Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachi the…Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachy the…

15. When God puts his Children to the School of the Cross, he deals well with them, because these Afflictions are Manuductions to lead them to Heaven. Per crucem ad coelum. 2 Cor. ⟨p. 229⟩4.17. Our light Affliction worketh for us a far more exceeding and Eternal weight of Glory. Upon the dark Colour of Affliction God lays the Golden Colour of Glory. O thou weeping Saint, what a blessed change shalt thou shortly have! Thou shalt change thy Pilgrimage for Paradise: Thou shalt have thy wish. Are riches desirable? thou shalt have Gates of Pearl: Is Honour desirable? thou shalt have white Robes: Is Pleasure desirable? thou shalt enter into the Joy of thy Lord. O think what it will be to be sweetly immersed in the River of Life, and Bathe in the Honey-streams of Gods Love for ever: think what the Beatifical Vision will be: what it will be to wear a Garland made of the Flowers of Paradise: think what it will be to have the Soul thicker set with Jewels of Glory, than the Firmament is bespangled with Stars: O what a Compensation will this be for all a Christians Trials! A sight of this bliss will make him forget his Sufferings. One Sun-beam of Glory will dry up the Water of his Tears.

15. When God puts his Children to the School of the Cross, he deals well with them, because these Afflictions are Manuductions to lead them to Heaven. Per crucem ad coelum. 2 Cor. ⟨p. 229⟩4.17. Our light Affliction worketh for us a far more exceeding and Eternal weight of Glory. Upon the dark Colour of Affliction God layes the Golden Colour of Glory. O thou weeping Saint, what a blessed change shalt thou shortly have! Thou shalt change thy Pilgrimage for Paradise: Thou shalt have thy wish. Are riches desirable? thou shalt have Gates of Pearl: Is Honour desireable? thou shalt have white Robes: Is Pleasure desireable? thou shalt enter into the Joy of thy Lord. O think what it will be to be sweetly immersed in the River of Life, and Bathe in the Hony-streams of Gods Love for ever: think what the Beatifical Vision will be: what it will be to wear a Garland made of the Flowers of Paradise: think what it will be to have the Soul thicker set with Jewels of Glory, than the Firmament is bespangled with Stars: O what a Compensation will this be for all a Christians Tryals! A sight of this bliss will make him forget his Sufferings. One Sun-beam of Glory will dry up the Water of his Tears.