SECT. IIT.] THE HAPPINESS OF SEPARATE SPIRITS. :39.5 ration, and during their residence in flesh and blood ? He that hath wrought usfor the self-same thing is God; Cor.v.5. In the world of human spirits made perfect, David and Moses dwell: Both of them were trained up in feeding the flocks of their fathers in the wilderness, to feed and to rule the nation of Israel, the chosen flock of God. And may we not suppose them also trained up in the arts of holy government on earth, to be the chiefs of some blessed army, some sacred tribe in heaven They were directors of the forms of worship in the church below under divine inspiration : And might not that fit them to become leaders of some celestial assem- bly, when a multitude of the sons of God above come at stated seasons to present themselves before-the throne? Both of them knew how to celebrate the praise of their Creator in sacred melody; but David was the chief of mortals in this harmonious work: And may we not ,imagine that he is or shall be a master of heavenlymusic, before or after the resurrection, and teach some of the choirs above to tune their harps to the lamb that was Slain ? But to come down to more modern times, is there not a Boyle, (a) and a Ray, (li) in heaven ? Pious souls who were trained up in sanctified philosophy : and sure- -1y they are fitted beyond their fellow-saints, to contem- plate the wisdom of God in the works of his hands. Is there not a More, (c) and a Howe, (d) that have exer- cised their minds in an uncommon acquaintance with the world of spirits ? And doubtless their thoughts are refined and improved in the upper world, and yet still engaged in the same pursuit. There is also a Good- (a) The honourable Robert Boyle, Esq. a most pious enquirer into na- ture, and an improver of the experimental philosophy. (b). Mr. John Ray, one of the ministers ejected for nonconformity 16ti1; hè employed most of his studies afterwards in the cultivation of natural philosophy, in collections and remarks on the variety of plants, birds, beasts, fishes, &c: and writ several treatises to improve natural philosophy in the service of religion. (e) Dr. Henry More, a great searcher into the world of spirits, and a pious divine of the chinch of England. (d) Mr. John Howe, a name well known and highly honoured for his sagacity of thought, his exalted ideas, and converse with.the spiritual world, as appears in his writings,
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