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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 ⟨p. 78⟩from our Allegiance unto God. There the Wicked one Ceases from Troubling, and they that were Weary or Afraid of him, are at Rest. They that go thither, may say to all their Interior Adversaries, Where I go you cannot come Now if there be no sin in Heaven, if no Commission of Sin, or Temptation to Sin, 'tis easy to make a most gladsome Inference We may easily infer, There is not in Heaven any of that Affliction, which is the Consequence and Recompense of Sin. 'Tis said of them that are got safe to Heaven, Rev.7. 16, 17. They shall Hunger no more, neither Thirst any more; and God shall wipe away all Tears from their Eyes; All their Tears were dropped into Gods Bottle before they came to Gods Heaven! They suffer no Wants, in that Garden of God; They suffer no Griefs, in that Pleasant Land; They suffer no Fears in those Regions of Light.