The Triumph of Mercy in the Chariot of Praise, Treatise · Chapter 11
CHAP. XI. The Leniment or Mitigation of Sorrows by pondering on Sudden Mercies, and the Sanctified Fruit of Afflictions.
HOW brittle and uncertain is the State of all things? nothing under the Sun that's conſtant and permanent. What various Events confound the Counſels of the deepeſt Politicians, every Age demonſtrates. Confidence of future proſperity, becauſe a man ſtands upon the Pinacle of honour, is a token of the extremity of Folly. Between the higheſt fortune and the darkeſt Gulf of miſery, a day ſometimes does not intervene.Dan. 5.30. Xenoph. Cyrodad. l. 7. Belſhazzar carouſing in the Temple of Belus with the captive Flagons of Jeruſalem in the day time, was the very next night found drinking off a deadly Cup mixt with his own bloud. He that ſtands on the top of the Wheel may juſtly fear a whirling precipice. Phyſicians obſerve, That perſons in the height of health are often nigheſt to ſome dangerous ſickneſs, and need preventing Phyſick; while ſuch as are in a recovering ſtate are a great deal ſafer. When the Sun is in his Meridian Glory, then he begins to decline, and after the darkeſt time of night the morning Star begins to glitter out of the Eaſt. Sudden viciſſitudes ought to render men cautious, and let the proudeſt Nimrods take heed of being imperious. When Gales are very benign to the Sail, yet the Keel of a Ship may be near ſharp Rocks and ſwallowing Quick-ſands.
What's matter of caution in proſperity, ſhould be comfort in adverſity. Qui jacet in fovea non habet unde cadat, One faln to the ground has no further to fall; his next turn is to riſe. Former experiences of Gods wonderful Mercies in wonderful ſtraits ſhould ſtay and erect the Spirit in hope of future deliverance. The Lion and the Bear comforted David againſt Goliah. 1 Sam. 17.34.Receits of former ſudden Mercies may obviate our preſent Sorrows, and heal the breaches of ſudden Afflictions; eſpecially when we conſider them as Tryals of Patience, Whetſtones of Fortitude, and Preparations for Service. Every Storm eſcaped adds to the prudent Mariner dexterous skill to work his Veſſel in ſucceeding Tempeſts. The Memory of Evaſion in the Adriatick Sea, fortifies his Spirit to hope a better iſſue in the Atlantick Ocean.Virgil. [O paſſigraviora, dabit Deus his quo que finem;] We have born greater brunts, and God may give a happy event to theſe. 'Tis trueſt of a Saint, all whoſe Storms do but haſten him to, and land him in Heaven at laſt. Mean while all his ſufferings are Heavenly Gifts,Phil. 1.29. and all his troubles are ſanctified in order to a Halcyon Calm. If God ſmites, 'tis with a healing hand,Hoſ. 6.1. and when he caſts down he revives us again. It's ſaid by Arnoldus that famous Phyſician of Villa Nova near Barcelone, Arnold. f. 305. b. de ſimpl. c. 426.that an Inciſion with a Golden Knife never ſwells. And Serapion aſſerts, that Cauteries made with Gold raiſe no bladders, and are quicklier cured. The moſt cutting afflictions do but let out heart corruptions, and the Inſtrument it ſelf brings a preſent cure. When God brings his People out of the Furnace, the droſs is loſt in fumes or in the Cople, and their perſons come out ſhining like pure Gold, and God will ſay of them, It is my Golden people refined by the fire of affliction. Zech. 13.9. Poterius, p. Boyle of Colours, p. 413, and 415.They are like the Bononian Stone, that after calcination in the fire ſhines in the darkeſt night: Or like that wonderful Diamond mentioned by the honourable Mr. Boyle, which being briskly rubb'd, would ſend forth a glimmering light almoſt like a Glow-worm. The Graces of Saints are never more reſplendent than in times of adverſity, and their ſucceeding growth is moſt apparent. Huſbandmen ſay, that Thunder ſhowers make Graſs to grow that we may almoſt ſee it; by the ſulfureous Rain and the Sunſhine following it ſhoots amain. Let's beware of a lowring Spirit, when clouds of affliction gather,Pſ. 65.11. which drop fatneſs into the Soul. Thoſe Sinners are moſt healthful that have many Aprils, and the ground moſt fertile that drinks in the later as well as former rain. Let afflicted perſons remember, that continual Sunſhine ſcorches a Land into barrenneſs; and many a good Soul looſes much of its verdure and greenneſs by fair weather; and that our Heavenly Father always takes his Rod into the hand of Love, and when he whips his dear Children, 'tis with Twigs cut from the Balſam-Tree of Judaea, though it ſmart and wheal, yet it quickly cures. If the North wind blow boiſterous and bleak, it makes a Saint to keep his Garments cloſe that men ſee not his ſhame;Rev. 16.15. and beſides, it may turn in a moment. Numerous inſtances occur of ſudden troubles, and of as ſudden eſcapes. Every Church and Nation, every Age and Perſon, ring aloud theſe changes. Some hints of happy Evaſions in deplored caſes in Phyſick may ſuccour hope in like Diſtreſſes.
