A Body of Practical Divinity

6. The Sixth thing in Glory is a blessed Rest, Heb. 4.9. There remains a Rest, Felix transitus à labore ad requiem, here we can have no rest, tossed and turned as a Ball on Racket, 2 Cor. 4.8. We are [Greek or Hebrew] troubled on every side. How can a Ship rest in a Storm? But after Death the Saints get into their Haven. Every thing is quiet in the Centre. God is centrum quietativum animae, as the Schoolmen, The Centre where the Soul doth sweetly acquiesce. A Christian after his weary Marches and Battles shall put off his Bloody Armour, and rest himself upon the Bosom of Jesus, that Bed of Perfume. When Death hath given the Saints the Wings of a Dove, then they shall fly away to Paradise and be at rest.

6. The Sixth thing in Glory is a blessed Rest, Heb. 4.9. There remains a Rest, Foelix transitus à labore ad requiem, here we can have no rest, tossed and turn'd as a Ball on Racket, 2 Cor. 4.8. We are 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 troubled on every side. How can a Ship rest in a Storm? But after Death the Saints get into their Haven. Every thing is quiet in the Center. God is centrum quietativum animae, as the Schoolmen, The Center where the Soul doth sweetly acquiesce. A Christian after his weary Marches and Battels shall put off his Bloody Armour, and rest himself upon the Bosom of Jesus, that Bed of Perfume. When Death hath given the Saints the Wings of a Dove, then they shall fly away to Paradise and be at rest.

7. The Seventh thing in Glory is Eternity, 2 Cor. 4.17. An Eternal weight of Glory. First, Glory is a Weight; The Hebrew Word for Glory, (quod significat Pondus,) is a Weight: God must make us able to bear it. Secondly, An Eternal Weight. [Greek or Hebrew]. Glory is such a Manna as doth not breed Worms. If the Saints glory in Heaven were but for a time, and they were in fear of losing it, it would eclipse and embitter the Joys of Heaven, but Eternity is written upon their Joys. The Garland made of Flowers of Paradise fades not,