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THE HAPPINESS
OF
SEPARATE
SPIRITS
[
DISO.IL'
cred
commissions and embassies,
their
governments,
and
their
holy
conferences
as well as
their acts of
worship
and adoration.
That
heaven
is
a place or state
of
worship,
is
certain,
and
beyond
all
controversy
;
for
this
is
a
very
frequent
description of
it
in
the word
of
God.
And
as the
great
God
has been
pleased
to
appoint
different
forms
of
wor-
ship
to be
practised
by
his
saints,
and
his
churches
under
the different
oeconomies
of
his
grace
;
so
it
is
possible
he may
appoint
peculiar
forms
of
sacred mag-
nificence
to
attend
his own
worship
in
the state
of
glory.
Bowing
the
knee,
and.prostration
of
the
body,
are
forms
and postures of
humility practised by
earthly worshippers.
Angels
cover
their
faces
and
their
feet with
their
wings,
and
cry,
"
holy, holy, holy,
Lord God of
hosts
!"
Is.
vi.
2,
S.
But
what unknown
and
illustrious forms shall
be consecrated
by
the
appointment
and
authority
of
Christ,
for the
unbodied or the
bodied saints in
heaven
to
adorn their sacred
offices,
is
above
our
reach to de-
scribe
or
to
imagine.
Let
us
consider
now
what
parts of
worship
the blessed
are
employed
in.
The
various parts
of
divine worship
that
are
practised
on earth,
at
least
such
as
are included
in
natural reli-
gion, shall doubtless
be
performed
in
heaven
too
;
and
what other
unknown worship
of
positive
and
celestial
appointment
shall belong to
the heavenly state,
is
as
much
above
our present
conjecture,
as
the forms
of
it
are.
Heaven
is
represented
as full
of
praises.
There
is
the
most glorious and perfect celebration
of
God
the
Father
and
the Saviour
in the
upper
world
:
And the highest
praise
is
offered to
them with the
deepest
humility.
The
crowns
of
glory
are cast
down
at
their
feet,
and
all the
powers
and
perfections
of
God,
with
all
his
labours
of
creation,
his
cares
of
providence, and the
sweeter
mysteries
of
his
grace, shall furnish noble
matter
for
divine praise.
This
work of praise
is
also
exhibited
in
scripture,
as
attended
with
a song
and heavenly
melody.
What
there
is
in the world
of separate
spirits
to
answer the
repre-
sentations
of
harps
and voices,
we
know
not.
It
is
pos-
sible
that
spirits
may be
capable
of
some
sort
of
harmony
in
their
language,
without
a
tongue, and
without
an ear,