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9t8 Oftbelayetofbeawen; Mattb.tr,as. that eef, which ourSauiourprolnifeth. rake mryyoke on yo, (faith he) and lcarnroftme, t0 tr lain meekeand lowly in heart, and tom /hallfind refl to yóurfon/ei, Belide's,we (hall rea in our wits and delires, and no more (as in this life) couet after bet- ter,or other things ; becaufe hailing attained vnto the fruiti- on of outfit/writing hansom, and perfe &ion of happines, we fhall bc throughly,and fully fatisfied, there being nothing in heauen or in earth which we can delire more :for as in na- ture tell is the end of motion, and the appetite ceafeth asbe- ing fatisfied, when the matter bath attained his deired forme: and as the bodie re(eth, when it is come vnto the placevntawhich it traueiled fo our foules endenouring to obtaine thofe things which they loue and delire, that being thereby fully fatisfied and contented, they may rea and re- ioyce in their fruition, hauing attained vnto the fruition of God, and that heauenly happines, and infnic ioy in his pre - fence, and being fatiate without fatietie with his goodnerfe and perfc &ion, do peacefully and moll ioyfully refl in this blefhcd communion with him, 4,5ea,4. For with this refl there (hall be ioyned all peace,comfort, Thatinour bra- ioy,and reioycing in God,and in the fruition of our heauen- uenlyhappineeè ly happines;which is(as it were)the top of our perfe &ió,and ms/ha!lhaueall the haruefl of our glorie: for as he fight andprcfence of péace a¡dra God, is the root ofall our felicitie and bicffednes, the loue ioycing in God, and fruition ofhim,the bodic,boughes and branches ofthis tree of lrt-areternall; fo this ioy and gladnes, reioycing and triumphingin God, our funensumbonwm, (hall be the fruit vpora which we (hall feed to our eutrlallrng comfort : when as feting, inioying, lotting, praifing, and rellingin him ;we (hall take infinie pleafureand delight in the-fight ofhisbcau- tie and glorie,in thrtafleofhis fweetnes and bountie,and in thefruition of his goodnes andperfe&ion. And hence it is, Matthas.zt. that our Sauiout Ctwif't ealleth our hasienly happines by the name of ioy: Enrer(faith he)mto thy matter, io; ;and the Pfal- Ptalmetó.u. m; fl, fà lnes army and eternal! plea fures; and that they arc de- fcribed by the anions of pieafure which we vie in this life,as eating, drinking, linging, playing on inflruments and luch like : to note vnto vs, that out 1-tweet repofe in God, accom- panied a