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A29388	Religio bibliopolæ in imitation of Dr. Browns Religio medici, with a supplement to it / by Benj. iBrgwater [sic], Gent.	Dunton, John, 1659-1733.; Bridgewater, Benjamin.; Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605-1682. Religio medici.	1691 (1691)	Wing B4486; ESTC R19049	55,380	118

of the Uni●erse shall be subject to the Action of Fire such as the Earth we tread on with the other Planetary Bodies but that the purest Aethe● shall remain for ever untouch'd unchang'd the Sanctuary of the Bless'd the Habitatio● of the Spirits of Just men made perfect I a● also confirmed in this Belief by somethi●● more Sacred and Authentick than natural Ph●losophy For when the Royal Psalmist in th● Divine Rhapsody calls upon the Heavens 〈◊〉 Heavens and the Waters which are above t●● Heavens to praise God he gives this for ● Reason viz. Because he spake and the were made he commanded and they wer● created He establish'd them to Eternit● and for Everlasting Ages He fix'd a Decree which he will not disannul Then he calls upo● the Earth and all Creatures therein to joyn i● the same Act of Praise but not for the sam● Reason not because the Earth shall endu●● for ever but because the Name of God alon● is exalted and his Honour above Heaven an● Earth Which Distinction seems to me a● evident Argument of the unalterable Stabili●● of the Coelestial and Aetherial World what●●ever Mutations and Changes the Terresti●● may be subject to That those immense Tracts of quiet and i●passible Aether shall be the Seat of the Bless is very consistent with Philosophy and 〈◊〉 ways repugnant to Divinity However le● the Place be where it pleases God we ar● assured that the Entertainment and Joys ●● far surpass all humane Comprehension Ye● tho' we cannot have adequate Conceptions of Supream Felicity there are some Land-marks by which we may take imperfect Measures of that Region of Promise The Dim-Light of Natural Reason may afford us a Glimpse or faint Prospect of those Superlative Joys and the Opticks of Faith will improve the View We shall have the same Nature and Faculties there as here but free from the least Alloy of Frailty and Imperfection Our Souls shall display the radiant Brightness of their Immortal Essence with stronger Vibrations than the Sun having no internal Scum of Concupiscence boyling out from the Center of a depraved Will or erroneous Understanding to blemish and stain those unspotted Orbs of Light nor a terrene gross Body to Eclipse and shut up their Splendors But being ever Bright and Serene they shall shine through their Glorified and Spiritual Bodies as the Sun does through the ●ervious Air or at least as he does on a Bright Cloud which drinks in his Beams to reflect them abroad with a more sensible Glory We shall then see not by receiving the Visible Species into the narrow Glass of an Organized Eye we shall then hear without the distinct and curious Contexture of the Ear. The Body shall then be all Eye all Ear. All Sense in the whole and every Sense in every Part. In a word it shall be all over a common Sensorium and being made of the purest Aether without the Mixture of any lower or grosser Element the Soul shall by one undivided Act at once perceive all that Variety of Objects which now cannot without several distinct Organs and successive Actions or Passions reach our Sense From this Superlative Tenuity and Claritude of our Bodies will aris● that ineffable Delicacy in the Sensation of the Soul which will transport it with Deligh● infinitely transcending the Heighth of Mort●● Voluptuousness nay and even those more exalted Pleasures which the Vertuous sometime● enjoy here on Earth as Foretasts of their futur● Beatitude in Heaven What here excites bu● an Ordinary Emotion of Joy in the Soul wi●● there produce all Raptures and Ecstasies We shall be always in Paroxisms of Love such are the transcendent Beauties of that admirable Place and such the divinely amorous Bent of the Soul We shall be always languishing yet ever enjoying what we languish for Neither suffering the least Pain through the Want of Fruition nor through any Satiety that shall attend it But through the Vigour of an Immortal Activity we shall have ever freshly kindle● Desires and new Enjoyments being dissolv'd in a Circle of Beatitude without Measure or End Here on Earth Men generally strive to Monopolize Pleasure to themselves there being few of so generous a Temper as to be sensibly touch'd with Delight that another shou'd partake with them in that which they esteem Felicity This is the peculiar Advantage of the Bless'd in Heaven that even in