Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

Of the ioyesofbeaaen. 843 fpend our time in the difcufCngofcuriousqueflibs ,ofwhich the end of knowing, is only to know them, they having nò further vfe or profit. But in the kingdotne of hcauen we Thal be freed,both from this ignorance and curiofitie;for we (hal be endued with the knowledge ofGod, and in him we Thal know al things; and therefore our curiofitie alto Thal ceafe, as being need'effe, feeing we fhal befully fatisfied with al wif!ome and knowledge, as it Thai better appeare hereafter. Now ifïn this life ignorance be fuch a grieuous burthen,that men who haue fo much fenfe as to feele theirmiferie, are content to fpend their whole time, and euen to confume their 1h engh, that they may be eafed ofit; and if Philofo- phershaie been fo rain/lied with a dim fparke of know - ledge,which was fill kindled by the light of nature, and af- ter blowne vpon, and entreated by their owne labour and indudrie,that in comparifon thereof theyhaue contemned al the riches,pleafures and preferments in the world : and if we Chriflians illuminated by Gods Spirit, take fuch ioy and comfort in ourknowledge,which is but in part; wherby we lee darkely as through aglaffe, we deferuedly prefer it be- fore al the world and the vanities thereof; how fhalwe then reioyce,whenbeing admitted into thefe heauenly ioyes,the fcales ofignorance fhal fal cleane from our eyes ? how Thai our hearts becheared, whf being deliuered from this Egyp- tian darknes,we Thal in this heauenly Gofhen,haue the light ofknowledge & truth ciearely fhining aboutvs,hauing not the leaflmitt or cloud to hinder our fight, from beholding the brightnes of Gods goodneffe and glorie? and if fuch afmal fparke of this knowledge, be fo pleafánt and delight- ful,whatwil itthen bewhen this light (hal be fo encreafed, that it (hal match the Swine in his ful flrengrh ? if our darke- r.Cor. r 3.1a.. nes and dim fight, as through a glaffe be fo ellcemable,what (hai tharbe, when we fi-mal fee face to face? 4.Seí ?.3. So alto our wils (hall in time life tocome be freed from all rhato,4r mils euili, and that both in refpe&oftheir impuritie and corrup_ fhaUbe freed Lion, and alto in regard of their impotencie and imperfe &i..Pom their per.. on. Tri this life they are peruerfe,aubborne, and rebellious ;serfenes,amidbe moflbackward to any thing which is good, and prone voto bte _ all God.