A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

Secondly more specially, and in a stricter acception; heaven is the local receptacle of infinite and interminate joy. In thy presence is the fullness of joy, and at •hy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. For quality they are Pleasures: for quantity, Fullness: for Dignity, at Gods right hand: for Eternity, For evermore. There shall be no fear to have the eyes dimmed with tears, or the soul surprised •y death, or the heart dejected with sorrow, or the ears disturbed with cries, or the •enses distracted with pain. There are possessions without impeachments, kingdoms without cares, length of years with strength of delights, greatness of state without conscience of corruption, love of all without jealousy of any. There m•n •hall be good and not persecuted, happy and not envied, rich and not robbed, kings •nd not flattered. The Inhabitants are at the same instant ravished with seeing, satisfied with enjoying, and secured for retaining. There is the glory of God whose […] rightness they behold: safety from foes, whose ruin they rejoice at.^l (The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance, he shall wash his feet in the blood of ••e wicked.) The company of Saints, whose comforts they participate: the receipt •f a kingdom, and with it the full possession of the Fee-simple of life, the tenure •hereof is inviolable. Joy so tempered, that it shall satisfy and not glut: persons so ••blim'd, that what makes them everlastingly happy, shall never make them weary. •here is a river, and the Spring, the Throne of God; the water Crystal, the banks ••t with the trees of life. There is a City, the gates of it Pearl, the streets of it Gold, the Walls of it precious stones, the Temple in it God, the light of it the •ambe, the vessels to it Kings of the earth. The cheer of joy, the exercise sin••ng, the City praise, the subject God, the Quire Angels.