900 Oftheio,uofheanetr. CHAP. X. Othevon andfight ofGod, andofthat communion !chubwe!hall hafts mtthhtm. Nd thushaueI generally (hewed that God is Wherein the i a the fupreme cattle and maineobieólofour vigor! o Gad heauenlyhappineffe,and thatasin thefruiti. ch fly to,4- 0 _ on of himconfifleth our chicleblefhednefIe; faith ;andthat o . :rii, r .,.' fo without him we canHeuer attains to true it ianot a darkeand complcatefelicity. In the next place let vs fomewhat in- fisht,asinthis createofthef eciall parts of this fruition which confiflei_ fìfgbutatleere p P s koomkdge of titer in thevifion, fight, andknowledge of God, or in that bjar., communion whichwe (hail hattewithhit». Concerning the former,wee are faid'in. heauen to, enioy the vifion ofGod, and to fee him, when wee haue not onely in our vnder(lan- ding fuch a perfeél and cleere knowledge ofhim,his na- tute,attribu t es, perfon, will, and workes, as thecreature is capable of, but whenas thus knowing him, our hearts and affeólions doe adhere untohim,inmolt feruent loue, reioy- cing in, and praifing him, and conformingour fettles in all thingsaccording tohis will. Neither are wee toconceiue, that this vifion is a bare andnaked fight and knowledge,but filch as is apprehenfiueand operative, both in our affeCtiona and a&ions. For fo thefe words offenfe and knowledge do vfuallyin the Scripturesfignile, not abare fightalone, and naked knowledge, whereby the able&'is apprehended in the fenfeand mind, butalfo the operations and funetions of the will, heart, and affólions, together with the effeéls and actions which doefollowand accompaniethis fightand N4a7.13, knowledge. SoDavid profcffeth that heebelteueth tofee the &:34.1=. goodnefe ofthe Lord:n the landofthe liming: that is, tohaue . the benefit and fruitionof it. And Chrifi faith, that he *ho I4.3.36.. heleeuethnor,fhallnot fee life; and contrariwife,that thefaith full fhall not fee death; whereby is ment, that theyfhould not tafle the ioy of the one,northefe the punifhment oftlte other; and ellewhae, that b ¡1eepe heart hu that is, belecue
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