89a Oftheioyetofheduex. CHAP. IX. OfthefruitionofGad,and ofthofevnfpe eadle;oyes tbh:ch mrüarifefrom it. Pea. ___ g Nd thus haue Ifhewedwhat inellimableioies 1 =r areprepared for the Saints,both in refpe ìof ?bat as the thethings within them, andwithout them ; Lord ache au- all which though theyare fogreat, that the char, fo alfo the e. . chirfe matte, of heart ofmancannot poffiblyconceiue them; our beauenly yetarethey all but little or nothing, in corn.. ie}'es parifon ofthat incomprehenfible ioy andhappiueffe, which we Thal haue in the fruitionof Godhimfelfe, infinite in al goodnefi'e and perfebiion ; whereby weeThal for euer inioy bisprefence,beholdhis face and glorie, and bee vnited veto s.Cotaça8, him inablefled &holy communion, that fohe maybecome al inal.Which joybeinglikè theauthor and obieéi thereof, infinit and incomprehenfible, it isnot to be expeóied, thatI Mould in the leaf} meafure, as it is init ovvne nature,expre(fe it.; Peeing in regardofit infinit perfeéiion, the heart of man cannotconceiue the leaf+part thcreof,much leffe his tongue or pen veter it; onely I wil content my felfe tohaue fhadow- ed it outin forcedukemaner, andto difcouer it by thelight oftheword,as it were afarre off,expeéling the ful reuelation thereofin the great day of Gods appearing. Fira therefore weare toknow,thatasGod is the chicle author and rauheof allour happines,eledling vs to eternall li e before theworld was, creating vs voto glorie, andgraciouflie afiording voto vs al themeanes ofour faluation; fo aifo he is thechicle ob- ieél,and(as itwere) materialicaufe, and fubflanee,ofall our AuguL by and happincfl'e. And (as one faith) it is he, bothwhich crowneth vswith aglorious crowne,and is allo himfelfethis crowne of glorie; it is hee that romifeth, and who isalfò that which isprornifed,heistherewarder,apdhcealloisour reward.. And finally, he giuethvnto vsheauenly happineife and bleffedneffe, and is alfo tbis bleffedneffe and feticide it feir"e.And thus the Lordpromifethvoto .4brah.oros,not onely that
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