The saints inheritance and the worldlings portion representing the glorious condition of a child…

Again, their communion is comfortable and delightful jointly, in regard of the nearness; there being no communion under heaven, wherein there is that nearness one to another, as of ⟨p. 164⟩the Saints. Observe, (that you may see how near they come together, and are made one, and so are exceeding delightful one to another) any thing the more spiritual they are, the more they are united; the more corporeal they are, the less union. A heap of stones are not united, as the several beams of the sun, a thousand of them are united in one point, because they are of a spiritual nature. So it is with the spirits of men, the more carnal any men, and any society is, the less union: therefore the reason why the people of God many times are divided, and not united is, because they are carnal, ¹Are ye not carnal, saith the Apostle,when there were divisions? were you spiritual you would be more united one to another, but carnal men are carnally minded.

Again, their communion is comfortable and delightfull jointly, in regard of the nearnesse; there being no communion under heaven, wherein there is that nearnesse one to another, as of ⟨p. 164⟩the Saints. Observe, (that you may see how near they come together, and are made one, and so are exceeding delightfull one to another) any thing the more spirituall they are, the more they are united; the more corporeall they are, the lesse union. A heap of stones are not united, as the severall beams of the sun, a thousand of them are united in one point, because they are of a spirituall nature. So it is with the spirits of men, the more carnall any men, and any society is, the lesse union: therefore the reason why the people of God many times are divided, and not united is, because they are carnall, ¹Are ye not carnall, saith the Apostle,when there were divisions? were you spirituall you would be more united one to another, but carnall men are carnally minded.

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