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

The seventh thing, wherein this blessed vision of the Saints appears, is, that they shall look upon all ¹the ways and works of God, as to see their happiness consisting in them: there is a great deal of difference in seeing an object that is excellent in its self, and to see an object that is excellent, wherein consists my happiness. As in riding over a Land, one that is a Stranger rides over it, another that is an Heir; the Stranger rides over it, and takes delight to see the Trees, and Fruit to grow; but the Heir looks upon it after another manner, as the Land for which my Father laid out much, and all to enrich me, as the Land that is mine Inheritance: so, were it that we were but admitted to this glorious sight of God, merely to have the view of God, it were a great privilege to the Creature, but to see all the shine, and all that excellency that is in God, is to make me happy; and all the counsels and ways of God are working for my happiness and glory, this is blessedness indeed. There is difference between a Stranger looking upon the King, and the Queens looking upon a King. A Stranger may see Beauty and Majesty in the King; but the Queen looks upon the King, and his Beauty and ⟨p. 542⟩majesty, as her own; and so the souls of the Saints shall see all in God as their own, to make them happy.

The seventh thing, wherein this blessed vision of the Saints appears, is, that they shall look upon all ¹the ways and works of God, as to see their happiness consisting in them: there is a great deal of difference in seeing an object that is excellent in its self, and to see an object that is excellent, wherein consists my happiness. As in riding over a Land, one that is a Stranger rides over it, another that is an Heir; the Stranger rides over it, and takes delight to see the Trees, and Fruit to grow; but the Heir looks upon it after another maner, as the Land for which my Father laid out much, and all to enrich me, as the Land that is mine Inheritance: so, were it that we were but admitted to this glorious sight of God, meerly to have the view of God, it were a great priviledge to the Creature, but to see all the shine, and all that excellency that is in God, is to make me happy; and all the counsels and ways of God are working for my happiness and glory, this is blessedness indeed. There is difference between a Stranger looking upon the King, and the Queens looking upon a King. A Stranger may see Beauty and Majesty in the King; but the Queen looks upon the King, and his Beauty and