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868 Oftbe ioyes ofheerses.. bath the vpper hand : but then we Thal be freed from thefe troubles anddangers,fo as weíhal no more need to feare the affaults of Satan, the allurements and perfecutions of the. world, nor the frailtie and treacherie of ourowneflefb; nei- ther that they then be able to overcome and Poile vs, nor fo much as to affauit vs,or once by al their power and malice to Ja cnte1libue dillurbe our ioyes:for in the heauenly happines(as one faith) gamays Wallas no friendperifheth, nor enemie entreth : and therefore the prit amities : gates or this heauenly citie no!hurtin becaufe no e- nulias admira- g' Y g, tarin tcur, nemie can approch voto them.Finally,bythis heauenly hap - Augu(t. pineffe we fhal be exempted and freed from all mifcries and Apocal.at.aç. affliClions, with which this mortal life is made bitter and lob t1.í5. irkefome, and then (as Zophar fpeaketh) 11,e /ballforget our miferies, or remember them as waters that are puff for there 8enè regnam that be no thunder, li htnings and earth - uakes no flormie 1eiafEa:i rom- g D t q , paratur,quoni- tempefls, fcorching heate,nor extremitie of cold ; there Thal ans tune mare. be no nakedneufe,famine, warre, or piague;no griefe for the fisn.11rinmbit' departure oftruc friends, nor dilcontent for the treacherie :ranfennr, 6. and infidelitie of thofe which are falfe.But I Thal not need to vita d:es.eter- nifolis claritate infll in particulars, feeing I haue alreadie more largely ex- fu/geftunt.Grc. preffed them ; vntowhich,if need were, I doubt not but eue - gor.lib.4o H s- ry Reader may adde a great number out of his owne feeling tnilHomil.s. and experience. §.SeF,l.q.. But as the whole man Thal be freed from al euils;fo alto he Reafous toproue Thal be replenifhed with al good, and haue the fruition of that the ioyes of thofe heauenly ioyes; which as they are vnconceiueable and heauere mar infinie foalfotheyflhalbeendleffe andeuerlafling: the for- needs mer point the A oflle expreffeth, where he faith, that the excellent and p P P > > ble/fed. things which the eye kath not frene,neither care bath heard,net- 1.Cor.a.9. they euer came into mans heart, are which God bath prepared for them that loue him. For if this be true ofthe great worke ofour redemption, and of the hidden myfleries ofChriflian religion ; how much more of that greater worke of our alo- rification;and of chore vnfpeakeable and incomprehenfible ioyes, which God path prepared for hisSaints and Angels? which though they be vnto vs inuifible, and in themfelues infinite,yet it that not be amiffe according to that final mea - lure ofknowledge which we haue receiued, to adde Tome- thing