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. There are relics of Frailty in the best Men on Earth, some Blemishes that render them less amiable when discovered. Here their Graces are mixed with Infirmities, and but ascending to ⟨p. 49⟩Glory. Accordingly our Love to them must be regular, and serene; not clouded with Error, mistaking defects for amiable qualities. But in Heaven, the Image of God is complete, by the union of all the glorious Virtues requisite to its perfection. Every Saint there exactly agrees with the first Exemplar, is transformed according to the primitive beauty of Holiness. No spot or wrinkle remains, nor any such thing, that may cast the least aspect of deformity upon them.

1. There are reliques of Frailty in the best Men on Earth, some Blemishes that render them less amiable when discovered. Here their Graces are mixt with Infirmities, and but ascending to ⟨p. 49⟩Glory. Accordingly our Love to them must be regular, and serene; not clouded with Error, mistaking defects for amiable qualities. But in Heaven, the Image of God is compleat, by the union of all the glorious Vertues requisite to its perfection. Every Saint there exactly agrees with the first Exemplar, is transformed according to the primitive beauty of Holiness. No spot or wrinkle remains, nor any such thing, that may cast the least aspect of deformity upon them.

2. In the present state the least part of the Saints Worth is visible. As the Earth is fruitful in Plants and Flowers, but its riches are in Mines of precious Metals, the veins of Marble hidden in its bosom. True Grace appears in sensible Actions, but its Glory is Within. ^*The sincerity of Aims, the purity of Affections, the impresses of the Spirit on the Heart, the interior beauties of Holiness, are only seen by God. Besides, such is the humility of eminent Saints, that the more they abound in spiritual treasures, the less they show. As the Heavenly Bodies when in nearest conjunction with the Sun, and fullest of light, make the least appearance to