that communion and perfe& loue which is amongil them, euery one enioyeth anothers happine(le, andfo by thisfellowfhip bathhis ioyes infinitely multiplied; from hence will fpring vnfpeakeable ioy in one anothersloue, and vnconceiueable loue by reafon ofthis ioy. Buthere it may bee demanded, whether inthisheauenly 4Se' 3 focietie,we!hall know euery one their earthly friends,kind- Whether we red andacquaintance. Towhich I anfwere,that it werebet- knomte eeases ter ifwe would learne to know,and to bee allured, that wee another. our fel es fhallbehappie membersof this heauenly locietie; for what will it profit a man to know,-that the Saints !hall haue thisknowledge one ofanother, ifhe be ignorant ofthe meanes whereby he may come to be in this number?Second- ly,I anfwer,that ifthisparticular knowledge, whichhere we fo muchdefire,would after that manner whichwe delire it, any whit aduance our boy and heauenly happineffe; then L11 4 moll;
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