A Patient having taken a Decoction of Liquoriſh,Arnold. f. 343. b. &c. vomits it with a fright; but upon ſearch, the unwaſh'd ſtrainer was found to have been newly uſed with Hellebor, and the ſcare was over. Another having drunk up a decoction of Maidenhair, vomited very terribly. To ſatisfie the Phyſician upon ſtrict inquiry where 'twas gathered, the Attendents found the Carkaſe of a Toad juſt by the place where it grew. A third had almoſt loſt his Eyes by an Ointment adminiſtred to preſerve them, received anſwer; that the Preparer had powdered much Verdegreeſe the day before, part whereof was caſually mixt with it. A fourth labouring under a Flux, and no Medicine prevailing, the Phyſician found out he uſed Water from a Ciſtern newly plaiſtered. The laſt to be named was deep in a Hectick, and lay in a new whited Chamber, and grew worſe till removed. To warn Phyſician and Patients to be careful what perſons they imploy in preparing Medicines, and what Ingredients they uſe, and what Circumſtances may attend. Upon ſuch twine threads hangs the Life of Man, and by directing providence many ſudden and notable eſcapes.
'Tis related of one ſo ſtruck with fear in a Dream,Arnold. f. 28. b. that his Hair turn'd gray. Of another under the Duke of Alva's Tyranny (as I remember) who was all white in one night under fear of Execution. And another being Lame at worſhip in a Church, the Popiſh Soldiers ruſhing in to murder, forgetting his Crutches, ran away; and his Spirits being briskly agitated by the fright, received the perfect uſe of his Limbs. Sudden unexpected deliverances drop down from Heaven. When Daniel was letting down into the Den, the Angel flew down faſter and ſtopt the Lions Mouths before the Prophet came to the bottom. Sometimes Holy Perſons are not preſently and fully delivered, yet meet with ſuſtaining help. Our bleſſed Saviour, though not delivered from the Croſs, and its Iſſue till the Reſurrection; yet while he fainted under its weight in the dolorous way, met providentially with Simon of Cyrene to aid him, and inward ſupport to ſtrengthen his Spirits. O happy Simon! How often might Chriſt from Heaven help him afterward to bear his Croſs upon Earth. To the upright riſes light in darkneſs, a beam in obſcurity. Pſ. 112.4. Iſ. 58.10. Gen. 22.13.Suddenly, like the Viſion in a mountain of Thickets and Brambles. When Abraham's Knife was up, the Angel's Arm came down, and ventures the gaſhing of his hand to ſave the cutting of Iſaac's Throat. Jeremy is caſt into a miry Dungeon by ſome of the Courtiers,J…r. 38.10. another Courtier as ſuddenly helps him out. Jonah in a ſtormy Sea was caſt into a Whales Belly, and by a ſudden ſtorm in the Whales ſtomach was caſt out upon dry Land.Exod. 14.10.15.1. The Children of Iſrael ſtood crying and roaring upon one ſhore, and in a few hours were dancing and ſinging upon the other ſhore of the Red Sea.1 Sam. 30.4. David weeps at Ziglag till he could weep no more, and then tires himſelf after Amaleck, overtakes, overcomes, overturns, and gets ſuch a noble Spoil; that he who even now was but a needy Captain of a few Outlaws, ſends rich preſents to his Friends, taken from the Lords Enemies. So that he who had ſpent his tears in Sorrow, finds a new rivulet of tears ſtreaming for joy.Pſ. 30.11. Thou haſt turned our morning into dancing, and we became like men that dream. Pſ. 126.2.When thou turnedſt our captivity in Negeb, the barren ſandy Deſert in the South of Judah.