the Heighth of the Affairs of Immortal Love and Empire where they possess Eternal Crowns and unfading Beauties there is no such Thing to be found as a Rival or Competitor but every one's Joy is enhanc'd by the Enjoyments of another Every one loves all and all love every one Neither wou'd their Felicity be Perfect cou'd any Member of that Happy Society be suppos'd not to have his full proportion and share of Beatitude So communicative is the Love and Joy of those Holy Souls that they must cease to love and enjoy themselves shou'd they desist from loving and rejoicing in the Happiness of their Fellow-Citizens And if we may take our Measures of their Joys from our Common Experiences here on Earth it will be no small Augmentation of their Complacency to find those very Friendships which they had contracted here below translated to the Mansions above when they shall both see and know those whom they once loved on Earth how to be made Denizens with them in Heaven with what Ardours will they caress one ano●her With what Transports of Divine Affection will they mutually embrace and vent those Innocent Flames which had so long lain smothering in the Grave How passionately Rhetorical and Elegant will their Expressions be when their Sentiments which Death had Frozen up when he congeal'd their Blood shall now be Thaw'd again in the warm Airs of Paradise Like Men that have escap'd a common Shipwrack and swim safe to the Shore they will congratulate each other's Happiness with Joy and Wonder Their first Addresse● will be a Dialect of Interjections and short Periods the most Pathetick Language of Surprize and high wrought Joy And all their after converse eve● to Eternity will be couch'd in the highes● Strains and Flowers of Heavenly Oratory wi●● Allelujahs intermix'd It much sweetneth the thoughts of Heave● to me to remember that there are a multitu●● of my Friends gone thither to think such ● Friend that died at such a time and such a 〈◊〉 at another time O! what a number of th●● cou'd I name and that all these I shall meet ●gain 'T is true it 's a question with some wheth●● we shall know each other in Heaven or no b●● 't is none with me for surely there shall ●● Knowledge cease which now we have b●● only that which implyeth our Imperfectio● and what Imperfection can this imply Inde●● we shall not know each other after the flesh n●● by Stature Voice Colour or outward Shap● nor by Terms of Affinity and Consanguini●● nor by Youth or Age nor I think by Sex bu● by the Image of

Church Triumphant who cordially embraces with the extended Arms of good-will who ever are dignifi'd with the Image of Piety tho' not distinguish'd with his own Superscription I profess my self an impartial Lover of all good men and do presume every man to be good till I find him otherwise I have as little Zeal about things that are manifestly indifferent either pro or con as any man in the World for 't is a Principle I receiv'd from my Education that the real differences of good and intelligent People are not so wide as they seem and that through prejudice and interest they do many times contest about words whilst they do heartily think the same thing I am not fond of the Names which distinguish one Party from another in the Church I esteem not a man the better for being regimented in this Communion rather than in that And for ought I know in the Camp of God a Reformade may be as acceptable as in those of Men. However a Mutineer in either is odious and to raise Factions about Religion is to adore Mars instead of Christ and to commence a War for the sake of Peace I cannot approve of their bitter Zeal who if they cannot call down Fire from Heaven will kindle it on the Earth against all that think not as they do He is an ill Disputant for Christianity who uses no other Topicks than Gun-powder and Steel The Logick of Mahomet becomes not a Disciple of Jesus and I should make but an Hypocritical Convert were I to be Dragoon'd into Religion by the Domineering Arguments of Booted Apostles To perswade to Conformity by Prisons and Confiscations is in my apprehension something like demonstrating a proposition in Euclid or apologizing by a Beetle and Wedges and I conceive they will equally produce their Effects when any Mathematitian shall do the one the Spiritual Court may perform the other We find few edified by a Dungeon or instructed by the spoiling of their goods Force hath as little power on Souls as a Chirurgions Knife on the Understanding and Affections of men Remedies must have some Analogy with the Sick and their Diseases 'T is sound Reason which is of our Essence and Constitution with some little intermixtures