890 Oftheioyetofheaten. gloriewhich thouhaFtgiue»me.Yca,in thisknowledgof him, he placethachicle part ofour heavenly happineffè, laying, lob19.lf17 that it is lifeeternalltoknowGod,andwhomhe path fens IeJrte Chrift. Of which happinefle, holy lob affureth himfelfe, wherehe faith,that he wasnot onelyPure that his Redeemer 1, ued,but allo that hefhould feeand behold himwith his bodilie eies. By which knowledge ofChrifl, and fellowfhip with him,we (ball bane ineflimable ioy and comfort; for iflohn Luke r.44. the Baptiff (prang for ioy in his mothers belly, at thepre. fence ofChrifl in his firflconception ; ifhis earnefl delire to Luke 1.29.30. fee Chriil in theflefh,madeold Simeon withthe prolonging ofhislife; andhauing obtainedhis delire, andfeencChrift his faluation,wasmoil willingtodepart inpeace : Ifthe des Luke ro.ax.13. ofthe difciples were blefled by Chrifis owne reflimonie, be- caufe theyhad feece that, which many Prophets andKings haddefired tofee, and yet could nor, to wit, the Sauiour of the world clothed with ourhumane nature,andbut inthe e fiate ofaferuant, defpifedofinen, and contemptible in the world : And finally,if`Peter,Iames,and Iohn,feeingbut fome Matth.57.4. fmal fparkes ofhis glorie and maiefiie inhis tranftiguration, werefo rauifhed with delight, that fitting afide all worldly delires, they wifhed only the continuance ofthis ioy; then whatineflimable pleafure, comfort,and reioycing (pall wee haue,when weThal continually behold our Sauiour Chrifl in his glorie and maie(lie, adorned in hiskingly attire, accom- panied withhis bleffed Saints and Angels, and-fittingat the right hand ofhis Father, like a triumphant conquerour, ha- uing fubduedand troden vnder foot all his and ourenemies? efpecially conlidering that wee fhall not be barebehol8ers onely ofhis glorie and happineffe, but fhall communicate with him, as members ofhis bodie, in all his ioyes,and bee made partakers ofall his glorie. Owhat rauifhingioy (hall thenpofleflèour foules,when as wee, who haue long been contraéled to our Lord andhusband, (hall fee that bleffed time come,whcnwe fhall haue thatroiall marriagebetween him and vs folemnized in theprefence of God andhis holy Angels,and¡hall haue the fruition ofhim, and all his happy- nelle,
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