Susurrium cum Deo soliloqvies, or, Holy self-conferences of the devout soul upon sundry choice occasions with humble addresses to the throne of grace : together with The souls farwell to earth and approaches to heaven / by Jos. Hall.

Soliloq. LXXX. Ʋnwearied Motion, and Rest Eternall.

I See thy Heavens, O God, move about con∣tinually, and are never weary of their revolution; whereas all sublunary Creatures are soon tyred with their motions, and seek for ease, in their in∣termissions: Even so, O my soule, the nearer thou growest to celestiall, the more constant shall thy courses be, and the freer from that lassitude that hangs upon thine earthly part. As it is now with me, thou seest, I soone find an unavoidable defatigation in all things.

I am weary of labour, and, when that is done, I am no lesse weary of do∣ing nothing; weary of the day, and more weary of the night; weary of all postures; weary of all pla∣ces; weary of any one (if never so pleasing) imploy∣ment; weary, even of vari∣eties; weary of those, which some men call, re∣creations; weary of those (wherein I finde most de∣light) my Studies. But, O my soule, if thou be once soundly heaveniz'd in thy thoughts, and affections, it shall bee otherwise with thee; then thou shalt be e∣ver (like this Firmament) most happily restlesse; thou shalt then finde ever worke enough to contem∣plate

that infinite Deity, who dwels in the Light inaccessible; to see (with ravishment of spirit) thy deare Saviour in his glori∣fied humanity, adored by all the powers of heaven; to view the blessed Orders of that Celestiall Hierar∣chy, attending upon the throne of Majesty; to be∣hold, and admire the un∣speakable, and incompre∣hensible glory of the Saints: These are Objects, with the sight whereof thine eie shall never bee satisfied, much lesse cloy∣ed: Besides that the hopes and desires of enjoying so great felicity, and the care of so composing thy selfe, as that thou maiest be ever readily addressed for the

fruition of it, shall wholly take thee up, with such con∣tentment, that all earthly pleasures shall bee no bet∣ter than torments in com∣parison thereof. O, then my soule, since (as a spark of that heavenly fire) thou canst never be but in moti∣on, fix here above, where thy movings can bee no o∣ther than pleasing, and be∣atificall.

And as thou, O my God, hast a double Heaven, a lower heaven for motion, and an Empyreall heaven for rest; One, patent to the eye, the other visible to our faith: so let my soule take part with them both; Let it ever bee mo∣ving towards thee, and in thee, (like this visible hea∣ven)

and (since the end of all motion is rest) let it e∣ver rest with thee, in that invisible Region of glory. So let it move ever to thee whiles I am here, that it may ever rest with thee in thine eternall glory here∣after. Amen.