Wherein the fight of god is a blefffed this. 413 Thirdly, It is the bleffedneffe of the glorious Church When the Lord (hall raife his Church to the greateft height of glory, one of the fpeciall bletfedneffes that thall be then,thall; be the fight of God. In the 22 Revel 4. And they (hall fee his f áce. There were many things named to fet forth the ex- cellency and glory of the Hate of the Church, but this is the fpeciall , And they pall fee his face. The truth is, in compari- fon of what (hall be hereafter, we fee little or nothing at all, we fee the back parts of God; But there is a time for the Church to in;oy fo much of God, and it's fpoken of a rime in this world ; for the Chapt: before (hews that it's a time when the Kings of the earth (hall bring their Glory to the Church, they (hall not bring it to heaven ; And they (hall fee the face of God. Fourthly, The fight of God here, is the beginning of life, yea the beginning of eternal! life ; This is life eternal! to brow John 17. thee the only true God, and f efus Chrift whom thou haft font Into world. Men doe not live till they come to know God, men in the world are dead Carkafes , but when they come to know God, they come to live, yea they begin to live the life of eter- nity, O bleifed are they. Fifthly, It's the dory of heaven for the Saints to fee God. i 3.01): 3. 2. Beloved, now are we thefont of God, and it doth, not yet appeare what we fball be, but wed¿now that- when he /hall ap- peare, we (hall be lr ke him ;for we fhall fee him as he is, faith the text: Now the feeing him as he is, we fpeak not to for the pre - fent, I on-ely mention this text now to thew that it is a'very bleifed thing to fee God for it is that whereby the bletfed- nefle of the Saints in heaven is exorefled by the holy Ghofi; We [hall be like him ;. Why ? hów ? *e fha'l fee him as he is That will be the happinefíe we thall have when we come to heaven, That we !hall fee God. Sixthly,, It's the háppineffe of the Angelis, not only the Saints, bût the Angelis have not a higher happinelle in heaven, then the fight of the face of God : and therefore in the 18- Math: ro. where we read of a defcription of the h.mpinetfe of the Angelis; the words are ; In heaven their 4ngells doe al- wayes 3-
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