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Wherein
the
fight
of
fGod
appears to
be
fch
a
happy
thiá.
Cj.
ad.
whereby (-faith
hè)
that
is,
by
the
knowledge of God
we come
to
be parttkers of
the.
Divine
nature
:
and
that
fore
named
place,
in
the
2
Cor:
3.18.
We
beholding
as
in
a
GCaffe,
with
open
face,the
Glory
of
the
Lord.
What
follows
?
We
are
changed
into
the fame
Image, from
Glory
to
Glory.
The
fight
of
God
doth
change
the
foute
into the
very
nature
of
God,
fo far
as can
be.
What
is
it
that
makes
the
Saints
in
heaven
to
be
fo
like
God, it
is
by
the
fight
of him,
faith
the
holy
Gholt there,
we
(hall
be
l:
k
e
Lm,
for
we
(hall
fee
him
as
he
is
:
So
that
the
fight of
God
in
heaven
as
he
is, Both
transforme
the
foules
of
the
Saints, fo
as
they come
to
be like
God;
They
have the,
Image
of
God
perfeCily
in them
;
they
fee
God perfealy,ond
accoding
to the measure
that
any
foule
doth
fee'
God
in this
wo
ld,fo
they
come
to
be transformed into the Image of
God;
O
blelfed are they that
fee
God then,
for by
the
fight
of
him
they
come
to
be
transformed into
the
likeneífe
of
him. Is
it
rot
a
blelfed thing
for
the creature to be
raifed to that
ex-
cellency,
as
t.io
be made like
to God
himfelfe..
This
comes
through the
knowledge
of
God,
O
that
men would be
but
in
Love
with this
fight
of God
;
Thereby they
would come
to
.
know
that there
is
another kind of excellency
for man
-kind,
then to
wallow in
the-lulls of
the.
flefh.
Atas
poore
creature,
while thou
art
fatisfying
thy flefh,
what
doeft thou
fee
?
Thou
feet}
thy Money;
or thy
Cups, or
full
Difhes
;
O
what's
this
fight
to
the
fight
of
God,
thou haft
an
impure
and
uncleane
heart,
and
therefore
thinkefl
there
is
nothing
better
then
the
beholding
of thefe
things
;
But
blef
ed
are the
pure
in
heart,
for
they
(hall
fee
God,..
--
SER
ON