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

Again, no such comfort as with Gods people, because of the suitableness of that disposition that is in ¹their spirits, one with another, having but one spirit, and but one divine nature, led by the same principles, and rules, and have the same ends, and affections, hopes, and desires, and joys: and where there is such a suitableness, surely there must needs be a great deal of comfort, for all comforts come from a suitableness between the heart and the object; if the thing be never so good, if there be not a suitableness between the heart and it, there is no comfort; but no such suitableness as between Gods people, and therefore no such comfort.

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Fifthly, no such joy as is to be had in communion with them, because of their entireness of love, entireness ¹of love is a lovely sight. Dionysius seeing two entire friends together, wished himself the third. Cant. 6. 9. My Dove is but one, and it follows, the ⟨p. 250⟩daughters saw her, and blessed her; an oneness of heart is a blessed thing, no such entireness, such oneness any where as amongst the Saints: their love is spiritual, and not upon base grounds, as the love of others is, there is not that base aiming at self as in others: a carnal heart cannot love another, but in some base respect to himself; but now it is not self that is the the ground of the love between those that are truly gracious and godly, but God that is between them, and with them, the ground of their love is more spiritual, and therefore it is a kind of divine love, and not so drossy as others.

Fifthly, no such joy as is to be had in communion with them, because of their entireness of love, entireness