greatly inferior to this in Eligance, the reason
the guide gave him was plainly suggested by the
conversation of the contrast that the scenes
first presented to him were contrived on purpose
to bear a near resemblance to those he had been
accustomed to on earth that he might be more
easily & gradually prepared for the glories which
would open upon him hereafter and which would
at first view quite dazzle & overpower him
by this time they were come up to the palace &
the guide taked to him led him through a kind of
saloon into an inner parlour whare was a cup
on which was empressed the figures of a vine
& cluster of grapes, he asked the guide the
meaning of it. He told him it was the cup in
which His Saviour drank new wine in his kingdom
with his disciples & that the figures carved upon
it was intended to signify the union between Christ
& his people implying that the grapes derived
all their beauty & flavour from the vine so
the Saints even in a state of Glory were
indebted for their esstablishment in Holyness &
Happyness to the union with their head in
whom they are all complete. While they
were thus conversing he herd a tap at the
door & was informed by the Angel that it was
the signal of the Lords Approach & was intend-
ed to prepare him for the interview accordingly
in a vary short time he thought our Saviour
entered the room & upon his casting himself
at his feet He graciously raised him up and with
a smile of inexpressible complacency assured
him of his faithful services finding acceptance
and as a token of his peculiar regard & the
intimate friendships with which he intended to
honour him, he took the cup & after drinking
of it himself gave it into his hands, the Dr
would have declined at first as two great a
favor but our Lord, ^replied^ (as he did to Peter when he
refused to let him wash his feet) if you drink not
with me you have no part with me, this saying
he observed filled him with such transport of
gratitude love and admiration that he was about
to sink under it. his Master seemed sensible
of it & told him that he must leave him for
the present but it would not be long before

greatly inferior to this in Eligance, the reason the guide gave him was plainly suggested by the conversation of the contrast that the scenes first presented to him were contrived on purpose to bear a near resemblance to those he had been accustomed to on earth that he might be more easily & gradually prepared for the glories which would open upon him hereafter and which would at first view quite dazzle & overpower him by this time they were come up to the palace & the guide led him through a kind of saloon into an inner parlour whare was a cup on which was empressed the figures of a vine & cluster of grapes, he asked the guide the meaning of it. He told him it was the cup in which His Saviour drank new wine in his kingdom with his disciples & that the figures carved upon it was intended to signify the union between Christ & his people implying that the grapes derived all their beauty & flavour from the vine so the Saints even in a State of Glory were indebted for their esstablishment in holyness & happyness to the union with their head in whom they are all complete. While they were thus conversing he herd a tap at the door & was informed by the Angel that it was the signal of the Lords Approach & was intended to prepare him for the interview accordingly in a vary short time he thought our Saviour entered the room & upon his casting himself at his feet he graciously raised him up and with a smile of inexpressible complacency assured him of his faithful services finding acceptance and as a token of his peculiar regard & the intimate friendships with which he intended to honour him, he took the cup & after drinking of it himself gave it into his hands, the Dr would have declined at first as two great a favor but our Lord replied (as he did to Peter when he refused to let him wash his feet) if you drink not with me you have no part with me, this saying he observed filled him with such transport of gratitude love and admiration that he was about to sink under it. his Master seemed sensible of it & told him that he must leave him for the present but it would not be long before