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SEEM.
XIV.,
HERE
AND
HEREAFTER.
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orierfection,
of
those
thoughts
which
God
himself
would
impress upon
us.
Now
in the
letters of
the bible
we
read the
good
-will
and
mercy
ofGod
to
sinners
;.
but there,
in
a
far brighter
manner
of.
conveyance, in
thy
light
shall
we see
light,
Ps,
xxxvi. 9.
Here
we
seek
the
Father and
the.
Son;
the
one
as
happiness, the
other
as the way to
the
en-
joyment
of,err
that
happiness,
as
they
are
usually
repre-
sented
in
the
word
of God
:
There
we
shall
say,
"We
have
found
him whom
our
souls
desire
and
love,
and
shall
be
for
ever happÿ
in
his
presence."
Our
business now
in
this
world
is
to
get a right temper and frame: there to
practise
and
indulge the joy.
Happy
souls,
who
are
thus prepared
in
the outer courts
to draw nigh
and wor-
ship within'the
veil!
4.
Now
we
appear
with
imperfect
services, and
poor
improvements, there
with
glorious
and
complete worship
:
For
here
we
see
God but
as in
a
glass
darkly,
there
face
to
face,
1
Cor.
xiii.
12.
Now
we
ca.n
have his glory,
or
his
grace
represented
to
us
but
in
part,
in
a small
measure, and according
to
our poor
Capacities
of
receiv-
ing; there
we
shall see him
as
he
is,
and
know
as we
are
known.
What
are
our
prayers, what are
our
praises here
?
our
praises
when offered
up
in
a
song,
or
in
plainer language,
in
comparison
with
those
that are
paid to
God
above?
Now
we
speak
of
him whom
we
have
not
seen,
therefore
we
speak in
so
imperfect a
manner: There
we
shall
hear
and speak
of
him whom
We
.see.
and
know
more
in-
timately: Now
we
appear
before
God,
and bring too
much
of
the
world with
us; there
we
leave
the world,
and
go to
the
Father.
'God
and
Christ
are
too much
forgotten,
or
they
are too often
thrust out
of our
minds
by
vain thoughts, even when
we
ourselves
are ever
so
desirous
to
spend
an
hour
or
two
with
God what
inter-
ruptions
do
we find
?
What
long blanks
divide.
the
several
petitions
of our
prayer,
and
break off the medi-
tation
while
we
stand before
God
to worship
him
?
We
have many enemies within
and
without, who
stand ready
to
seize
away
our souls from God, and
to
rob
hirn
of our
devotion
:
Vain
fancies
call
us
aside,
and
our
senses
turn
off
our
minds from heaven.
There
shall
be
everlast-
ing worship above,
without one impertinence interpos-