Moses his choice with his eye fixed upon Heaven, discovering the happy condition of…

First, it is the third heaven; there is the heaven, that is the space between the visible firmament ¹and the earth; the second heaven is the Orbs wherein the Sun, and Moon, and Stars are; and then there is an heaven above them, which is the seat of the blessed, which is of an infinite height above all: now it as a sweet consideration for the people of God, when you are going out in the evening, and seeing the firmament spangled with the Stars, to have such thoughts as these, What shall one day this body of mine be lifted up beyond yonder place? Though ²now you lie low in some dark hole, there is a time when God shall lift you up to be above that spangled firmament; that spangled firmament is but the pavement of your Fathers house, it is but the outside; and if the outside and footstool of Gods house be so glorious, how glorious is it within? how glorious is the presence Chamber? This world is made for Dogs, for the Enemies of God, and those that are more vile then any creatures: he does not think much to have swine live here, but you do not suffer swine to come into the presence Chamber, or into the Dining-room: ⟨p. 526⟩now heaven is the presence Chamber and Dining room, for that eternal feast to be solemnized in, and that must needs be glorious.

First, it is the third heaven; there is the heaven, that is the space between the visible firmament ¹and the earth; the second heaven is the Orbes wherein the Sun, and Moon, and Stars are; and then there is an heaven above them, which is the seat of the blessed, which is of an infinite heighth above all: now it as a sweet confideration for the people of God, when you are going out in the evening, and seeing the firmament spangled with the Stars, to have such thoughts as these, What shall one day this body of mine be lifted up beyond yonder place? Though ²now you lie low in some dark hole, there is a time when God shall lift you up to be above that spangled firmament; that spangled firmament is but the pavement of your Fathers house, it is but the outside; and if the outside and footstool of Gods house be so glorious, how glorious is it within? how glorions is the presence Chamber? This world is made for Dogs, for the Enemies of God, and those that are more vile then any creatures: he does not think much to have swine live here, but you do not suffer swine to come into the presence Chamber, or into the Dining-room: