Ofthe'loye! ofheaaen. 8 89 xomateAfterthef1.19; yea, thoughwe hadknown Chrifi after thefiefh,yetnow henceforth (nowwehim nomore. Whereby is meant,that the knowledge which we haue oneofanother,is not in outward and worldly refpe&s, but diuine and (piritu- all,as weknow them inquill, by the inligheningofthe fpi- rit. And thelike allomaybiaiaofourloue towards them, which (hall no more be,in regardofour earthly kindred,ac- quaintanceandfriendfhip, all which fhall beabolifhed,but in refpe& that they are th membersofferns Chrifi, copart.. nersofthe fame ioyes,and fellow members vnited one toa. potherby thefame fpirit. Neither (hall we more reioyce in the focietieofourearthlykindred and acquaintance,orbet- ter lone' them in there earthly refpedis; for this would not augmentand incrcafe, but diminifh and dctra&both from our loneand ioy ; feeing this fhall be theperfe6bonof them both,tobe towardsall in the highefi degree, louing and re- ioycing inthe happineffeofeueryoneofGodsSaints, much more then the tendcreíl mother can loue her child, or wife her husband, and as much as they loue themfelues,and re- ìoycein their owne happineffe. And if there bee then any difference in our loue, it (hallbee in diuine and fpiritualIre- fpe6ls,euen asour loue(hall be diuine andfpirituall,namely, as we(hall more loue them,who haue greate& excellencyof gifts,and meafhre ofglory,hauing amoreperfe&apprehen- PionofGod,and that heauenly blcffedneffe, and thegreater} proportion ofthatholy fpirit,which (hall bethe bondofour vnion,andcaufe ofour loue. But as we(hall haue knowledge ofall thebleffedSaints, 4.Set?i.4 and louing them asour felues,lhal haue great ioyin their fo- That ù(hallbe cictie: to efpecially fhall we knowour Sauiour lefus Chrifl, agreatpart of louinghimaboueal the refl,yea,andmore thenwe loue our ow, heauenly felues,and taking vnconceivable ioy in thatvnion and coin- happ°nefe to in. munion,which we (hall haue with him,in;allthat glory and saoioaniè happineffe,whereinhe (hall be farre preferred beforeal thebrJ sauiour formes ofmen. Ofthis fpeciail knowledge ofChrifl, him. felfe fpeakcth. Father (faith he) /wit/that theywhich thou hail U1,117.24: givenme,be withme,esenwhere lam, thatthey may behold my Verf.3. glorie
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