The sovereign and final happiness of man with the effectual means to obtain itThe soveraign and final happiness of man with the effectual means to obtain it

1. The Apprehension shall be more clear and enlarged than in the present State. Now the Soul is oppressed with a weight of Clay, and in Drowsiness and Obscurity. The great things of Eternity are of little force to convince the Conscience, or persuade the Affections. But then the Soul shall work with the quickest activity. The Mind shall by an irresistible Light take a full view of all afflicting Objects. The most stupid and unconcerned Sinners shall then see and feel their ruined State, what a glorious Felicity they have lost, what a Misery they are plunged into, without any possibility of lessening it by false Conceits, and receiving any relief by ⟨p. 246⟩the error of Imagination.

1. The Apprehension shall be more clear and enlarged than in the present State. Now the Soul is opprest with a weight of Clay, and in Drowsiness and Obscurity. The great things of Eternity are of little force to convince the Conscience, or perswade the Affections. But then the Soul shall work with the quickest activity. The Mind shall by an irresistible Light take a full view of all afflicting Objects. The most stupid and unconcerned Sinners shall then see and feel their ruin'd State, what a glorious Felicity they have lost, what a Misery they are plunged into, without any possibility of lessening it by false Conceits, and receiving any relief by ⟨p. 246⟩the error of Imagination.

2. The mournful Thoughts shall be always sixth upon what is tormenting. The Soul in conjunction with the Body cannot always apply it self to one sort of Objects. For the Ministry of the sensible Faculties is requisite to its Operations. And the Body must be supported by Eating and Drinking and Rest, which interrupts troublesome Thoughts. Besides the variety of Objects and Accidents here avert the Mind sometimes from what is afflicting. But the separate Soul is in no dependence on the Body, and after their reunion, there shall be no necessity of Food or Sleep, or any other animal actions to support it, but it shall be restored to a new capacity for new torments, and preserved in that miserable State by the power of God. There will be nothing then to divert the lost Soul from sad Reflections upon its Misery. There are no lucid intervals in Hell.