.34 The Perfon of Clwift t/;e mofl Ineffible into t/;;e fame Image from glory to glory; or are more and more renewed and transformed into the likenefs of God fo reprefented unto them. That which fhall at lafi perfeCtly effeCt our utmofi con– formity tc> God,and therein our eternal Bleifednefs, is Pijion, or fight. TFe )hall /Je like him, for we }hall fee him as he is, r John 3. 2. Here Faith begins what Sight fhall perfect here· after. But yet we walk by Faith, and not ly fight, 2 Cor. 5· 7· And although the life ofFaith and Vifion differ in degre1~s, or as fome think in kind, yet have they both the fame Ob– ject, and the fame Operations ; and there is a great cogna· tion between them. The ObjeB: of Vijion is the whole MyHery of the Divine Exifrence and Will;and its Operation, is a perfeCt conformity unto God,a likenefs unto him,where– in our bleffednefs ihall confifl:. Faith hath the fame Objefr, and the fame Operations in its degree and meafure. The great and incomprehenfible Myfl:erie? of the Divine Being, _of the Will and Wifdom of God, are its proper ObjeCts_, and its Operation with refpefr unto us, is conformity and like- · nefs unto him. And this it cloth in a peculiar manner in the contemplation of the Glory of God in the face of Jefus Chrifr; and herein we have our nearefl: approaches unto the life of Viiion, and the effefrs of it. - For therein, /Jeholcl– ing the Glory ofGod in the face of Jefus Chrifl, we are changed into the fame Image from qlory to Glory; \Vhich perfeeNy to confummate is the effe&of Sight in Glory. The exercife ofFaith herein cloth more raife and perfeCt the mind, more difpofe it unto holy heavenly frames and affeCtions, than any other duty whatever. ..--.. To be nigh unto God, and to be like u:-:to him,are thefame. _.- To be alwaies with him~ and perfeCtly like him according to the capacity ef our Nature, is to be eternally bleffed. To live by Faith in the contemplation of the Glory of God in · Chrift,
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