Oftheioyet ofheauen, 9or beleeee and obeyit, in their heart,affe&ions, and conuerfa- tion.And thusalfo we arePaid to fee God,and to knowhim, not onely when in our vnderftandings wee conceiuefome bare notionsofhis nature and attributes, but altowhen we apprehendand receivehim into our hearts, foules, and affe- étines,and inioying him,doercioycein his fruition.Where- bywe vnderfland,not onely what thisheauenly vifion is,but alto what is the chicle obie& thereof, namely, the Lord hitnfelfe,his nature,perfons, glory andmaiefly. And this is lignified by thefeeing ofGods face, ofwhich the Scriptures make mention.Thus the Pfalmitt faith; l *i/l.bohold thyface Pfal.r,.t in rijhteaufaeû, andwhen I awake IJliallbefatitftedwith time imag.e.So it isfaid,that thefaithfullAallfee ,god,face, andhis.APota2.4 waerejhalbe written intheirforeheads: and the Apotile lobtt 7.1011.3.1. affirmeth, that we¡hallfee himat he is. In thislife, as wedoe receiue thefirfafruits ofour glorification, foanfwerablie we haue avifion and fight ofGod;but it is(asthe Apol}le fpea- keth)darke, as though it were througha glaffe;and that ei- theras weefee the wifedome, power, and goodnesofGod Rom,t.:o.u, thining (though dimly) in the glaffeofthe creatures,which isour naturali vifion and tieing ofhim, common vnto vs with theGentiles andHeathens : or that fymbolicall fight and vifion,whenaswe haue fome fmall glimpfe ofhis glory, by fomefignes,fhadowes,anddarke refetnblances; In which kind Mofesis laid to hauefeene Gods hinder parts, thatis, Exod.3la3, fotnefmall fignes and appararces ofhis glorious prefence; andEfayaffirmeth that hethus ftti the Lordfittingzpore,a>, EfaY41 highthroae,andliftedvp,and the lowerparts thereoffilled the Temple,and the Seraphim,floodvpon it. Orfinaliy,aheviíon offaith,whereby we fee God in his word,not onlydcfcri- beduntovs inhisattributes andperfons,but alCo inthat liue- lyimage ofhis Sonne,inwhomthegloryofthe Father Il i ned,both in his heauenly doCirive, andmofi powerful mi- racles.Ia which fenfeChrifl faith toPhilip,he that bath f ene.1011.14.9. we,hathfeeaemyFather. But in the life to come weefhallfee Gsdpee toface : that is, witha.cleere andmanifeft know- iedge,andnot in darke glaffes,fhadowes,and refemblances : but stbew. Not that we lball behold himin his full quanti- r.lok.3aq Mmm3 tie
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