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Leave then, Beloved, the Devils Wine-Cellar, as Venerable Bede calls it, Ubi nos dulcedo delectationis invitavit ad bibendum, ¹Where the sweet waters of delight tempt us to drink. But David, though he longed for it, would ⟨p. 33⟩not drink the water of the Well of Bethlehem, ²which his three Worthies fetched, because it was the water of blood, brought with the danger of life: and shall we drink the waters o• the Devils Banquet, (the venture of blood) with the hazard of our dearest souls? No, come we to this aqua Coelestis, be we poor or rich, have we money or none, all that come, are welcome.³ And know, that having drunk liberally at the fountain of grace, you shall have yet a larger and pleasanter draught at the fountain of glory: that river of life, ⁴clear as Crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God, and of the Lamb: ⁵to which the Spirit and the Bride (are Inviters and) say, come. It is a delightful banquet we enjoy here; The Kingdom of heaven is righteousness, and peace, and joy in the holy Ghost: ⁶None know the sweetness of these joys, but they that feel them: but the Supper of joy,⁷ the Banquet of glory, the Waters of blessedness are such as no •ye hath seen, &c. ⁸Illic beata vita in font. There is the Spring-head of happiness: they cannot want water, that dwell by the Fountain.

Leaue then, Beloued, the Deuils Wine-Celler, as Venerable Bede calls it, Vbi nos dulcedo delectationis invitauit ad bibendum,