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Of the Oyes of heauen. 883 amongfl them, they (hall communicate with one another in all their happineffe reioycingas much in their glory and fe.. licity,as in that which they themfeiueshaue receiued; ther- fore there can be no place to enaie or difcontent. CHAP. VIII. That heauen is aplace móíí glorious; and ofoser6lefred foctetie'kith the Saints, Angels, and our Saviour Chrt. Nd thus haue I (though but indarkemaner) 4.Se47.i, dcfcribed the ioyes of heauen, both which That the beareen concerne the excellent condition of our of heauene/hatll owne perlons, and alfo thofe things which bee ¡h baa nu, are aboutvs. Vnto which we may now ad huh ismn the exccllencie and glorious brautie of the place where, and beautiful and of the fociety with whom, wee Thal inioy al this happineffe. glorious. And Eft for the place of our happineffe; it is not the earth, aire,or firmament,wherein the flarres are fixed, but the hea- Hcb.7, t6. uen of heauens, or the fupreme and highefl heauen, into which Chrift as hee was man afcended, and fo was made higher then all the vifible heauens,as the Apofile fpeaketh ;'z.Cor.rm.z. which is alto that which the Apoflle Paul calleth the third heauen,into which he was taken vp. Howfoeuer force think that after the refurre &ion, the bleffed faints Thal not be con- fined toany place,but haue the vfc both of heauen and earth for their habitation, in both which they fha -1 enjoy the pre - fence of God, and al diuine and heauenly happineffe. The which their opinion they ground vpon thole places of Scripture,where it is not onely faid, that there (hal bee new ECa.65.r7. heauens andnew earth ; therein weg but alto that t in Thai dl ri h -' pnd E6'at, . teoufneffe, that is, the holy and full who Thal execute nigh - h toc.tr.,pet,t.t3. teoufneffe,and that the faints being c made kings fhalreigne c Apoc.g.ro, vpon the earth. But concerning this point' c'andetermine nothing; oniylet vsknow this to our ioy andcomfcrt,that whcrefoeuerthe fituationofthis feat of bleffedneffe Thal be, itisscertainely moll glorious and maicúficai. Neither muff L11 2 we