Ambrose - BT200 A42 1658

Chap. I.Seet.I o. Looking unto :Jeft~s, Book v. J ( 51 and thus he interprets that Scripru.re,tf:en fhall ti-e Some v.!frrhirr.- · fe!fbe fub ,c[f, that God may be _all in all ; 1yhar i.> rhis [it6 _e[f,·on 1 Cor.r5.l8. ( farrh he) but a converjion of tl' ecreature mto tl e -z.·e -· rj!'bs} t!nce, or ejfence.ofthe (reatimr him[elf? But we deny ' the interpretation; the Sonne as man {hall be 1/t ip{<Ffl {ubjcctionrm communifubjeEt, and yet the manhood of Chrilt fhall c.uionem & , onverjioncm crctlat · · · h h' d' o: fuwram creatural iu ipfam fub· Hill·remam; It IS true t at IS Me ratory omce (l.rn t•am wl cff'cntiam creatoris, {hall wholly ceafe, but it . follow~s not that Aug de Tdn't.lib r.c.8.&Aret, therefore the manhood of Ch riH: fhall be in loco. converted or changed into rhe Deity ; there may be other reafons for the continuation of his humane nature be.Gdes the execution of his Mediatory office ; As, r. Tlut the lu...r.tre of his Deity mi;h~ iliine through his humanity, and that thereby our very bodily eyes may come to fee Gon, as much as is poffible for any creature to fee him, I jktd fee !Jim Job. 1,,1.7 , (faith 'fob) not with other, but with thefe far;;e £-.}CS ; 2. That the Saints may fee how the power of an infinite Go:l can conveigh the luftre of his Deity into a creature; upon this account I verily believe, rh.1t Ansels and men will be continually viewing ofJefus Chrilt, he fha/l cgm.e to be admired of tl:e Saints; he ~ Thef.toi<J, fhall be admired (as we have heard) at the judoment-day; nor is that all, but the Saints in heaven fhall fee with their eyes fuch excellencies in Chrirt, as that they fhall admire for eve;; I fay for ever, as much as they did at die firH: moment when they faw him ; here ifwe fee any thing excellent, we adlnire at firil:, but after a while we do not fo; but in heaven ther¢ will be fo much excellency in ChriH:,th,lt we fhall admire as much to-1ll eternitr , a$ we did at the very firH: moment, -there will be no Jbatemenr in glory of our being taken with the fight of the glory in Jefus ChriH; 3· That Chrifl: _by his humanity may converfe more freely, and familiarly with his brethren in his Fathers houfe; oh the intimacy that will be there betwixt ]efus ChriH: ,1nd his Chri!tim Saints ; oh the mutual rejoycing and deli ht th,lt will b~ there betwixt Jefus Chrifi and his dearelt darlin,c;s"! as ChriH: from eternity re;oyced in the habitable part of his earth, fo wil the Saints (his habitable earth) ro all eternity re joyce in Chritl:; t:l}e eye of the Saints in glory can never be off Chri!l: as Mediatour and God;now the eye of the Saints in glory !11all never be off Chrifl: as God and Mediatour then. Thus far of h'is humane glory. Z z z z z z 2 2. For

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