The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can
be satisfied. To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than
the most pleasant accommodations here. Fathers and mothers, hus-
bands, wives, or children, or the company of earthly friends, are but
shadows; but God is the substance. These are but scattered beams, but
God is the sun. These are but streams. But God is the ocean. Therefore
it becomes us to spend this life only as a journey toward heaven, as it
becomes us to make the seeking of our highest end and proper good,
the whole work of our lives; to which we should subordinate all other
concerns of life. Why should we labour for, or set our hearts on, any
thing else, but that which is our proper end, and true happiness?
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