BookVI. _JLooktng untojjefu.s. Chap.!. Seer. 1o. lirable thing; but to have fuch an excellent glorious fight as fh.Jl never end· that Chrift fhould not only pafs by, but ftand flill, fo as the loul fhlll never lofe hi;tight . 0 how glorious is th1s l if a man do but look upon a deligh1ful Object, he is loath t~ have his eye drawn from it ; furdy the eye ofSaints fhall be eterRally opened 10 fee the divine natuse of Chrift; rum them which way they wil.l, they fi.Jall never turn afide the bufied eyes of their underftanding from olf the Deity of Chrift; he fills heaven . he is that fair Tree of life,the branches whereof in all that huge and capacious herder~ of heaven have not room to grow in; for the heavm ofheavtnJ can110t comoin him 0 the wonders of heaven. There is .Abraham, MofeJ, Eliar, the Prophets·, the Apof;lcs and the glorified Martyrs, but the Saints have neither leifure, nor hearts to feed the~ fclves wuh beholding of creatures; no, no; all the eyes of heaven (which are a fair and numerous company)are upon (only, only upon) the Lord ]efusChrift; the fa• ther hath no leifure to look over his fhoulder to his Son; the Husband hath no le•– fure to look over his fhoulder to his Wife; Chrift takes all eyes olf from fuch created things; furely 'tis enough for the Saints and Angels in heaven te ftudy Chrift for all Eternity; it (hall be their only labour to read Chrift 1 to fmell Chrift, to hear, fer and ufte Chnft; to love, joy, and enjoy Jefus Chrift for ever and ever. Thus far of the fecond point, how the Saints !hall behold the glory of Chrift. 3· Wherein is the comprehenfivenefs of this expreffion, that the beholding of Cbrift iHur aUinaU? I anfwer,-- J, It comprehends the immediate fceing and looking upon all,that Majefty and Glo– ry :which JefusChrift hat h. lo this fenfe Paul took it when he complained, we wal~ by f"Vtb, not by fight. q. d. on ca:th we have faith, and in heaven we have fight. it is fome comfort that now I fee Jefus Chrift by faith, but tomparatively to that fight which the Saints have in heaven it is as no comfort at all; alas l I am not, Lcannot be fatisfied fp long as I am abfent from t~Lord, I look upon my felf as one from home . And a$.a,Prince in a ftrange Land fits down fadly, becaufe he hath not the fig!jt of his Father, fo I am forced to compla111; 0 I canuot fee my Lord, I would fain behold him, I am·• firQnger onearth, a Pilgrim in thH world, I am not where I wouldbt,Iam abfenl from him whom I moft de(ire; 0 I de(tre t• be diffolved, and ID be with Chrifi; I wal~ Rlitb ~im here 011 tiJ,rtb by faitb,bHt to wall{ w>itb him in the fheeiJ ofheaven byfight il far bette.r; Q I long, I pant, I breathe, I defire, I think every day ayear, and everyyear an 1ge JiJl I bd11heavm, at home, in my.Father'! arms, that 1may behold and fee him, ;md tbat.immediatly, I fay jmmediatly in bit glory. This is one way of beholding ChrifG it is an immediate light. · :t. Itc:o~prehends the fruition and enjoyment of Chrift in his glory. Surely the ~aints !hall npf be meer idle fpectators oftheglory of Chrift, but they fhall enjoy him, and b~ taken-into fellow!llip with him: it was faid ofMofes,that he did fee the Land ofCanaan; but he was not admitted into it; it isotherwife with the Saints, they ihall f.~ heaven, and they ffiall enter into heaven, come th•ufaithful fervant, and t~;ler into 1hy Mafter:'J joy,not only behold it,but enter into it; they muft behold Chrifr,and take pvjfdlion of Chrift, and enjey them as their own. And thus the word tofee, or beholJ, is often ufe4 in Scripture; txctpt ~ man bt born again,he c•mtotfee the Kingdome ofGod; (i) he cannot enjoy it : and Father I ,.,;u th•t thofe whom thou haft given me be withme whert I am that ibey may behold tl!J _glory. (i.) that they may enjoy my glory; for ~hrift is not only glorious in himfclf, but he is the fpring of glory unto others: now in this refpe~ more efpecially is Chriftour aU in aU; he is aD in himfelf, and if we epjoy him he is aU in •/J unto us ; To fee a little into the ftatc and condition of the Saints in glory in this enjoyment ofChrift.-- · . 1 • They polfcfs Chrift as their own ; they got~ Chrift, and they.lay hold on him, faying, tboH art mint, It was indeed the language of the Spoufe wh1lft yet ori €artb, I am my beloved'!, •nd my beloved i4 mine; there's a right, and a propriety made over to her in her betrothing unto Chrift, but after the folemnity of the marriage is over, the polfcffion is then more full; when once the Spoufe comes to behold Chrift in his Kingdom, !he may then go boldly to her beloved, and fay, all I fee if my own; I blld 1hte in hope, bHt >tow hopeif vanifhed, and a{;/u•l<n]OymeHI com<J in place ; I•, now I h•11• thee in my eye, and i11 my heart, and in my hand!, and in my armff; and aJ nothingfh•ll fepar •te IH no 'Ill for aU our enemieJ are trad Httdtrfoot,fo never wiU I pari with tbre, [o for 4f to be out of my •ye, I will fti/1 behold thte, and in beholding I wiU fti/1 pofftfJ tbte, for thou art mine ow 11• 2. 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