. in the Soul of Man. 99· made, this would teach us in a right Lnfc to reverence and fiand in awe of ourfclves; .it would beget a holy n1odef1-y and fuame– facednefs, and n1ake us very !hyand rcfer– ved.. in the ufe of the n1of1 innocent and allovvablc pleafures. It will be very effeCtual to the fame pur– pofe, that we frequently raife · d d l d \Ve fhould me· our n11n s towar s 1eaven, an... d't t f tl • 1 a e o ton lC r.eprefent to our thoughts the joys ofheaven. joys that are at God's righthand, thje pleafures that endure for e·uer– more; for e·very man t hat bath this hope ilt him, purijieth himjelj, even as he is pure*. If our heavenly country be much in our thoughts, it will make us, as (lranp;ers and pilgrims, to ab(lain fronz flrfh!y lulls, 'which 'war againfl the f 7ul ; and keep ourfdves ttnjpotted frr;m this "World, that we may be fit for the enjoyments and felicitie~ of the other. But then we mufi: fee, that our· notions of heaven be not grofs and carnal, that we drea1n not of a Mahometa11 para– dife, nor rcfi on thofe metaphors and Gmi– litudes by which thefe joys · are foJnetimes– reprefented. For this might perhaps have a quite contrary effeCt: it might entangle us further in carnal affeCtions, and vvc fuould be re"ady to indulge ourfdvcs in a 1 2 very :i(: I John ii;. 3,
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