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Par,

in

heart

fhall:have

a

elear

fght

of

God

hereafter.

43T

God,

and have

Peen

what

God

bath done from

the

beginning

of

the wo

ld

ro this day

;

I

but

now

Purely

God

being

eter-

nal,

after

this world fhould be at

an

end,

as

it

will

within

a

(irk

rime,

why

God

remains everlafting,

and

the

Saints

(Mall

remain

everlaiting, and they (hall be with God

for ever,

why

then

dicy

ihali.be there where they (hail

fee what

God

will

do

for

ever:-why

God

hewill

be

working for

ever, after this

fix

chou.atid

years will

be

at

an

end,

God

Rill will

be

working

and

it's like

that

the meaneft

of

his

works are laid

f

rft,

and

he

wiil

be working

bill

higher and

higher,

and

more and

more

glorious things

to all eternity,now

for a.

creature

tube

admit;

ted

to live

will

God,

and nor only

to

fee what

himfeif

is,

and

to

fee

indeed

his

heart,

and

counfels, and

will, and

-wayes,

but

to

fee

what

trod

(hall

be doing to

all

eternity,

this

mull

needs

be

a

bleiled

Tighe:

And this fight

ofGod

(hall

be

without

any

kind

of

difcourfe

from one

thing

to

another,

as

we have now,

but

we

(hail

fee

all at

once, without

any

labour,

and

without

any p:aines

:

As

now we are

faint to take

a

great deal

drains

from one

thing

to

another.: But then

intoftive,that

is,

it

(hall be

with

the un-

dedianding

as

with the eye,

the darting of the

eye prefently

takesin.the

obeót,

and

fo

theob.eó{

(hall be

taken

in

without

any

wearilomneffe, we

(hall fee him

then

fully,

that

is,

the

un

derftandina of

man

than

be

fo

elevated,

as

it (hall

be able

to

look

upon

the

face

of

God

fully

without

any

kind

of wearineffe

at

all

;,

Now the eye

of man

is

no: able

to

look upon

the

Sun,

for

it

would

deftroy the ßght

if

we

fhotild

look upon

it

long,

it

is

too

eminent

an

objet`(, and

fo

we cannot

fleadily behold

the

face

of

"3od

now, but

then there

(hall be

the elevation

of

the

foule,

the

foul

(hall

be railed

to

that ftrength,

as

it than

be

able ro

fiend and gaze upon

the

face

of

God

for

ever,

upon

the

fulne4fe

of

his

glory,the

eye

of

the

body (hail be able

to

fee

the

glory

o God that

do.

'n

irradiate

from

hire,

which (hall be

a

thoufmd rimes more

glo

:io ; then rheSun

:

As

the Scripture

eels us

that the body of

man

(heti

be

raifed to that height,

asir

(hall

íhine

like

the

Sun

in

the

firmament

:

NOW

if

this lump

of day

full

have

fuch

a

glory:pue

;upon

it,

then

what glory

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