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ä;z Ofthtioyet ofheawem. ele&attaine vnto,who fhall notonly fee it,butenjoy it, and thatnot fora Ihort time alone,but for euer and euer. CHAP. VII. That in heauenwee fhallabound tbith afthappinej,derh la rei]eel ofour perfonsand egates.And that there aredegrees ofhappineffe. Vt Iet vs not refi alone in generalities, and only know andbeleeue, that fuch excellent ioyes are prepared for vs in heauen, as doe without all companion exceed all the plea- fures and comforts which this world affoor- deth;but alto let vs defcendtoTome fpecials, and fo(according to the darke nteafureofknowledge which we haue in this place of ignorance) let vs fhaeiow out, and makeas it were force rudedraught ofthefe diuine ioyes and heauenly.happiuefl'e,by fetting downe Tome particulars,that fohauing fotne dim fight,and fmall mite of them, weemay thereby the rather be incouraged to fecke after their full fruition. And for order fake let vs diflinguifh them into ei- ther thole ioyes the matter whereofwe (hall hauewithinvs; or chofe which are grounded on fuch thingsas arewithvs and about vs. And firfi wee are toknow that the image of God,which-was wholly defaced and blotted out byfin, and isbut in part only repairedby regeneration in this life,Mall beperfectly renued and reflored in thelife tocome.For as in our firfl creation we were made according to this image and fimilitude ; fo (hall wee in.farre greaterperfeelion be refit). red vnto this diuine beautie in our regeneration at the left day,; for then in our fouler(hall be a liueiy refemblance of thewifedome,holincffe,and righteoutheffe ofGod,andour bodies allo fhallcarrieEon e fimilitude ofhim, not in their matteraud fubliance (for they are corporal!, and bee fpiri- tuall) but in their beautie, brightnes,and glorious maieftie. So that then wee (hall notgrope in the darkncffeof igno- rance,aswenow doe, knowing little.ofGodand bisworks; or §;Sea.i. Th ¡h' 'mase ofGr.e ,(bal!be ptrf !`t(Y repai- re,diu

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