A short description of the blessed place and state of the saints above in…

In Heaven he appears in his triumphant Glory, of which in the Transfiguration there was a transient glimpse, when his Face did shine as the Sun, but allayed and moderated, that his Disciples might sustain his Presence. There the Angels, the Princes of the Celestial Court, in all their bright Orders encompass the Throne of God, and pay their humblest Homage to him. The Saints appear there in their Robes of Glory, for they are ⟨p. 46⟩transformed into the glorious likeness of the Son of God: Their Souls radiant with pure unspotted Holiness, shine through their Bodies, as Sun-beams transmitted through Chrystal. They all reign in Sovereign State for ever. It becomes the Divine Majesty, that all God's Subjects should be Kings; and the highest Principality on Earth, is but servitude compared with the Royalty enjoyed by the Saints above: For how often are the mightiest Monarchs on Earth in perfect bondage to their lawless Passions, and the Soul in dull captivity to the sensual Appetites? How often are the strongest Empires dissolved and ruined? But the Saints in Heaven, by obeying God, reign triumphantly: no Passions, no Fears, no Desires resist their Will; nothing is able to trouble the sincere Delight, the perfect Tranquillity of their State. They ⟨p. 47⟩in their several degrees of Glory, shine like the Stars for ever and ever.

In Heaven he appears in his triumphant Glory, of which in the Transfiguration there was a transient glimpse, when his Face did shine as the Sun, but allayed and moderated, that his Disciples might sustain his Presence. There the Angels, the Princes of the Celestical Court, in all their bright Orders encompass the Throne of God, and pay their humblest Homage to him. The Saints appear there in their Robes of Glory, for they are ⟨p. 46⟩transform'd into the glorious likeness of the Son of God: Their Souls radiant with pure unspotted Holiness, shine through their Bodies, as Sun-beams transmitted through Chrystal. They all reign in Soveraign State for ever. It becomes the Divine Majesty, that all God's Subjects should be Kings; and the highest Principality on Earth, is but servitude compar'd with the Royalty enjoy'd by the Saints above: For how often are the mightiest Monarchs on Earth in perfect bondage to their lawless Passions, and the Soul in dull captivity to the sensual Appetites? How often are the strongest Empires dissolv'd and ruin'd? But the Saints in Heaven, by obeying God, reign triumphantly: no Passions, no Fears, no Desires resist their Will; nothing is able to trouble the sincere Delight, the perfect Tranquillity of their State. They