So great was the
light of this happy Region, that as the light of a candle is Eclipsed
by that of the Sun, so was the light of the Sun by the brightness of
this. The Night doth never overshade this Land, for the light of a
Pure and Serene Sky keeps it constantly bright. All the Land was
like a pleasant Green Meadow diversified by various sorts of Flowers,
Fruits, Trees and Herbs; whose very perfumes, saith the Soldier,
wou'd keep him alive, were he allowed to dwell always there. The
Bounds of the Country he did not see for the greatness of its Extent,
only of that part by which he enter'd it; but discover'd in it so
great a multitude of both Sexes as he believes no Man ever saw in his
Life, or ever was together in any Age; of whom some dwelt apart in
one Community, and some in another; yet so as they passed from one
society to another, as they pleased. And by this means, it came to
pass, that they all enjoy'd one another's company; and choirs joyn'd
with choirs to sing God's Praise: And as one Star differs from
another in brightness; so was there an agreeable and harmonious
variety and difference in the Habits and Countenances of those thrice
happy People. For some of them seem'd to be clothed in Golden Vests;
others, in Purple, some in Scarlet; others in Blew; some in Green,
and others in White. And the Shape and Fashion of each habit was the
same as that which they wore in the World; so that the Soldier cou'd
easily discern of what Dignity, Order, and Degree, each of them had
been.
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