got Oftheloyesofheauen; tie which is infhite, and therefore incoinprehenfible,but fo much as the creature is capable of; and inhis nature and attributes,knowinghim inhiswifedome,power, goodneffe, iuflice and the refl (all fhadowes and vailes being takena- way)muchmore perfe6lly& clerelythen Adam did before his fa1.Foras we knowmenby their faces,and are able ther- by to dillinguifh them from all others; foby that fightof God, wherebywe with the deere eyes of.our vnder- (landings know his fubflance, nature, and attributes,wee 'hall be ablenot onelyto knowhim in hiinfelfe, butalfo to diflinguifh himfrom all thecreatures. Whereby we arenot toconceiue that ourknowledge ofGod in thislife, and in the life tocome (hallbe diners in themfelues, and differing in their fubflanceand effence, but onely indegreeand excel- lency; for fo theApoille faith,that nowWe knolb inparr, that t.Cor.a 3.55. is,imperfeólly and ob (cutely,but then faceto Pee. Whereby he fignifieth;that thisknowledge ofGodin thislife, is a part andbeginning ofthe other, andnot ofadiuers kindand dif- ferent nature. And that wee know and vnderfland as chit dren :whereby ismeant, that as children hauebuta weake and imperfeél knowledge,whereby they dobutafter a chi!- difb tnaner conceiveofhighmatters, as of kings, empires, forráine countries, Stateaffaires, when they heare theirpa- rents talking ofthem; fometitnes imitating them in their wordsand dilcourfes, andnot cleerely vnderflanding what theyfay ; but when they cometo riperage,they haue,in fub- fianceindeed and nature,the fame vnderflancling andknow- ledge, but infarregreater growth, petfeólion and excellen- cy; evenas they haue being men, the fame bodies which they hadin their infancie,but much more firong and per- feel. And as we feethe fame funne, with the fame eyes, and afterthe famemailer, through athickemill or cloud, which we doinadeereday,though muchmore obfcurelyand im- perfcelly: fo !hall we with the fame vnderflandings, fee the fameGod,afrerthe fame fpiritual rnanerinheauen,aswe doe on the earth, but yet inrefpeól ofthe meafure andde- gree, with muchmore excellencie, cleereneffeand,petfe- ¿tion.Forhere= feeGodand tonceiueof the -i oyesofhis kingdome,
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