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More particularly;

First; We know, that there is an Heavenly State, whereof some are made partakers. A State so Desirable it is, that it is called Life; because there is nothing more Desirable than Life; but yet that State is as the Oracles of God have told us, Better than Life. Now of that Heavenly State we find some Description in this Heavenly Book; by which we may apprehend a little of it.

First; There is a State of Rest Enjoyed in Heaven; a Rest, or Freedom and Safety, from all sorts of Inconveniences About the Inhabitants of Heaven, 'tis said, Rev. 14 13 They Rest. Whatever may be Tedious or Irksome to a Rational Creature, we may be sure, that in Heaven there is nothing of it. There are no Briars and Thorns growing in the Soil of Heaven. Of Heaven there is one most significant ⟨p. 77⟩and comprehensive thing to be spoken; and that is, There us no Sin there; Sin the most hateful and horrid Evil that can be, Oh, there is none of That among those who are ascended into that Hill of the Lord, and who Stand in that Holy place It is therefore said, 1 Pet 1. 4. There is an inheritance undefiled, reserved in Heaven for you. There is no perpetration of Sin, yea, there is no Inclination to Sin, among the Freeman of Heaven. There is not so much as one vain Word ever heard, or one Vain Thought ever formed, in Heaven; or so much as one Deceitful Heart found there, or one Heart that has any manner of Disposition, to thwart the will of God. All the Citizens of the Heavenly Zion, do Walk uprightly, and Work Righteousness, and have nothing but the Truth in their Hearts. Nor indeed is there any Tempter to Sin, vexing those that are in Heaven. The Tempter that insinuated himself into the Earthly Paradise, is for ever shut ut of the Heavenly. None of Satan's poisoned Arrows can be Shot into that City of God. In Heaven there is no molestation from the Wiles of the Devil; no Devil, nor Instrument of the Devil is there, to seduce us