The End, we say, is better than the Means, as that which adds beauty and am•bility to them. The End of our being in Heaven, is better than Heaven it self, and that is to see the glory of Jesus. and hence it is, This spiritual and special communion betwixt Christ and the Soul is ever implied in such expressions, as intimate the happiness of our being in Heaven. So when the Apostle would by a more than ordinary Cordial fetch up the fainting hearts of the Saints, here he lands all desires, Hopes, endeavours and expectation. 1 •hess. 4. and last. The trump shall blow, the dead shall rise, we shall meet him, and be taken up into the Clouds, and ••ere ⟨p. 367⟩we shall over be with the Lord. Not be in Heaven, but be with Christ there, that makes the feast, and have glorious communion with him, and enjoyment of him. Else Gods frowns and displeasure in Heaven would make it a Hell to the Soul, and that indeed insufferable. Hence the Prophet makes this the highest pitch of all the Hopes and desires he had, and the having of that was enough, and did satisfy fully. Psal. 17.15. Having spoken of the Pomp and prosperity of the ungodly, they had what they would, and did what they would in this world, he reposeth his spirit upon this; As for me I will behold thy Face in righteousness and when I awake I shall be satisfied with thy likeness. When he awakes at the day of resurrection, The sight of Gods glory gives full satisfaction. Whom have I in Heaven but thee? Its not Heaven but God in Christ in Heaven, that makes it desirable. All desires of all the hearts of the Saints empty themselves and end here. Their desires are to thy Name. And the remembrance of thee. The Soul in Heaven desires the union of the Body, and the perfection and accomplishment of the number of their fellow brethren. But when Body and Soul are raised, and the Saints completed, then all desires are to Gods Name, and to the remembrance of him. There is the remembrance of nothing else. The things and relations of this life are like prints left in S•nd, there is not the least appearance or remembrance of them. The King remembers not his Crown, the Husband the Wife, Father the Child, nothing that we had, that had any worth and desirableness in it. Its forgotten, only the Name of God in Christ, that is, so far and so much, as he hath manifested himself in his Christ to the Soul:
The End, we say, is better than the Meanes, as that which adds beauty and am•bility to them. The End of our being in Heaven, is better than Heaven it self, and that is to see the glory of Jesus. and hence it is, This spiritual and special communion betwixt Christ and the Soul is ever implied in such expressions, as intimate the happiness of our being in Heaven. So when the Apostle would by a more than ordinary Cordial fetch up the fainting hearts of the Saints, here he lands al desires, Hopes, indeavours and expectation. 1 •hess. 4. and last. The trump shal blow, the dead shal rise, we shal meet him, and be taken up into the Clouds, and ••ere ⟨p. 367⟩we shal over be with the Lord. Not be in Heaven, but be with Christ there, that makes the feast, and have glorious communion with him, and injoyment of him. Els Gods frowns and displeasure in Heaven would make it a Hell to the Soul, and that indeed insufferable. Hence the Prophet makes this the highest pitch of al the Hopes and desires he had, and the having of that was enough, and did satisfie fully. Psal. 17.15. Having spoken of the Pomp and prosperity of the ungodly, they had what they would, and did what they would in this world, he reposeth his spirit upon this; As for me I wil behold thy Face in righteousness and when I awake I shal be satisfied with thy likeness. When he awakes at the day of resurrection, The sight of Gods glory gives ful satisfaction. Whom have I in Heaven but thee? Its not Heaven but God in Christ in Heaven, that makes it desirable. All desires of al the hearts of the Saints empty themselves and end here. Their desires are to thy Name. And the remembrance of thee. The Soul in Heaven desires the union of the Body, and the perfection and accomplishment of the number of their fellow brethren. But when Body and Soul are raised, and the Saints completed, then al desires are to Gods Name, and to the remembrance of him. There is the remembrance of nothing else. The things and relations of this life are like prints left in S•nd, there is not the least appearance or remembrance of them. The King remembers not his Crown, the Husband the Wife, Father the Child, nothing that we had, that had any worth and desirableness in it. Its forgotten, only the Name of God in Christ, that is, so far and so much, as he hath manifested himself in his Christ to the Soul:
