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Of the ioyer of bagmen. 839 ie4 to change and alteration; it is called a k crowne lacer- k x,Cor.9.zç, rup:ible,which cannot be taken from VS; and a1 crowneoffs fe, tiamear,rs. and therefore not to bee left or loll by death; and lell wee Apoc.z.so. thould imagine that it is a copper crowne, bate and of finall value, it is not onely laid to bee a glorious crowne, but a croane ofglor, y,and of beatific. Yea, it is called o glorie it m x.Pet,1,4. felfe,to note votovs,that nothing in heauen or earth can be Wifd.5.r6. more glorious. Thus alto the rawfhing ioy ofthis glorious °- Rom.9.a3. Kiogdome is plaincly noted by thole titles and frmilitudes which are in the word of God afcribed and applied vnto it : for it is refembled by agreat e feaff and banquet, where no- P Apoe.x9.9. thing is to be found but mirth and gladneffe,yeato a q ma- q Matth.aa,s. riagefupper,which exceedeth all other feaflsin ioy and de- light. Iris called r reí1, wherein being freed from our la- r a,Ther.r.7. bouts, we !hall wholly glue ourfelucs to pleafure; and that not an idle refl,which ismore tedious and loathfome, then bufineffe and imploiment, but a refs which comforteth and f refre(heth vs,beingfpent in glorifying God,and in tinging r Aft, ;,r9. praifes to him,who is the author of all ourwelfare. So it is called t fulneff ofiey, to 'hew vnto vs, that we (hall haue our t Pfai.t6ar harts fullie fatisfied with thofepleafures,& that there'hal be no part ofvs emptieand void ofdelight.And the fivift u f ern- u Pfilm.36.t. in riuer,and torrent of pleafure : to note that they are like a flreame, which hailing an indeficient and euerfpringing founcaine,the God ofall ioy and comfort,can neuer become drie ; and that we (hall be wholly carried and tranfported by their lone, like a little boate in a fwift current. Yea, and as though there were nothing now in earth fit to refemble the greatneffe ofthis heauenly ioy,it is called X Paradife, which x Luke a ;,43. was that place ofall ioy and happineffe, and that garden ofApoc.a.7. pleafure and delight, in which our firll parents were placed in the (late ofinnocencie. And as though this temporary and finitehappinc(fe were not enough to expreffe this eternal! and vnfpeakeable glory,it is called they ioy of our great Lord r Matth.asar. and Mailer, King ofheaueu and earth: to Phew vino vs,that feeing it is his ioy wherein he delighteth, it mull needs like himfelfe,be infinite and eternal!. Finally,the perpetuitie and euerlalling continuance of this heauenly happineffe, and in- Hhh 4 effable