The works of George Swinnock, M.A

¹Finally, I Wish that I may so carry my self, in all my converses with the Children of God here, that I may meet them in the Fathers house, and sit down with them at the Supper of the Lamb. Lord, if Communion with thy Saints be so pleasant and delightful on earth, how pleasant and delightful will it be in Heaven! Here my communion with them is imperfect, my flesh will not suffer me to receive the good I might from them, nor their flesh allow them to do the good they might to me; But there shall be no evil, no occasion of evil, no appearance of evil; no sin shall clog the chariots of our souls, no flesh shall fetter us from running to embrace and delight in each other; but all shall be free to rejoice and refresh one another. Every Saint shall be, as it were, a fountain of Communion in the sweetest manner• and fullest measure; from every one shall flow Ri•ers of water of life, and every one enlarged to relish and receive. If Jonathan beholding a little grace in David on earth, loved him as his own soul, how doth he love him in Heaven? Here our ⟨p. 349⟩Communion is much lamed by the defects in our bodily organs; we cannot impart our minds without our members, which being defective, make our Communion so; but there we shall be as Angels, seeing each other without eyes, hearing each other without ears, and embracing each other without hands; Here our Communion is interrupted, our particular callings, our eating, our drinking, our sleeping, our many occasions call us from it; But there is no calling but our general calling of worshipping and enjoying our God; no feeding but on the tree of life, that groweth in the midst of Paradise; no drinking but of the Rivers of Gods own pleasures; and no night, no sleeping, but that rest which remaineth for the people of God. O what darkness, what night can be there, where all the righteous shall shine infinitely brighter then the Sun in his noon day lust•e. Here our Communion is hindered by the differences that frequently arise • like Children of the same Father, we quarrel and wrangle; but there they will all be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, and one judgement; There indeed Jerusalem is a City compact together, and at unity within it self; There Pauls desire is granted, that they all speak the same thing, they are one in affection, one in opinion, and one in expression;