t~f Pralje and Th"'anifgiv.in_g~ 257 to thofe bleffed regions of calmnefs and: ferenity, of peace and joy, of happinefS', and fecurity; ·when W<i f4alL come unto-~ the inmumnerable coMpany. of ang~ls, and the– gener.~d q/Je.mb{y of the church of' the firjl- – born, and 'the jpirits of jufl:· men 1nade per;.;... fiB; and to Jefiu the,mediator· of the new :. covenant; there · to behold' the glory of God, and : all' the fplendor of the court of · heaven; to. view and coptemplate thar in• , fi:nite power '~'hich created the 'world, that: l.infearchable wifdon1 which ordcreth all things, that unfpeakable goodnefs whi~h-; excrteth ·both ? nay, fo to fie God as to be– coJJte fike ttlZfO him* j and behofdi71_g wit!J O– pen face the glory. of the Lord, to be changfd into the fame image, from glory to glory t :· to receive the continual illapfes of the di– vine goodnefs; and the conftant expreffions _ ef his favour and love; and to have our own. fouls n1dted and di!folved into the flan1es of reciprocal affeCtions ahd that fire · fed and nouriihed by uninterrupted enjoy-:-· 111ents; in a word, to be continually tran– fported into ecHafies and raptures; and · fwallowed up in the embraces of eternal . fweetnefs,and to be lofi, as it were, in the fource.an.d fountain of l1appinefs and blif.~! . Y 3 Lord,; ~ - x.John iii, 2~ · t 2 Cor, iii. x8~
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