Directions and persuasions to a sound conversion for prevention of that deceit and damnation…Directions and perswasions to a sound conversion for prevention of that deceit and damnation…

Seeing therefore that it's Heaven that is the very Reason, the End, the Life of all your Religion, it follows that you must necessarily understand somewhat of its excellency, and believe its certainty, and accordingly set your hearts upon it, and make the attainment of it your daily work, and business in the world: This is to be a Convert indeed.

Remember therefore first what I told you before wherein the nature of this Blessedness doth consist. I will only name the Essentials of it, that your apprehensions may be right, and forbear to say much, as being done already.

1. The first thing considerable in our Everlasting Blessedness, will be our personal Perfection of the whole man; This is in order to the Perfection of our Everlasting Operations and Enjoyments. Our bodies shall be no more flesh and blood, nor corruptible, or mortal, or subject to hunger or pain, or weariness, nor to passions that rebel against the reasonable soul: but they shall be spiritual bodies, and Immortal, and Incorruptible and Undefiled. Our Souls will be perfected in their Natural Perfections, and in their Moral. They shall be of more advanced Understanding, and comprehensive Wisdom then now: Our wills shall attain to perfect rectitude in a perfect conformity to the Will of God, and every affection shall be brought to its perfect order and elevation: All sin shall be done away, whether it were in the understanding, ⟨p. 360⟩will, affections, or the actions. The executive power will be answerable to the rest of the Perfections, and to the blessed work which it hath to do: And thus we shall be like the Angels of God.

1. The first thing considerable in our Everlasting Blessedness, will be our personal Perfection of the whole man; This is in order to the Perfection of our Everlasting Operations and Enjoyments. Our bodies shall be no more flesh and blood, nor corruptible, or mortall, or subject to hunger or pain, or weariness, nor to passions that rebell against the reasonable soul: but they shall be spiritul bodies, and Immortall, and Incorruptible and Undefiled. Our Souls will be perfected in their Natural Perfections, and in their Moral. They shall be of more advanced Understanding, and comprehensive Wisdom then now: Our wills shall attain to perfect rectitude in a perfect conformity to the Will of God, and every affection shall be brought to its perfect order and elevation: All sinne shall be done away, whether it were in the understanding,