Mr. Boltons last and learned worke of the foure last things, death ...

OF HELLI fay, the lofle but of any one ofthefe would be afar dearer and more unvaluable lofle, than that often thoufand worlds, were they all composed ofpureftgold, and brim-full with richeft jewels.What will it be then (thinke you) to lofe all thefe,nay, the full and abfolute fruition of all heavenlyexcellencies,beauties,glories,'pleafure$ and perfedions,andthat eternallyrl know full well that carnailconceipts and worldly-wife men will wonderatthis 3 for, having no fight but by fcnfuall eyes,they cannot poifibly apprehend, or will by anymeanes acknowledge any fuch thing. Eagle-ey'dthey arc, and fharpe-fighted enough into things ofearth; yet blinder than a mole (as they lay) in beholdingany fpirituall or celeftiall beauty. But hadVfchut thccycs of Aufiwj Bajllj C/jry/oflome, andfome other holyFathers,Cand why fliould not oursbe clearer and brighter, confidering the greaterfplendour and illuftrioufnes of divine knowledgeinthefetimesOwefhouldeafily confeflfe that thefarre greateft, and (indeed) moft unconceiveablcgriefe would be, to be fevered for ever from thehigheft and fupreme Good : and that a thoufandthoufand'rentings ofthe foule from the body ,wereinfinitely lefTe than one of the foule from God.Nicofif^atus in JEli/m,hin-\M£c being a cunning artifan,finding a curious pcece ofworke, and beingwondred at by one, andask'd, whatpleafurc heccould take, to ftand as he did, ftill gazing on thepidure, anfwered •: Hadft thou mine eyes, myfriend, thou wouldeft not wonder, but] rather beeravilhcd, as lara, at the inimitable art of this rareHandp7