Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

1.86 Of the ioyes ofheauen. glorious ? how muchmoremaieflical is that pláeereamed for Gods faints ? Ifthe roofe ofour prifon and earthly habi- tation be fo curioufly vaulted, and fo richly garnifhed and befpaugled with bright fhining lights,and beautiful ftarres; what workmanfhip,what maiefly,and incomparable excel- lency may we expeC6 in the palace ofthe great king,and the heauenly habitation of the Saintsand Angels? It the very porch and firflentrie bee fo flately and glorious ; how full ofmaiefiy, beatific and glory, are the chicleroomes,and the prefence - chamber of this great and glorious monarch of heauen and earth. ,.Seí7.t. Vnto this glory and happineffe oftheplace, we may adde of the great that felicity, ioy and contentment which wee fhal take in felieitymbid, our companie; for firft,wee (hall haue the focietie and fel- svelhall basic lowfhip ofthe Saints and bleffed Angels, according to that iu the she faints and of of ourSauiour Chrifl, many !Haft come from the 44 and Well, Angels. andfhall fit daa'ne with Abraham, and Ifaac, and Jacob, en the Mat.8.1 r. kd ngdame of heauen. And becaufe there fhal bee perfe& loue and charity among vs, euery one louing another as them - felues,and reioycing as much in their happinefl'e and felicity as in their owne; hereofit wil come to paffe that according to the innumerable number of the Saints andAngels, fo in- finitely fhall our ioyes be doubled and redoubled; and that which one hath not of this glory and happinefíe in himfelfe, becaufe he is not capable ofit, hee (hall inioy it through his perfe& loue in the ref of this holy and heauenlyfociety; theybeing mutually one to another florehoufes and treaftt- ries of there cuerlafling ioyes,tokeepe for their vfe and com- fort, that which themfelues cannot containe and compre- hend. So that this ioyofloue and perfea charity, fhall infi- nitely exceed al other heauely ioieswhich belong peculiar- ly unto any one ; Peeing therby euery one perfei ly enioyeth allthe happineffe and bleffednes of the whole fociety of the Saints and Angels, whole glory as it is moll excellent, fo their number nutnberleffe. Now if there heauenlyioyes bee fo vnfpeakeable and fo incomprehenfible in euery one, that he can fcarcecontaine them, how fhall we be ranifhed with ley and delight, when wee lhall communicate in the glory and