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ſinging Praiſe, and hallelujahs in the higheſt Heavens, with what wonder and amazement would the Riches and Mercy of our bleſſed Lord tranſport and carry them away? We ſhould truly and feelingly ſay with the Apoſtle, It is good for us to be here; that is to be in a state of poſſibility of gaining the like happy Viſion of the Divine beatitude; we ſhould then look upon every Thing elſe as dark and dull, and conclude them but droſſ and Dung, with St. Paul when rapt up into the third Heavens, tho' he knew not whether in the Fleſh or the Spirit, and ſaw and heard Things unutterable, that his Tongue perhaps was not capable of expreſſing Words ſuitable to give mankind an account of them tho' he had thought fit, or been diſpoſed to reveal them and after that, we find his Mind duly enflamed after a fuller fruition of them. Life itſelf ſeemed tedious to him, an made him court Death (that was to diſmiſſ him from the lower World) the King of Terrors ſo dreadful to the greateſt Part of Me to ſet him at Liberty, as it appears by his deſiring to be diſſolved and to be with Christ Whilſt wordings are contending for earthly Treaſure, that is of ſmall duration, a
cannot give the leaſt real content; let us ra(illegible text) our Souls to take a Proſpect of the true Riches, the Treaſure of everlaſting durance, ev(illegible text) the Riches of Chriſt's Mercy and Love towards miſerable Sinners; who when laid
