Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

878 Of the ioyes of heoutera. image when bee appeareth ; if melodie, there fhall be a full quire ofSaints and Angels tinging praifes vino God ; ifplea- fure, God will make vs drinke of the riuer of his delights; if wifedome,we (hall be taught of God ; iffriendfhip,we fhall loue God more then any thing, and our neighbours as our (clues; ifconcord, ir (hall be our meare and drinke, to haue one minde andone will,becaufe we (hall all be conformable to the will ofGod ; if power, we(üall be omnipotent in our will, becaufe it is alfoGods will; if we take pleafure in ho- nour and riches,God will make his good and faithful) fer- uants rulers ouer much, & they (Ball be the Ions of God and heires of his kingdom :finally, if we detire true fecuririe,we (hall be fo fure that we (hail neuer foie theft ioyes, as weare lure that we would not willingly be depriued of tilt', neither wilour louingGod, who prouided for vs thefe ioyes when we were Grangers & enemies,take thë away from vs ágain(t our wils, being reconciled, and become his friends. In a word,fo many and excellent hallthefe byes ofheapen be, that the heart ofmanMall not be able to containeand com- prehend them; for we (hall haue abundant boy and glorie within vs,and round about vs; and becaufe we cannot com- patfe them,being infinite and incomprehenïible, they (hail indofe and compaffevs. Vnto which (as fotne think-e) our Hoc podia's Sauiour in the parable alludeth; for whereas in this world isfiiintrare ioyisfaid to enter into vs, bet aufeit isnotfo great but that jcnbuntur, gxiait may ealilybe.comprehended ;he biddeth the faithfull fer- :neafanonopi .cant to enter into his matters ioy, becaufe there heauenly dtum non capi- i entesin co qoo oyes are fo ineffable and vnconceiueable,that: the Saints of dartoodoob -God cannot containethem, but are contained,and on all nrtuuntur.Au- fides compaffed and inclofe d with them. No maruell then if icognit.ahcfeioyescannot in this time of ignorance and miferie be verxvitx,ltb. cap.q ;. expre{ièd or conceiued;feeitig theycannot be comprehen- ded when they are enioyed ;'hee being infinite and incom- prehcnfible who is the chiefe caufe and obiea ofall our ioy. -Only they may be darklyfhadowedbyfome earthly fimili- tudes and refemblanceswhich are within the compatfe of ourcapacitie. As for example,fome compare this heauenly happineffe, to the flateaof fuchan one, as being vniuerfall Monarch