Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

"4 Oftheioyeroflseauen: we thinke that the. Lord hath onely prouided for vs goodly and etch furniture; but alfo flately palaces and glorious naanfions.For ifearthly kings will haue habitations anfwe- rabic to the greatnes of their maiefly, wherein they keepe their chicle rctidence; then how glorious and ful of ¡lately maielly is this heauenly palace, which is the chiefe feat of the King of kings, w h&c he communicateth himfelfe to his chicle nobles and courtiers, the holyAngels, and, bleffed Sáints? But hard and impoflibleit is todefcribe inaliuely maner, the excellencie and ffatelineffe of this glorious man - fion, and city of the faints, in al the particulars thereof; only this wemay corset ude,thar it is;firfl,oftrioft large and almoll infinite extent and circuit,feeing it isro be the feat and habi- tation of innumerable Saints and Angels, vnto the ma- idly whereof is required that it be moll ample and fpatious, that they may haue liberty and roome enough. For as it is one part of the wickeds difgrace and punifhment,that they (hat bethruflte gether in a Ilraite roo,ne,and like flincking, -1 ?yt.r3.30. tares and noifome weeds bee crufht together, and tied in bundles that they may bee cart into the fire : fo contrariwife it is more then probable, that the feat of the bleffed is molt ample and fpatious, that fo it may bee themore glorious, ilately,andmagnificent.And this appearethalfo-byeuidence. ofreafon : for ifthe vifible heauens be fo many and innume.. rabic degreesgreater then the earth; then how much more ample andlpatious is theheauen,of heauens, which doch dole and compaffe them asthey doe the.aire and earth ? Se- cond1y, we may be afibred that this place is.moll holy and pure,feeing it is the feat,not only ofche holy Sai ntsand.An gels, but alto of the Lord, who is holineffe it Celle. For if that place of his temporali and monsentanieprefence,when. x4 as he appeared vnto.Mo,ffr, was holy;how much more holy are the heavens, which is the. place of his continuali refi - dente? In refpeóof which purity andholineffe it wil not admit ofany impure gueft; for as it is Paid, no vncleanething. A,poc.zr.27. Jhall enter in thither, neither whàtfaeuerworb!eth abominatson and lies. Finally, we may be affured though weecannoc de-- firibe it according to it worth and excellencie, that it is a: fplacc