The Churches State in this life is mixt,Rev. 12.1. while under the Moon 'tis changeable; but when clothed with the Sun in John's Viſion, ſhe will be i…luſtrious, and tread the Moon under her Feet.
The Church has a time to ſing the Song of the Lamb more melodiouſly than the Song of Moſes. Rev. 15.3.Moſes his Song was a mixt Song; there were Amorites to conquer after the Egyptians were ſunk in the Mighty Waters. After ſongs of deliverance come the bitter waters of Marah and new Elegies. The Church ſings that Song upon Earth, but this Song of the Lamb in Heaven, where no more troubles.
The Church in Apoſtolical times had a Sea of Glaſs as clear as Chryſtal,Rev. 4.6. wherein to ſee their faces and waſh their ſpots:15.2.21.1. In Antichriſtian times of perſecution, a Sea of Glaſs mingled with Fire. They enjoyed pure worſhip, but attended with fiery tryals. But in her Heavenly ſtate there ſhall be Sea no more. A State of perfection needs no more waſhings for communion in glory.
Here God wiſely mingles comforts and croſſes to keep us in a holy awe of ſin, and to encourage us in ſpiritual Services. We contract much duſt and ſoyl from worldly company, and need waſhing and purging every day, whereby to ſave our ſelves from this untoward Generation.Act. 2.40. Iſrael had lain among the pots in Egypt, and needed ſcouring in the Wilderneſs, that the Thorns of Sinai might fetch the Onions of Egypt out of their ſqueazy ſtomachs. Nay, Gods people enjoy not only ſucceſſive, but temporary mixtures: For in the midſt of ſorrows ariſes ſpiritual joy to ſupport and quicken, and in times of proſperiry are exerciſed with ſpiritual ſins and heart-ſorrows to humble and keep them ſteddy. Nabal and Haman (like other wicked wretches) were either all joy or all ſorrow, and by turns overwhelm'd with both;1 Sam. 25.36. their hearts were as light as a feather, or elſe ſunk like lead. Let's beware when fatned with mercies, leſt we kick with Jeſurun; and when were are brought to the ſalt waters of Marah, leſt our imbittered Spirits fret againſt the Holy One of Iſrael; while we proclaim our anger againſt inſtruments, let's take care that our clamours reach not the ear of God himſelf. Men often mask their impatience at God under colour of ſhooting at others miſcarriages. We may grieve under afflictions, and carry our ſins by prayer to Heaven for pardon, and our troubles to the Mercy-ſeat for relief. I poured out my complaint before him, Pſ. 142.2.ſays David; I ſhewed before him my trouble. Mourn we may,Ezek. 7.16. Iſ. 51.20. Songs 2.14. but murmur and mutter we muſt not. Mourn like Doves without Gall in the Clefts of the Rock, but not toſs the Horn and roar like wilde Bulls in the Net, full of the fury of the Lord.
When we have mourned meekly and patiently for ſin,Mic. 7.9. and born the Indignation of the Lord, we may look up for mercy till he plead our cauſe, and execute judgment for us, and ſay, fiducially, God's our God, which is often the laſt ſtroke upon Davids Harp. Does God chuſe us for his,Iſ. 48.10. and chuſe us in the Furnace of Affliction, and refine us, but not with Silver, non quaſi argentum, not as if we were pure Silver already before refinement, but in the midſt of our droſs and faeculency, to make us bright for Temple-ſervice; then let us take him for our gracious and watchful Refiner, and reflect his Love back again to Heaven. Chuſe him before all the Angels in Heaven and the ſweeteſt familiars on Earth,Pſ. 73.25. and then all afflictions will work kindly, when the Fire of Love and the Fire of Affliction melt the Soul together: and as the flaming beams of the Sun extinguiſh our Kitchin Fires, ſo the heat of Divine Love will damp and put out the ſenſe and ſmart of all, and the moſt fiery trials here below. Let but a Saint recollect his thoughts, that there's excellent reaſon why God afflicts, and as the waters cannot,Song 8.6. ſo neither the fires out burn the vehement flames of Divine Love,foreign called by the Wiſe Man the Flame of God. [Succurrat non tantùm quid patiamur, ſed quid fecerimur.] Senec. Ira. l. 2. p. 33.Remember what we have done as well as ſuffer, ſaid the Spaniſh Moraliſt. Compare our merits and ſufferings, and then our unworthineſs and mercies together, and we have little reaſon to complain, ſince there is leſs reaſon why we ſhould draw a breath in the Land of the Living.Lam. 3.39.