of Kindness and Love that must make men Proselytes to the Church of England or nothing The use I make of this Variety in Religions is fa● different Truth is Homogeneous and attracts to it self all that is of its own Nature wheresoever dispers'd or separated rejecting the rest as not pertaining to it Thus I overlooking the Errors and Mistakes of those who differ from me at the same time embrace their Orthodox Tenets and shunning their Vices I imitate their Vertues This is to take Things by the right handle and like the Bee to suck Honey out of every Weed It is of the Nature of the Sun who has commerce with many Pollutions yet remains himself undefiled I abhor that mercenary Course of joyning my self with any Party of Christians that is uppermost to abet the prevailing Faction and assert the Opinions most in Fashion This is to be a Weather-cock in Religion pliable to every fresh Gale of Interest Neither on the other side do I think it good Manners or Prudence to affront the Religion of the State and by a sawcy Impertinence condemn those who worship God in the manner prescrib'd by the Laws of the Land In my Travels I learn'd this Moderation and he that knows not how to practise it is not fit to stir out of his Chimny Corner Religion does not authorize Rudeness neither is Arrogance compatible with Devotion It is difficult to find a Company of four or five men together where there is not at least a Triumvirate of Religions and he that will set up for a Dictator among them shall have all their Forces united against himself I do not value any mans Religion by his starch'd looks or supercilious Gravity I hate to put on an unsociable Face or screw my self into an ill-humour'd Riddle I do not angle for the Character of a Saint by magisterially declaiming against the Innocent Divertisements of Humane Life and ranking things indifferent among the greatest Crimes Above all I cannot approve of those who are prone to fasten Gods Judgments on particular Occasions as if they alone cou'd unlock the Secrets of the Almighty and were the Privy-Counsellors of Heaven No mans misfortune shall escape their Censure but forgetting what our Saviour said of those on whom the Tower of Siloam fell they condemn all alike and presume to distribute the Divin● Justice by their own false Weights and Measures I am in Love with that Saying o● Plato There is no Envy in the Deity Assuredly that Immense Ocean of Goodness never ceases to show'r down his Favours and Blessings on all that are capable of receiving them and he is not partial to any of hi● Creatures Like the Sun he imparts his Influence to all the World and if any ●●joyce not in his Beams the Cloud that hind●●s them is of their own raising Those men will hardly proselite me who dress the Deity in a frightful Figure and then wou'd perswade the World 't is his Essential Complexion While they exclaim against Pictures and Images they themselves commit Idolatry They set up an infinite Tyrant morose arbitrary and cruel instead of the Original Increated Beauty and Goodness worshiping the Idol of their own Imagination instead of the Indulgent Father of all things I do not take Prayer to consist in babling o're the devoutest Collects and Oraisons of the Church without a due Application of Spirit This is the Sacrifice of Fools without Salt or Fire and therefore must needs be unsavory to God The bended Knee submiss Looks and even a Body prostrate to the Ground unless accompanied with a proportionate Fervour and Humility of the Soul are but Religious Compliments and a Pious Banter Such Mock-Addresses I doubt are not graciously receiv'd in the Court of Heaven An equal dislike I have for those who offer up strange and unhallowed Flames burning Incense whose Composition is not warrantable who hold not fast the Form of sound Words but giving the Reins to their Tongue suffer it to commit a thousand Indecencies in the Hearing of Him who made the Ear. These as well as the Former are guilt●●f Crimen laesae Majestatis while they affron● Heaven with Tautologies and vain Repetitions The one through Inadvertency the other through Presumption This bringing Form without Matter That offering Matter without Form and Both wanting the Spirit and Life of sincere Devotion Yet I neither censure such as use an allowable Form provided it be accompanied with attentive Devotion and less those who address themselves to Heaven in words of their own choosing provided it be season'd with Discretion and a modest Sobriety of Spirit For when a man fitly qualified endued with Learning too and above that adorn'd with a go●d Life breaks out into a warm and well deliver'd Prayer