3. And O what joy will there be in their hearts, through the union which the righteous shall have unto God the chief good, when their minds shall be joined to him in immediate vision, and their hearts in perfect love! O how sweet a fruition of God will this be! what delights will spring from hence! if the Saints can now rejoice exceedingly in God, when they see him so little, and their love is so imperfect, what will they do when they see and love him perfectly and fully? if they are now exceeding glad sometimes with the light of his countenance, though they have but a glimpse thereof, what will they be, when they shall have a constant view thereof, and live eternally under the beams of that light! their love to God is sweet now, though it be weak; but what will it be in Heaven, when the conjunction of their hearts to God by love shall be so nee• and close? if the Saints can now rejoice in hope of the glory of God, what will they do in the possession thereof, when faith shall be changed for vision, and hope turned into fruition! O how will the Saints rejoice and triumph, when they are sailed quite through the tempestuous Sea o• this world, and are landed safely in Heaven, where there is rest, and peace, without any windy storm• when they have got the victory over the devil and sin, and are now placed out of the gun-sho• of temptation, and have conquered through Christ, the grave, and death, and are out of fe•• of his arrows; when they see that they have escaped the terrible wrath of God, and find them selves in the arms of his love; when the• perceive that they are in Heaven now indeed, notwithstanding all their sins, and doubts ⟨p. 167⟩and fears, and now they have that blessed vision of God which they so much desired; and the full fruition of God in love which they hoped for; when they shall look about them, and see so much glory about them, and shall look within them, and see so much glory there revealed, beyond whatever they could imagine; O how will they be transported with joy! then they will have fullness of joy in the presence of God, and their pleasure and happiness will be perfect without interruption or possibility of a conclusion. And the eternity of their happiness will be the Heaven of Heaven, as eternity of misery will be the Hell of Hell.
3. And O what joy will there be in their hearts, through the union which the righteous shall have unto God the chief good, when their minds shall be joyned to him in immediate vision, and their hearts in perfect love! O how sweet a fruition of God will this be! what delights will spring from hence! if the Saints can now rejoyce exceedingly in God, when they see him so little, and their love is so imperfect, what will they do when they see and love him perfectly and fully? if they are now exceeding glad sometimes with the light of his countenance, though they have but a glimpse thereof, what will they be, when they shall have a constant view thereof, and live eternally under the beams of that light! their love to God is sweet now, though it be weak; but what will it be in Heaven, when the conjunction of their hearts to God by love shall be so nee• and close? if the Saints can now rejoyce in hope of the glory of God, what will they do in the possession thereof, when faith shall be changed for vision, and hope turned into fruition! O how will the Saints rejoyce and triumph, when they are sailed quite thorow the tempestuous Sea o• this world, and are landed safely in Heaven, where there is rest, and peace, without any windy storm• when they have got the victory over the devil and sin, and are now placed out of the gun-sho• of temptation, and have conquered throug• Christ, the grave, and death, and are out of fe•• of his arrows; when they see that they have escaped the terrible wrath of God, and finde them selves in the arms of his love; when the• perceive that they are in Heaven now in•deed, notwithstanding all their sins, and doubts ⟨p. 167⟩and fears, and now they have that blessed vision of God which they so much desired; and the full fruition of God in love which they hoped for; when they shall look about them, and see so much glory about them, and shall look within them, and see so much glory there revealed, beyond whatever they could imagine; O how will they be transported with joy! then they will have fulness of joy in the presence of God, and their pleasure and happiness wil be perfect without interruption or possibility of a conclusion. And the eternity of their happiness will be the Heaven of Heaven, as eternity of misery will be the Hell of Hell.
