Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

size, Of the ioyexofhe.sttea, Wes we being perfeaily freed in our heauenly countrey,(hall alfoattaine vitro perfeel peace, and compl-ate fulnes of ioy and comfort; fo as it fhall not bee like our worldly hay, counterfeit, outward, and mixt with griefe and forrow, ac- ['unto; cording to the Paying ache Wife man, error in larrghie the heart ú /arre vfir!1,.snrirheendofthumirthú heauineffè : but kindly, heartie, pure and fineere, without the mixture of ei- ther griefe orniilcrie; not tickle and inconflant, reioycing and mourning almod with the fame breath, but mofl con- flair and durable, permanent and continual', being free, both from end,and all diílraelion and perturbation :not eau - fed by bitter ,quippes and biting girds, nor yet by foolifh ieflmg, and filrhie fpeaking; but ipirituall, graue and holy, hauing a farce different root from which it 1pringcth, name- ly, the fruition ofGod, and our heauenly happines. Finally, our ioyes (hall not like the pleafures of the world, become tedious in their vfc,and loathfome iftherebe not continual- ly new varietie, but (hall conflantly remainefweet and plea. Pant, bringing fulne(fe without loathing, and fatietie with- out redioufncs, Now what fhall be the fubie& and caufe of this our ioy, fo infinite, and fo endleflè, I haue in part (hew- cd, namely, becaufc we (hall be freed from all cuill, and re- plcnifhed with all good, hailing our minds enlightncd, our 'ils reformed, our confciences purged, and purified, our af- feelionsfanccîified, our whole man perfect Iy glorified. And allo bemire we (hall enioy the focietie of the Angels and Saints, our fellow fhip with the Sonne of God, and our Sa- uiour, whole excellencies in himfelfe and benefits deriued to vs, we (hall behold and admire, and admiring, againe contemplate :our communion alas with the Spirit ofGod dwelling in vs ; whichbeing fuch a comforter, and inflating filch ioy into our hearts in this life, that enableth vs to en- dure not only with patience, but with comfort and reioy. cing all troubles and tortures, affliblions, and perfecutions; with what infinit by will it fill vs in the world to come in the fruition ofGod, and all his benefits? Vnto which force alloadde that exceeding ioy, which the Saints than haue, when they fee Gods and their eneinics.troden wader loor; and