O what fair fields, mountains of roses and spices, gardens of length and breadth above millions of miles are nothing; and among these, trees of Paradise; every bird in every bush sings, Worthy is the Lamb; every bottle is filled with the new wine of heaven: O the wines, the lilies, the roses, the precious trees that grow in Immanuels Land! And they sweat out balm of praises in those mountains. 6. If men knew what a drawing §6and alluring thing is the tree of life, that is in the midst of the street of the new Land,1 the tree that beareth at once twelve ••nner of fruits, and yieldeth her fruit every month; an hundred harvests in one year are nothing here; and all are but shadows, there is nothing so low as gold, as twelve manner of precious stones, nothing so base in this high and glorious Kingdom as gardens, trees, and the like: Comparisons are created shadows, that come not up to express the glory of the thing. And for Christ himself, signified under this expression, he is ⟨p. 288⟩the most, yea the only drawing glory in heaven and earth. 1. He is the High King of all the made and crowned kings in §1the Land. 2. The only heaven and sum, yea the all of all §2the shadowed expressions of the Kingdom, whatever is spoken of that glory comes home to this, to magnify Christ, to make him as God equal with the Father and Spirit, all one; and all the only heaven of all heaven, and all in all, to the Saints. Then created delights there, as divided from him, must be nothing in nothing, as he is all in all. 3. Nothing can take the eyes and §3hearts of the glorified, being now made so capacious and wide vessels to contain glory, as he can do. What can terminate, bound, and lill a glorified soul, but Christ enjoyed? Abraham, Moses, Elijah, the Prophets, the Apostles, all the glorified Martyrs and Witnesses of Jesus Christ, especially now being clothed with majesty and glory with Christ, must be more lovely objects then when they were on earth, and if Christ were not there, would appear more then they do; but the Saints have neither leisure nor heart to feed themselves with beholding of creatures, but sure all the eyes in heaven, which are a fair and numerous company, are upon, only, only Jesus Christ: The father hath no leisure to look over his shoulder to the son, nor the husband to the wife, in that City; Christ takes all eyes off created things, there;
O what faire fields, mountaines of roses and spices, gardens of length and breadth above millions of myles are nothing; and among these, trees of Paradise; every bird in every bush sings, Worthy is the Lamb; every bottle is filled with the new wine of heaven: O the wines, the lillies, the roses, the precious trees that grow in Immanuels Land! And they sweat out balme of prais•s in those mountaines. 6. If men knew what a drawing §6and alluring thing is the tree of life, that is in the midst of the street of the new Land,1 the tree that beareth at once twelve ••nner of fruits, and yeeldeth her fruit every moneth; an hundred harvests in one yeare are nothing here; and all are but shadowes, there is nothing so low as gold, as twelve manner of precious stones, nothing so base in this high and glorious Kingdome as gardens, trees, and the like: Comparisons are created shadowes, that come not up to expresse the glory of the thing. And for Christ himselfe, signified under this expression, hee is ⟨p. 288⟩the most, yea the onely drawing glory in heaven and earth. 1. Hee is the High King of all the made and crowned kings in §1the Land. 2. The onely heaven and summe, yea the all of all §2the shadowed expressions of the Kingdome, whatever is spoken of that glory comes home to this, to magnifie Christ, to make him as God equall with the Father and Spirit, all one; and all the onely heaven of all heaven, and all in all, to the Saints. Then created delights there, as divided from him, must be nothing in nothing, as hee is all in all. 3. Nothing can take the eyes and §3hearts of the glorified, being now made so capacious and wide vessels to containe glory, as hee can doe. What can terminate, bound, and lill a glorified soule, but Christ enjoyed? Abraham, Moses, Elias, the Prophets, the Apostles, all the glorified Martyrs and Witnesses of Jesus Christ, especially now being clothed with majesty and glory with Christ, must be more lovely objects then when they were on earth, and if Christ were not there, would appeare more then they doe; but the Saints have neither leasure nor heart to feed themselves with beholding of creatures, but sure all the eyes in heaven, which are a faire and numerous company, are upon, onely, onely Jesus Christ: The father hath no leasure to look over his shoulder to the son, nor the husband to the wife, in that City; Christ takes all eyes off created things, there;
- 1Christ himself the drawingst Lover in heaven; and his virtues again holden forth.Christ himself the drawingst Lover in heaven; and his vertues againe holden forth.
