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NO
PAIN
AMONG
THE BLESSED.
493
the
wisest
philosopher
to inform you
by
all
his
learned
language.
Yet that
I
may
proceed regularly,
I
would
just
give
you this
short
description of
it.
"
Pain
is
an
uneasy
perception
of
the
soul,
occasioned
by some indis-
position
of
the body to which it
is
united
;"
whether
this
arise
from some
disorder or
malady
in
the
flesh
itself,
or
from
some
injury
received
from
without by
wounds,
bruises,
or
any
thing
of
the like
kind.
Now this
sort of
uneasy sensation
is
not
to
be
found
or
feared in
heaven..
In
order
tò
make
our present meditations
on this
part
of
the blessedness of heaven
useful
and joyful
to
us while
we
are here
on
earth, let
us
enquire:
I.
What
are the
evils or
grand inconveniences
that
ge-
nerally
flow
from the pains
we
suffer here
and
as
we
go
we
shall survey
the satisfactions
which
arise
by
our
free-
dom from them
all
in heaven.
II.
What
just
and
convincing proofs
may be given
that
there
are
no such uneasy
sensations to
be
felt
in
heaven,
or
to be
feared after
this
life.
III.
What
are
the
chief reasons or
designs
of
the
blessed
God
in
sending pain
on
his
creatures.
in
this
world
;
and
at
the
same time
I
shall
shew
that
pain
is
banished
from
the
heavenly state, because
God
has no
such
designs
remaining to
be
accomplished
in
that
world.
IV. What
lessons
we
may
learn
from the
painful dis-
cipline
which
we fee: while
we
are
here,
in
order
to
shew
there
is
no
need
of
such discipline to teach
us
those
les-
sons
in
heaven.
Let
us
address ourselves
to
make
thew
four
enquiries
in
their order.
SECTION
I.
First.
"
What
are the
evils
which
flow
from pain,
and usually
attend it
in
this
life
;
and
all
along
as
we go
we
shall take a
short
view
of
the heavenly state, where
we shall be
released
from
all
these
evils and
inconveni-
ences."
1.
"
Pain
has
a
natural
tendency
to
make the mind
sorrowful
as
well as
the body uneasy."
Our
souls are
so
nearly
united to
flesh
and
blood,
that it
is
not
possible for
the
mind to
possess
perfect
happiness
and
ease, while
the
body
is
exposed to
so
many
occasions
of
pain.
It
is
granted,
that
natural courage
and strength
of heart
may
prevail
in
some
persons to
bear up
their
spirits
under
long
and
intense pains
of
the flesh
;
vet
they
really take