The happiness of the saints in gloryThe happinesse of the saints in glory

First comparatively, and this the Text leads us unto, For I reckon not the sufferings, ⟨p. 4⟩&c. Secondly, simply as it is in it self.

First comparatively, and this the Text leades us unto, For I reckon not the sufferings, ⟨p. 4⟩&c. Secondly, simply as it is in it selfe.

First of all to know this great glory, let us compare it with all other things, with all the goods the creature can afford, with all the things here below, which our hearts dote so much upon, as pleasures, honours, riches, beauty, &c. they are not to be compared to it, it transcends all the glory of this world, all the good things we are capable of, one leaf of this Tree of Life, I say, one leaf of it, better than all the fruits that grow in this world, Revel 22. Out of the bowels of this earth are raised gold, silver, pearls, and precious stones, which ⟨p. 5⟩serve but for the materials of the walls of this City and for paving the streets of it, The most glorious things this World hath, serve I say, for the gates of the Temple. If the outside be so glorious, consider how glorious must the inside be, how beautiful must it be within. why, no creature this world hath is worthy so much as to shadow it, all the creatures be swallowed up with this glory, even as a drop is swallowed up with the Ocean: Take Solomon in all his royalty, the most magnificent, rich, and glorious Prince the World ever had, he lived indeed at the best rate, he had the ⟨p. 6⟩very quintessence of them all, in so much that a Queen her self was amazed to see his great glory, yet let me tell you, this Solomon which is now in heaven, 10 thousand times exceeds all the glory and pomp he had on earth, I say the glory he hath now exceeds it infinitely: I say, the glory he hath now in heaven excels that glory he had on earth, being on his Throne in all his royalty, even as much as he did then excel himself when he was in his mothers womb; we see then the good things of this life are not worth talking of, they come far short, they are not worthy to be compared together.