The four last things viz. death, judgment, heaven, hell, practically considered and applied in…

But here are many Imperfections that lessen this intellectual Pleasure, ⟨p. 311⟩which shall cease in Heaven. Here the acquisition of Knowledge is often with the expense of Health: The Flower of the Spirits, necessary for natural Operations, is wasted by intense Thoughts. How often are the Learned sickly? As the Flint when 'tis struck, gives not a spark without consuming it self; So Knowledge is obtained by Studies that waste our faint sensitive Faculties. But then our Knowledge shall be a free emanation from the spring of Truth, without our labour and pains. Here we learn by circuit, and discern by comparing things; ignorant darkness is dispelled by a gradual succession of Light: But then perfect Knowledge shall be infused in a moment. Here, after all our labour and toil, how little Knowledge do we gain? Every Question is a Labyrinth, out of which the nimblest and most searching Minds cannot extricate themselves. How many specious Errors impose upon our Understandings? We look on things by false Lights, through deceiving Spectacles: But then our Knowledge shall be certain and complete. There is no forbidden Tree in the Celestial Paradise, as no ⟨p. 312⟩inordinate Affection. But suppose that all things in the compass of the World were known, yet still there would be emptiness and anguish in the Mind: for the most comprehensive knowledge of things that are insufficient to make us happy, cannot afford true Satisfaction. But then we shall see God in all his Excellencies, the supreme Object and End, the only Felicity of the Soul. How will the sight of his glorious Perfections in the first moment quench our extreme Thirst, and fill us with Joy and Admiration? 'Tis not as the naked conception of Treasures, that only makes rich in Idea's, but that Divine sight gives a real interest in him. The Angels are so ravished with the Beauties and Wonders of his Face, that they never divert a moment from the contemplation of it.

But here are many Imperfections that lessen this intellectual Pleasure, ⟨p. 311⟩which shall cease in Heaven. Here the acquisition of Knowledg is often with the expence of Health: The Flower of the Spirits, necessary for natural Operations, is wasted by intense Thoughts. How often are the Learned sickly? As the Flint when 'tis struck, gives not a spark without consuming it self; So Knowledg is obtain'd by Studies that waste our faint sensitive Faculties. But then our Knowledg shall be a free emanation from the spring of Truth, without our labour and pains. Here we learn by circuit, and discern by comparing things; ignorant darkness is dispell'd by a gradual succession of Light: But then perfect Knowledg shall be infused in a moment. Here, after all our labour and toyl, how little Knowledg do we gain? Every Question is a Labyrinth, out of which the nimblest and most searching Minds cannot extricate themselves. How many specious Errors impose upon our Understandings? We look on things by false Lights, through deceiving Spectacles: But then our Knowledg shall be certain and compleat. There is no forbidden Tree in the Celestial Paradise, as no