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4 3. They are happy in their ſervice; for, they serve him day and night in the temple. Though theſe that are in heaven ſerve him without weakneſs or wearineſs, which we cannot here do; yet it is the property of all the true circumciſion to worship God in the Spirit and in truth, and to pray without ceaſing; meditating on his law day and night, and going to the altar of God; to God in Chriſt, the true ſpiritual temple.

4. They are happy in their company; for, 'he that ſits on the throne ſhall dwell among them.' This points out friendſhip, fellowſhip, and familiarity between God and the redeemed; which alſo Chriſt allows to the militant ſaints in part, when, upon opening the door of their heart, he comes in and ſups with them, and they with him, Rev. iii. 20. And they are in caſe to ſay, 'Truly our fellowſhip is with the father, and with his Son Chriſt, 1 John i. 3. yea, God ſays, I will dwell in them, and walk in them, and will be their God, and they ſhall be my people.'

5. They are happy in their freedom; and ſhall be freed from all want, and all uneaſineſs. From all want; for, 'they ſhall hunger no more, neither ſhall they thirſt any more:' for this freedom will be perfected in heaven, as it is commenced on earth; as the prophet ſays, ſpeaking of Chriſt's ſpiritual kingdom, Iſa. xlix. 10. They ſhall not hunger, nor thirſt, &c. Hence ſays Chriſt, John vi. 35. 'He that comes to me ſhall never hunger, and he that believeth in me ſhall never thirſt;' pointing out the ſpiritual pleaſure and ſatisfaction they ſhall have, and never be altogether deprived of. From all uneaſineſs alſo ſhall they be freed; 'neither ſhall the ſun light on them, nor any heat; or, as it is in the forecited, Iſa. xlix. 10. Neither shall the heat