Mercies flow from the innate Bowels of God, Judgment is his ſtrange work.Iſ. 28.21. Kindneſs flows from the Divine Eſſence more naturally than ſtreams from a Fountain or beams from the Sun, but ſin and affliction is rooted in us. Juſtifie God in all, and that will extinguiſh, murmurs.1 Cor. 11.30. Sometimes there's a particular cauſe for affliction, which though many times latent, is always juſt. Let's ſearch and try our ways,Lam. 3.40. and turn unto the Lord.
Ask the inward Viceroy, and he'll tell thee. As Clocks ſtrike cleareſt in ſtormy times, ſo does Conſcience in the hour of Judgment, though we top and clog it never ſo much in the fair weather of proſperity. Wouldeſt thou know the plain truth, hearken what thy heart condemns and ſmites; for in the hearing of a ſearching Sermon ſometimes Affliction it ſelf points at its relative ſin. Adonibezek deprived of his Thumbs,Judg. 1.7. could tell upon his fingers the 140 Royal Thumbs which he had cut off. Is a dear Relation taken, conſider thy ſins both in it and toward it. Si res anguſta domi; If poverty pinch, remember abuſed plenty and careleſs expences. Does God withdraw his ſhining face, it may be thou haſt grieved his Spirit, and therefore he grieves thine moſt righteouſly. Haſt thou cooled and quenched his Heavenly Motion, wonder not if he ſtop his ear at thy cries, and at length leave thee to coolneſs and deadneſs of heart.Rev. 3.16. Thou art lukewarm in his cauſe. Grumble not at Laodiceas Portion to be ſpew'd out of his mouth. Art thou puff'd up with parts which are but gifts, Gods, not thine; repine not if others prick thy ſwoln Bladder with the pin of infamy. Want of pity and relief to thy Brother, reaps juſt unkindneſs in time of ſtraits. Cenſorious perſons muſt run the gauntlet patiently, and a laſhing Tongue needs a Launcet to let out its Salt and fiery Bloud; or may be prickt with Pins, as Fulvia dealt by Cicero. Caſſius l. 47. p. 331. d.Angry perſons often meet with ſturdy matches as good at fifty cuffs as themſelves. It's uſual for men to be meaſured by their own buſhel, and for froward affronts to meet with divine requital, unleſs for ſins of daily infirmity, ſudden tentations and diſorderly provocations from others. Then, to mourn, watch, and pray, is a Saints Armour, and go to Heaven with Elthu, Job 34.33.that which I ſee not teach thou me.
A gracious Soul not ſtung in Conſcience by former miſcarriage, when he ſails in a Storm calmly ponders that a milder Gale may breath from the South, and better days may come: He may as ſuddenly be drawn out of, as caſt into the pit. The ratling Hailſtones may be melted by a warmer Sun, and a dark thundring night may end in a bright morning to cheriſh his vital Spirits. [Junge nigra candidis,] as Bernard, Bernard. Epiſt. 78. f. 195. b. Songs 2.12.Set black by white, and clouds by clear, and winter by ſpring, and remember the ſinging of Birds will come, when bitter and deadly Gourds are in the Pot,2 K. 4.44. Eliſha may come with a handful of Meal and cure both taſte and danger. When bitter afflictions fill a Cup to the brim, caſt in the fine flower of a Sanctuary offering, and pardon will come, and mercy will fly down with ſilver wings and a ſhining countenance from Heaven; and then the raviſhing ſenſe of divine love will extinguiſh all diſcontents from earthly ſorrows, Nothing can be very ſharp on the back of a Saint, when Gods Love ſweetens his heart. We are as we love; if worldly, then earthy love and earthly loſſes break an earthy heart; if holy and ſpiritual, then treaſures, pleaſures, and affections, all ſuit and center in Heaven. And what affliction can make him miſerable, whoſe heart's above it? Every Saint does gradually arrive to a Maſculine, Heroick, Angelical Spirit.
