СНАР. VI. THAT WE SHOULD ASPIRE AFTER THE HEAVENLŸ STATE. SHALL only deduce one thing more from my preceding view of the heavens, and that is, to afpire after the heavenly ftate, to seek the things that are above. We are naturally pleafed with new things; we take great pains, undergo dangerous voyages, to view other countries with great delight we hear of new difcoveries in the heavens, and view thofe glorious bodies with great pleasure through our glaffes. With what pleasure then fhall departed happy fouls furvey the most diftant regions of the univerfe, and view all thofe glorious globes thereof and their noble appendages with a nearer view? Only let us take efpecial care to fet our affections on things above; to be fpiritually, not carnally minded; and fo to run the race which Christ hath fet before us, that we may arrive to that place which he hath prepared for his faithful fervants, that he may receive us unto himfelf, that where he is, we may be also; in whose prefence is fulness of joy, at whose right hand are pleasures for evermore. FINIS. |