Caryl - Houston-Packer Collection BS1415 .C37 v6

Chap. ag. AnExpofition upon the Bookof J O B. Verf. 26. 37t Fout , Spiritualitie, which, I conceive, may rather be the cditiprehenfion of the other three. Then that of theApoftle wit ,aTtilfilled, Chrif# will change our vile body,that it maybefa- liadßed lilt,, unto hisglorious body ( Phi1.3 . z a .) Not that a glori oiii ody (hall be ofanother fafhion then now it is, in regard of thêfymmetrie and difpofitionof parts and members ( the fame fatnricke and frame (hall continue) but it fhali be of another fa ion in regard of qualifications and endowments ; Such as t ofe fore-mentioned, and in all thofe our bodyes (hall be (a- fhioned like the glorious body of Jefus Chrift ( which is the higlie(t afcent ofhonour which the body is capable of) and ex- cepting there changes the body (hall e the fame it was; the famefin nature, invefted and fublimated with thofenoble additia ons ofclartie, agilitie, impaffibilitie, andfpiritualitie. Thusit (tall be fowen a naturall body, but rayfed a fpirituall body, yet í}i11 a body, a true body ftill. That's the firft poynt,the body 'af - ter the refurre&ion ¡hall be true fleth. Secondly, Obferve; ' Saint: railed to life lhall fee 9od. It will be onr whole worke, and our wholewages, our whole butne%,and our wholebleffedneffe to feeGod fob fpeakes as iftherewere nothing to be done in the next life but onely to fee God, nothing tobe hador enjoyed then, but onely a fight ofGod ; and indeed there ¡ball be nothing elfe; Ithallfee god ( faithhe) that'senough for me, yea that's all tome ( 'fal. 16. a r.) do thy pretence is fullnefeofjoy ; That is, when I (hall fee & enjoy theeprefent. (Mat. 5. 8.) Thepure in heart Jhallfee Cod. (2"Cor. a 3 a 2.) IsIlno wefee through aglaffe darkly, thenface to face ; that is intentively and direftiy, not reflectively or by ef- fed s ; we (hall fee as we are feene, and know as we are knowne; according to the utmost comprehenfìon which a creature. is capable of, our veffels (hall be as full as they can hold, and whatwould we havemore? yeaour happineffe (hall be thatwe would have no more. Our hearts (hall be fo full ofjoy, and our heads fo full ofknowledge, that we (hall delire no more. We fee the world, and are not filled ; Theeye, faithSolomon, is not fatisfied'withtieing. But the fight ofGodlis fatisfying and filling, that, will not leave one empty (paceor corner in the B b z foule.

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