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Ofrhe ioyes of heaNen. 859 our bodies, as they are to preferue and defend them. Finally, they fhall beeadorned with moil compleat and 4.Scî1.7; perfe& beautie, and that both in refpe& of the comely and rbat our bodirt due proportion,and fymmetrie oral the parts and members, Jhi I be beauti- and fit quantity and nature of the whole body; and alto in Ftli,ondofa refpe& ófthe colour and com So that then our bo- `abi ly flature WI proportion. dies Thal be freed from al maimes, defe&s, and monfirous fhapes, from all deformities,blemifhes, and difgraces;from aldtfproportion, and vnfeemrlyfhapeof the membersone with another, and in themfelues:and the whole man fha1 bee adorned and graced with a goodly fhape, feature and comelineffe. And as there Thal bee perfe &ion oral the parts Of the body, fo alfo of the whole in refpe& of age and na- ture. For although wee can gather little concerning this point dire &lyand lainely out ofthe Scriptures,. yet may it he inferred by confequence, and concluded by good reafon; for if old ageand childhood be the infirmities and imperfe- &ions ofman,the one not having attained the perfe&ion of nature,and the other being pall it, and the middle age moft compleat and perfe &,and feeing both a giantlike and dwar- fifh flaturc,are the aberrations ofnature,andmuch more im- perfe & then a proportionable perfon, and a body ofa con - ueniebtand comely quantity; then it wit follow hereupon that al the faints of heauen Thal bee ofa middle and perfe& age and though not ofan exa& equality,yet ofa comely and goodlyflature,. for asmuch as in the flare of bleffedneffe al imperfe&ions and infirmities Thal bee taken away, and that which is moflperfe& and excellent Thal be recei ucd and in- ioyed. And of this I am the more certainely perfuadcd, be- caufc Godin the firftcreation,making man his moil perfe& creature, did makehim neither a child nor old man, but ofa middle and perfe& age, nor yet of huge nature ( for giants came long after, through that monflrous and vnequal mar- ching of the Eons of God with the daughters of men ) nor of Gen.6.4. dwarfifh fcnalneffe, in which there is no maiefly or comeli- neffe; but offuch a mean and conuenient filature, as might . make maiefly and beauty meet to gether; and therefore fee - ing ourrefurre&ion fhal be.a renouation,and (is itwere) a new. I