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436

Tore

t.

heartfkall have a

clear

fight

of

Cad

hereafter,

shall

beput

upon

the

foul

of

man, and

howfhall

that bz railed

and

indeed, if

mans

eye

were not

raifed

to be

able

to

Joolt

-.

(readily

t

pon

a

more

glorious

object

then

the

Sun,

is

would

be

a

mifery

for

the body to be

in

heaven

:

for

the light of

Heavers..

will be

abundantly

more glorious then the

Sun

in the

firma

rent,

the luftre of

tt,

and

the

Saints

(hall not be wearied

with

it,

but the

glory

of

Heaven ihall

perfect the

eye

of

the

Saincs,,

&

then

the

glory

of God

shall

peifed

theii fouls,they

(hall

be

able fully

to

look

upon

God

,and

they ihall

to see him,as never

to

lode

the

fight

of him:

here

in

this

world the

Saints many

times

have fame

glimmerings of

God,

fonie

little

fight

of

it,

ô

but

they

b

ore

it,

and

ô

how

fweet were ir,

if

it

were not

fo

little

and quickly gon,

but then

they (hall ever

fee his

face,

what

Would

many

a

godly man

or

wr

m

n

giveithar

they might

have but those

beams

ofGods

glory in

a

constant

way (Vining

.upon

them,

that, fometimes they

have had

?

but then

you

(hall

have them

alwayes

íhining

upon

you

;

O

bleffed

are

the

page

in

heart,

for

they fhall

fee

God:

And

the

reaon

that

Ionic

give,

why

Christ

loth

annex

the

fight of

Cod

to

purity

of

heart,

is

this

among

others,

becaufe

that the Scripture tels

us,

that

by

faith the

heart

is

purifyed

:

now when

the

foul

beleeves,

and

comes

to

be purified

by

faith,

it

is

willjng;to,give up

its rea-

fon,

to

have

it's

reafon fwallowed up:now'becaufe

it

doth hear,

beleeve that

which

it

cannot

fee,

it

(hall

hereafter

fee whatfo-

ever it

loth

beleeve,

:7

hat's

(as

*9ufiin

calls

it)

the reward

of

faith

;

That

becaufe faith doth

beleeve

what

the

foul cannot

fee,

that

is,

faith goes beyond reafon,,therefore

the

Lord

will

grant this

reward unto ir, that

itfhall

hereafter

fee

whatfoever

it

Both

beleeve,

thou

now haft

the

glorious

revelation of

God,

and

of the mifteries

of

falvation, well

they

are

above

thy

rea-

fon, thou

cant}

not underhand

them now,yet

by faith thou

doff

beleeve them

though thou canft

not underhand

them,why

now,

wilt

thou

glorifie

God

by

beleeving when thou

canft

not

fee,

God

hereafter

will make

thee

fee what thou

haft

beleeved,

Thou

flak

fee

it

fully, thou

(halt

fee into

all

the

reafons

of

the

miltery

of

the

Cofpel,

and

the

things

of

Cod,

that

now

thou

4f3/4

take in

by

faith

:

O 'tis

good for

usnow

to

be wil-

ling