8 Ó OFtheisyer afhei eN. moll certainlywe (hallattaine vnto ir, and fhall eueryman know his neere &deare friends,as wife,husband, father,mo- ther,ófiers,brethrcn,children,and familiaracquaintance,fee- ing nothing fhal bewanting to that felicitie and bleffednes, which may make it perfe6t and ;:ompleate; and contrari- wife ifitwill not,wehaue no reafon greatly to delire it. Fi- nally,Ianfweremore plainely and dire6lly, that in thehea- ueriiy ioyes,we (hall all know, and knowing loue one ano- ther, but yet not after acarnall and worldly manner. The former point ismore then probable; for being plentifully indued with Gods fpirit,and hauing thereby our minds illu- minated withall knowledgeand fpiritnall wifilotne,we (hall be inabled to know,not onely thofewhohaue been formerly ofour acquaintance,but euen fitangers,whomweneuer faw. Gaoer.iz;. For ife444'nbefore the fali,had hismind fu inlightned with wifdom and knowledge,that he knewEue.and fromwhence Match.'7.4. fhecame,atthe firft fight; and ifthe Apoftles accompanying Chrifl in his transfiguration, and hauing but a finall begin- ning,and alittle tall oftheir glorification, wereable thereby toknowMo(sand Eli.u,whomthey had neuerfeene : And Luk.i6. (as forneadde) ifDiues(as ¡t is in the parable) knew 1.16ra- ha o, and Lazarus inhis bofome infogreat adiflance; then howmuch more finii they, whoare perfeEllyglorified, and indued with all knowledge, through the illumination of Godsholy fpirit, know all their friends and kindred, with whom formerly they haue been acquainted? But yet this knowledge, both inrefpe&of the caufè and manner thereof is not worldly and carnal], neither (hall weknow themby their outward (lupeand fauour; for this is impoflible,in re- gard ofthe great difference betweene abodie mortal], and immortal], earthly and glorified, which, as I Paid, (hall bee freed from all blemifhes and imperfeélions, either ofage or flature; nor by the helpe ofour naturali mernorie,which in ft ch length oftitne,and greatalterations,which in the mean time (hall happen,mufl ofneceflitie faile vs; but by that &- nine illumination of Gods fpirit, which maketh acquain- tance and flrangersall alikeknowne vntovs. In both which Cor,f rf> refpfebs,chtApoáleF4s1 faith? thatfromhenceforth»ßkrow 'go
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