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Of the layer ofheaxen. 887 and happine{ie of fo great a multitude? And if there be fuch by and fweet content on earth, whileft two or three lining in all profperity, dearely loue one another, who notwith- {anding loue imperfealy, and (pend the lcafl part oftheir time in their mutual! fellow {hip with their beloued friends; what infinite ioy and reioycing (hall there be, when all the faints (hal be ioyned in their hearts with the bond ofperfeó charity, and in their perlons in a neere fellowfhip and locie- ty, neuer againe to be feparated and diuided ?Neither fhal heere (as in the earth) propriety vnto thefe fpiritual ioyes, and heauenly treafures be any caufe of difference, by reafon that the ones hauing them, is the caufe why others want them ; feeing all th(e vnualuable riches, and vnfpeakeable happine(fe fhal lie out in common, for the vfe and comfort ofal the inhabitants. And as al fhall ioyntly enioy this king - dome of glory in an holy commuoion,fo euery one (hall en- iov it wholly to himfelfe ; euen as the fun ferueth for the vfe and benefit of the whole world;& yet eueryone indued with fight inioyeth it wholly, as though no other were partner with him. And therforebecaufe the ones hauing ofthis hea- uenly ioy and ble(fedneffe, is fo farce from hindring ofano- ther,that contrariwife thtough that communion and perfe& loue which is amongil them, euery one enioyeth anothers happine(le, and fo by this fellowfhip bath his ioyes infinitely multiplied; from hence will fpring vnfpeakeable ioy in one anothersloue, and vnconceiueable loue by reafon of this ioy. Buthere it may bee demanded, whether inthisheauenly 4Se' 3 focietie,we!hall know euery one their earthly friends,kind- Whether we red and acquaintance. To which I anfwere,that it were bet- knomte eeases ter ifwe would learne to know,and to bee allured, that wee another. our fel es fhallbe happie members of this heauenly locietie; for what will it profit a man to know,-that the Saints !hall haue thisknowledge one of another, if he be ignorant of the meanes whereby he may come to be in this number ?Second - ly,I anfwer,that ifthis particular knowledge, which here we fo much defire,would after that manner which we delire it, any whit aduance our boy and heauenly happineffe; then L11 4 moll;