848 Ofthe ioyesofbeaten. feEtmemorie,the remembrance whereofmay bringvnto vs any ioy and contentment? how happie and bleffed fhal we be,when our confciencesThal leaueoffto accule and terrifie vs;-and be only exercifed in iuftifying vs, and in giuing ap- probation to al our alitions ? fu thefe there iisffrom fwhich they Thal be eliueed: 0ftheexcellent PP f ,,,sties and which beingvnderftood, we Thal not needto fpeake much qualitieswhere- ofthofe good things, and ofthe excellent parts and quali- with our 1-8"1". ties,wherevvith theyThal bebeautified and adorned, feeing (hall be beawt there is the fame reafon ofcontraries, and the one being fscdaadaáor- knowne, Both by direft oppofition thew the nature and xecL qualities ofthe other, Inaword therefore,as ourfoules Thal be freed from ignorance, fotheyfhal be endued with hea- uenlywifdome,whereby they fhal know God in thatperfe- éLion,that the creature iscapable of,thehigh mylierieofthe Trinitie,andof the vnionof Chriftshumanitie to thediuine ttature,and ofthe faithfulvnto Chrifi : and this knowledge thatnot then be darke,and as in a glaire, like our dimknow- ledge in this life, but cieareand perfpicuous, and as it were face to face, it fhal not thenbe inpart only, but whole and a.Cor.t3.9. perfe6t; for thenfhall we k,ow, ewers aewe are lnowne. In this ¡0.5t.u< lifewe lie as it were in adungeonofdarkneffe ; and al the comfortthatwe haue is,that the light ofGods truth,wherc- 'by the eyes ofour minds are illightned,'with Tomefmal and dimknowledgeofGod, fbinethvntovs, as thorow a little chinéeorhole: but when weattaine toheauenlyhappineffe, and enioy the glorious libertieofthe Fons ofGod, then Thal webe conipaffedabout with light, as with a garment, and our mindsfhal receiueperfe6tillumination, and fulnc feof knowledge.'Finally, we Thal not attaine vnto this diuine knowledge, as in this life,withpainesandexcefiiue labour, 'whereby we confume thebodietoenrich the foule; neither yetby fecondarie and inferiour meanes, as namely, thc hea- ling, reading, and meditation of the Word, and the vfe of .theSacraments,through which we fee afteral ourfludie and indaftriebut darkly,and as it werethorow Tomedimglalfe; but wethal haue itwithail cafe and facilitie by the imme- diate
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