Chap. r4. An. Er.portion upon the Beek onGE: Vert Ì"t. with a great;wife : From all which it is colle&ed and concluded that there 'hall be a total Abolition of the vifibic Heavens at the dayof the Refurreftion. Marty Arguments are brought to confirm this: chiefly from the ufelefsnefs of thefe Creatures in that (late : When mari (hail have no more need of the Heavens, why fhould the Heavens be any more What (hall man do with theSun, or the Stars to en- lighten him, withEarth or Water, with Beafts or Fouls to feed or ferve him, when he 'hall have a Spiritual body, and be rai- fed to a (late of Incorruption ? He (hall be lifted above the ufe of thefe things, and why fhould that be, which will be of no ufe ? Again Heaven and Earth fervehere to (hew us the invifible things of God, the Footfleps of his Eternal Power and God- head are Peen in the things which are made. But when man (hall fee God face to face, when God (hall fully manifeft him- Vetuftas fell, What need we anymore thefe Glaf es ? He that bath a good inccelis non Eyecares not for Speâacles : Man who is the noblefl of vifìblefecundram di- Creatures in his prefent condition , fhaIl be above the ufe of rninutionem Creaturesin that condition. Hence force (late the Qpeffion thus, intelligenda Thatwhen it is Paid the Heavens 'hall be nomore, Themeaning eft fedquan- is not that they (hall not be at all, but that they (hall not be turn ad ufurrm for thofe ends and ufes, to which they now ferve and were at &minifteri- fir(l let up. um good pot Lally, Many refolve it thus, that the Heavens 'hall `continue judaciurn according to their Subflance , not according to their prefent cefabit duality; they flhall not beAnnihilated (fay they) but bettered. Bold. As if when God brings man to glory in Heaven, he will bring Hue infd6- the heavens to glory alto. And that as the beauty of the creatureftantiafew- bath been darkned by the finof man, fo it (hall receive great- per font per- er B.auty when the fin of man is done away. The Apoflles manfura & Language enclines to this (Rom.8 21.) The creature it felf alto tantum im- thall be delivered from the bondage of "corruption, into the lorious mutanda ire liberty of the foes of God. So that till the Heavensbe no more is meliorern according to this pofitidn, till the Heavens continue no more infix-um old- their prefent Efate, but are brought to one more per£etl, where 1-toraemfplenm the alteration will be fo great, that it may well be Paid, they dori o-lo- (hall be no more what they now are. As we fay .of a man riæ accomrno- who is much changed either in Mind or Body , he s not thedatiorem. fame man For (fay they) As the vile body of mav'ball then Mere. be
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