Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

- ----' Of the ioyerofheaaen, 847 come legible; in the ioyes ofheauenwe(halbe freed from this corruption; and our memories Thal become faire tables of fuch an holy making, that they wil eafily receiue the wri.; ting and impreffion of Gods wil, imprinted in themby the finger ofhisSpirit, neuer againe to be blotted out;and con trariwife wil not by any poffable meanes,receiue the print or impreffion ofany euil,but whether it be fin or pun ifhment it Thal vtterly be done away and forgotten,£o farre forth as the remembrance thereof would bring vnto vs any vexation or difcomfort : for howfoeuer we fhal forget both our fins and miferies,as they haue been difhonorable to God, and caufes vnto vs of griefe and forrow; yet Thal we fo far forth remem ber them,as they may make vs in al loue and thankfuines to laud and magnifie our gracious God, for his merciful and tneruailous deliverance ofvs from all theft euils and there- fore (as it is diflinguifhed) we fhal be mindful of our paffedv culls in rcfpe& of our rational knowledge, and facultieofcap;30 vnderfianding;but vtterly forgetful ofthem in refpe& ofour fenfe,feeling and experience : euen as we fee the skilful Phy fitionknoweth al difeafesofthe bodie in his skil and theory; but inrefpe&ofhisowne (core and experience, is ignorant ofal thofe,which he neuer fuffered. Finally, our confciences in the fruition of theft heauenly ioyes Thal be freed from al their corruptions,vnto which in this life they are fubie &; as from their impuritie,(iupiditie and fleepines;or their terrible accufations,horrors, andfeares; and being full of ioy and peace, in regard that al oura&ions andendeauours ( halbe moft holy, righteous, and agreeable with the wil of God, . they(hal only obferue our hearts, affeébons, and ac` lions, (not as in this life to preuent their diforder, anddigreffions, that they may meal and reclaitne them) but that taking no- tice oftheir perfeé} conform itie with the wil ofGod,and ap prouing them, they may thereby continually renue our ioy and comfort, and minifler matter vnto vs of prayfing and glorifying God,for preferuing vs in this puritie and holiness O how much therefore will this adde to our heauenly ioyes, when we Thal forget al,which being remembred might mo- del} and trouble vs; and retain at thofe good things inper_ fec`l.