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what is it for the candle to be put out whilst we enjoy the light of the Sun? for the standing-pools to be dry so long as we may drink at the fountain? for our earthly comforts to be taken from us, when heavenly joyes are conferred on us? The truth is, death is not a privation, but a permutation: So holy Iob calleth it a change, and that a blessed exchange of a cottage for a palace, a wilderness for a paradise, a house of bondage for a place of liberty, of brass for gold, pebles for pearls, earth for heaven. And, |
what is it for the candle to be put out while we enjoy the Light of the Sun? for the standing-pools to be dry so long as we may drink At the fountain? for our earthly comforts to be taken from us, when heavenly Joys Are conferred on us? The truth is, death is not a privation, but a permutation: So holy Job calls it a change, and that a blessed exchange of a cottage for a palace, a Wilderness for a paradise, a house of bondage for a place of liberty, of brass for gold, pebbles for Pearls, earth for heaven. And, |
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