How is the paradiſe of God planted with goodly trees, bloſsoming and flouriſhing with an eternal verdure? but did they not receive ſap and life, and all from this golden Branch of the ſtem of Jeſſe; how in a moment ſhould their golden bloſſoms wither, their fruit fall off their leaves decay and their root dry up? It is ten heavens of joy, O Well beloved to know that thy love is unchangeable and theſe that are united to thee by faith, in time, and immidiate beholding, in eternity, ſhall never be diſjoined from thee; but ſhall ever remain cloſe locked in the arms of eternal love.
No worlds to this world! no happineſs to this happineſs, this is the flower, and top of all poſſible diſpenſations: Here is a confluence of innumerable providences, that ſhall never be comprehended. Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou haſt done, and thy thoughts which are to us ward, they cannot be reckoned up in order to thee. How evidently do I now ſee that thy love paſſeth all underſtanding; that thy ways are innumerable; and thy thoughts unrearchable? My eyes are eternally fixed upon thee, O flower of all beauty, and loveliness; thou art the centre whereunto all deſireablneſs and excellency betakes itſelf. In beholding thee, I behold all things, Art thou not love diſcovered to the full? Mercy manifeſted to the higheſt perfection? Judgement and righteouſness visibly, in its full ſplendor; what have we which is not in thee? And what can a
