A Body of Practical Divinity

2. To an Inheritance incorruptible: It doth not moulder away, or suffer Dissolution. Earthly Comforts are shadowed out by the Tabernacle, which was transient, but Heaven is set out by the Temple, which was fixed and permanent, built with Stone, overlaid with Gold. This is the Glory of the Celestial Inheritance; it is incorruptible, [Greek or Hebrew], &c. Chrysost. Eternity is written upon the Frontis-piece of it.

2. To an Inheritance incorruptible: It doth not moulder away, or suffer Dissolution. Earthly Comforts are shadowed out by the Tabernacle, which was transient, but Heaven is set out by the Temple, which was fixed and permanent, built with Stone, overlaid with Gold. This is the Glory of the Coelestial Inheritance; it is incorruptible, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, &c. Chrysost. Eternity is written upon the Frontis-piece of it.

3. Undefiled: The Greek word [Greek or Hebrew], for Undefiled, alludes to a precious Stone called Amiantus, which cannot be blemished: Such a Place is Heaven, undefiled, nothing can stain it; there's no Sin there to Eclipse its Purity. For the Holiness and Undefiledness of it, it is compared to pure Gold, and to the Sapphire, and Emerald, Rev. 21. The Sapphire hath a Virtue, saith Pliny, to preserve Chastness; the Emerald to expel Poison. These are the lively Emblems of Heaven, to show the Sanctity of it; no Fever of Lust, no Venom of Malice, there are none but pure Virgin spirits inhabit.

3. Undefiled: The Greek word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, for Undefiled, alludes to a precious Stone called Amiantus, which cannot be blemished: Such a Place is Heaven, undefiled, nothing can stain it; there's no Sin there to Eclipse its Purity. For the Holiness and Undefiledness of it, it is compar'd to pure Gold, and to the Saphir, and Emerald,