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the principal design of eternity; and all other manifestations are in order to this. There stands one among us all who is the first born of every creature extant. Or possible. Here is that man, in whom is visibly to be seen such glory, majesty, loveliness sweetness compassion, mercy, justice, wisdom, end all treasures of overflowing fulness of excellency, in such an incomprehensible transcendent, eminent, and superabundant manner, as all the believers are overwhelmed in a sea of delightful ravishment for evermore.
Couldst thou, O my God, manifest thyself more clearly, familiarly sweetly condescending? Away with other worlds, though they were; This is the only one, since all my lovely Well-beloved dwells here. Thy beauty, my fair one. darts round about thee, and fills this world with passing glory: yea, were this world millions of millions of stages, and ever to many times greater than it is, one ray of thy countenance, one glance of thine eye, would lighten and adorn it all. What though we could view and comprehend at once thousands of thousands of created paradises of beauty one sight of thy Godlike visage would swallow up all angels,
