The Godly Man's Picture

5. In that Country there is a better ayr to breathe in: We go into the Country for ayr; the best ayr is only to be had in that better Country, 1. It is a more temperate ayr, ⟨p. 152⟩the Climate is calm and moderate, we shall neither freeze with the cold, nor faint with the heat; 2. It is a brighter ayr, there is a better light shines there: The Sun of Righteousness enlightens that Horizon with his glorious beams, Rev. 21. 23. The Lamb is the light thereof. 3. It is a purer ayr: The Fens, which are full of black vapours, we count a bad ayr, and unwholesome to live in: This world is a place of Bogs and Fens, where the noxious vapours of sin arise, which make it pestilential and unwholesome to live in, but in that Country above, there are none of these vapours, but a sweet perfume of holiness; there is the smell of the Orange-tree, and the Pomegranate; there is the Myrrh and Cassia coming from Christ, which send forth a most odoriferous smell.

5. In that Country there is a better ayr to breathe in: We go into the Country for ayr; the best ayr is only to be had in that better Country, 1. It is a more temperate ayr, ⟨p. 152⟩the Climate is calm and moderate, we shall neither freeze with the cold, nor faint with the heat; 2. It is a brighter ayr, there is a better light shines there: The Sun of Righteousness enlightens that Horison with his glorious beams, Rev. 21. 23. The Lamb is the light thereof. 3. It is a purer ayr: The Fens, which are full of black vapours, we count a bad ayr, and unwholesome to live in: This world is a place of Bogs and Fens, where the noxious vapours of sin arise, which make it pestilential and unwholesome to live in, but in that Country above, there are none of these vapours, but a sweet perfume of holiness; there is the smell of the Orange-tree, and the Pomgranate; there is the Myrrhe and Cassia coming from Christ, which send forth a most odoriferous smell.