Be patient then,Rom. 8.28. and things will work together wonderfully for the good of ſuch as are called according to purpoſe. When we pore upon the down-end of the Croſs we are ready to faint, as if it could never be pull'd up: As the Romans diſmayed at an inauſpicious Omen, when their Eagle Enſign could not be haled for a March. But let's conſider the upper end reaches Heaven, and the ſame Hand that fixed it can rear and raiſe it at pleaſure. And remember there is an appointed time for every Tryal, moneths and days, that it cannot paſs: Though the Waves toſs themſelves yet cannot prevail,Jer. 5.22. they roar yet cannot tumble beyond the Sandy Banks oppos'd by an Omnipotent Arm. Iſrael came out of Egypt the ſelf ſame night according to the Promiſe of 430 years to Abraham. Exod. 12.42.Affliction is the Churches Phyſick, and will certainly work cum ſumma euphoria, with great ſucceſs and eaſe. Earthly Phyſicians often complain of Ineffectual purges; but here, ſtay a while, and the Event will iſſue happily: When affliction makes us jealous of ſin, it begins; when ſick of ſin, when hateful to it, when holy reſolutions riſe againſt it, then it works to purpoſe: When we ſee the depth of Corruption in the Flouds of Affliction,Rom. 5.3. 'tis then ſanctified, and the Love of God is ſhed abroad in the Heart.
Afflictions are known to be ſanctified when ſin begins to wither,Affliction ſanctified. and is in part mortified. The ruſt is filing off, when perſons begin to ſhine in meekneſs, humility, and patience, and accept correction; when diſcontented fumes are ſcattered, and the Thorns of fretfulneſs are burnt up. Oh how plyable and capable of gracious impreſſions, when the Wax is melted by the fire of trouble: Take heed then of being rough and furious again when danger's over. Ask Pharaoh, if this be not the fruit of a proud and hard heart?
Again,1 Tim. 2.8. 'tis then ſanctified when it whets prayer to lift up Holy Hands without wrathful revenge and deſpondent diffidence; when it deadens the Spirit to worldly enjoyments, and crucifies the heart to carnal vanities:Gal. 6.1. When it renders us compaſſionate and tender-hearted, forgiving and forgetting injuries, remembring how ourſelves were tempted; when it ſweetens Heaven and prepares the heart for a holy departure; and while here, makes us ready for ſervice in every good work, knowing that all ſhall end well with a Saint; when every tear ſhall be turned in an Oriental Pearl to adorn his Crown in Glory. Are ſuch great Mercies ſown in the furrows of affliction, and ſuddenly wax green even in the winter and under cold blaſts of adverſity? With what ſubmiſſion and expectation of iſſues ſhould we behave our ſelves under the hand of a Wiſe and Holy Father? Set Faith to work in its Heavenly Imployment of thirſting for Chriſt,Rev. 21.6. Iſ. 45.22. Joh. 6.35. Joh. 1.12. Songs 8.5. 4 Pet. 5.7. Luk. 23.46. Heb 3.14. of looking towards him, of coming to him, receiving of him, leaning upon him, a caſting the cares of our Souls into his Boſom, and commending our ſpirits into his hands: and after all in fainting times, caſt not away the beginning of your confidence, but hope to the end,Phil. 1.8. 1 Cor. 1.8. 1 Th…ſ. 5.24. ſince he will perfect what is begun to the Day of Chriſt, and confirm us to the end. From reflection upon Faith, if careful of Holineſs, in due time will riſe aſſurance by beholding our Faces in the Glaſs of Promiſe, when the Soul has been ſometime nouriſh'd by the ſincere Milk of the Word; at length it may take off the Cream of Joy and Aſſurance,1 Joh. 3.19. which lies in perſwading the Heart of the Love of God: So that a ſound Chriſtian may arrive to this Heavenly Pitch by diſcerning the true Acts of Faith, and the lively workings of it in times of troubles; by the growth of the fruits of the Spirit in times of Tentation, and a vigorous conflict againſt Sin, with ſucceſs, and by the immediate Teſtimony of the Spirit of God, witneſſing with our Spirits that we are the Children of God.Rom. 8.16.
