MEDITATION. LVII.

I find some sweetness in the way and means of grace, what shall I find in the end! if in vale of Tears such joy be found, what will be enjoyed in a paradise of de∣light! if in the midst of labours and fight∣ings, and temptations I find so much satis∣faction, what contentment will an Everlast∣ing rest afford me! Augustine speaks excel∣lently, Soliloq. cap. 35. Intra in gaudium sine tristitia; ubi erit omne bonum, et non erit aliquod malum; ubi erit quicquid voles, et non erit quicquid noles: O gaudium vincens omne gaudium! laetitia sine dolore, lux sine tene∣bris, vita sine morte, ubi juventus nunquam senescit, ubi decor nunquam pallescit, ubi amor nunquam tepescit, gaudium nunquam decrescit, ubi dolor nunquam sentitur, gemitus nunquam auditur, ubi triste nihil videtur, ubi malum nullum timetur, quia summum bonum posside∣tur. Enter O my soul into joy without sadness! Where there shall be a pre∣sence of all good an absence of all evil, where there shall be every thing which thou desirest, nothing at all that thou Page  334 dislikest. O joy surpassing all other joys! Gladness without Grief, Light without Darkness, Life without Death! There Youth shall never grow old, Beauty shall never fade, Love shall never wax cold, and Joy shall never be diminished; there sor∣row shall never be felt, one sigh shall ne∣ver be heard; nothing sad shall be seen, nothing evil shall be feared, because the cheifest good shall be possessed.