Theſe things have I mentioned as preſervatives of the Heart in the Flouds of many Waters, and as preparations for ſudden mercies; which will ſeaſon the Spirit to bear up valiantly in our preſent ſtations and qualifie for emergencies of future Joys. For when the Soul ſits down quietly under hatches in a preſent ſtorm, and buckles to it with an even frame, light ariſes ſuddenly, ſhines illuſtriouſly, and beautifies the Soul with joyful and abiding Deliverance.
Let's conclude this Chapter with a Memorable Story of Mr. Leverton's Eſcapes in his Weſt-India Voyages, contracted out of the Manuſcript of my good Friend Mr. Ch. Morton, which thirſts for light; to ſhew what wonderful methods God ſometimes uſes in bringing out of deep and amazing diſtreſſes.
This Gentleman putting to Sea from the Iſle of Sr. Chriſtopher in a French Frigat commanded by Monſieur de Voe of Rochel, after a fortnights ſail fell under a dead calm in the vaſt Atlantick Ocean. Victuals being almoſt ſpent, they ſtinted each perſon to 8 Spoonfuls of Peaſe and one pint of Water in a day; till at laſt they grew black with famine, and their Backs and Bellies ſhrunk together. Twice a day he prayed with and fed them with Spiritual Food; they hung upon his Lips with greedy attention. They had much Manna though no Corn, and ſtreams of Hony though little Water. The French, though Papiſts, expreſt their affections with briny Tears, and beating their famiſh'd Trunks with loud cries [Mon Dicu, mon Dicu; My God, My God.] Cleanneſs of Teeth ſharpned their Appetites to the Bread of Life. At length they kept a Solemn day of Prayer, when every day was a continual Faſt. Duty ended, a Lad from the Topmaſt-head deſcried a Veſſel, and Heaven ſent a benign Gale, which ſoon brought them together: She proved a Bermudas Merchant to their exceſſive joy, which took in Mr. Leverton with his Engliſh, ſupplyed the Rochellers wants, and ſo they parted.
Upon conference, the chief Perſon in the Ship being the Governour of Bermudas, tells Mr. Leverton that that their Ship came newly from England, and at her arrival fell in between two Rocks. To get her off they took out their Guns and heavy Wares. The next Tide riſes with a violent Storm, while moſt of the Seamen were aſhore, and hurries them among the liquid Flouds, where the French found them, on purpoſe to bring deliverance at the end of prayer. After that, a fair Gale conducts them ſafely to Bermudas; where they who had embraced the Throne of Grace in their abſence with Holy Hands, now embrace their Friends with happy Arms, and entertain them joyfully, who had been both carried out and brought in by Prayer.
Here we have a French Calm at Sea, awakened into a Breeze for a Haven Enjoyment; and an Engliſh Calm in Haven rouzed into a Storm for Sea-adventures, and both excited by Prayer. The French have a ſtorm within the Ship, though a calm without; and the Engliſh have a ſtorm without, to bring to the former a calm within. O the vehement power of Prayer that raiſes ſtorms & quells the boyſterous Waves at pleaſure! Here's a Ship full of Proviſion hurried out to the Main to fetch famiſh'd Orators to the Harbour of Plenty. What manner of Man is this, Mark 4.41.ſaid the Diſciples of our Lord, that the Winds and the Sea obey him? O invincible Faith! O Soveraign and Imperial Prayer, that commandeſt both Calms and Storms. Maſter, careſt thou not that we periſh? Mark 4.38.cries Prayer. Chriſt delights to be awakened by his Holy Spouſe, and lays Storms aſleep. Chriſt always ſails in the Ship of Prayer, and though this Pilot be aſleep, yet he ſteers ſafely, he ſees the hidden Rocks and ſecret Shelves, and needs no Star nor Compaſs. He knows the Myſtery of Longitude, and wants no Tables of the four Planets attending Jupiter, or the Spots of the Moon, or Minute Watches to give the Diſtance of the firſt Meridian. But who can meaſure the Length of his Love to the Church,Eph. 3.18. or fathom the Depths of his Wiſdom in manifeſtations of his Love? He fins the Sails of the Churches Ship with proſperous Gales to bring her into ſafe Chambers. He turns Calms into Storms to obey his Churches cries,Pſ. 107.29. and raiſes the Waves of the Sea, (to invert the Pſalmiſt) that Saints are glad becauſe of a Storm, to bring them to a calm Haven. O happy Storms that drive the Saylant Church to Heaven! O happy Heaven that enjoys a perpetual, an everlaſting Calm!