of theioyar ofMarten. 903 kingdome,afteralmple, wcake, and childifhmaner,fpea -. king ofthem aswee haueheardandread in:the word ofour heauenly Father, and not perfecly vnderflandingwhat wee fay, becaufewanting experience and perfed3 vnderflanding ofthat which wee difcourfe of, wee,are notable tocompre- hend it. But inthe life to comewe !hall fee God face to face, and know him aswee at a knowne, that is,eleerely, experi.. mentally, fubflantially, and effentially, without any darke riddles or lhadowes ofobfeutity, ; without whichvifion and knowledge therecould benoperfe&ion of happineffe. For thenalone arewe truelybleffeci, when as wee bane our wits and all our deliirees throughly fatisfied; but itis.impoflible that we fhould bee thus fatisfied and contented,vnleffe wee be filled with this diuine nature, in our vnderflanefingsap- prchending,and with our wils,deftres,andaffc&ions,louing and imbruing this mollperfe& fubflance, and diuine ef- fence ; feting (asIhaucraid) their capacity isfa large, that nothing but an infinite goodneffe canfill andfatisfie them. Neither is it poffiblethat our minds fhoüldbeecontented and at quiet,when as wefee many excellent effeeìs, and doe notknow the more excellentcaufes,and when as webehold and knowthe beautifull creatures,, and ate ignorant, ornot throughly acquaintedwith the Creator hittrfelfe,ofinfìoite more beautieand perfeólion. Wherebyweare not groflyto conceiue,that we fhall fee 4.Sei1.2. Godsnatureand fubilance with our bodily eyes; for heeis That ourvifos fpirituall and they corporall; but with the fpirituall, and ofGodfhall be pure eyesofourminds andvnderllandings hall weebehold fpirituall,aud thispure, crfe' and fpirituall fubflance neither can (as farbertb one faith)theoffence ofGodbee feenewith corporalleyes, o fee him with for then fhould hebee alto corporali, and vifiblie circum- our bodily eyes ; fcribed in a fpace or place, and not incomprehenflble and andtbat in him omniprefent, but diuifible and citcumfcriptible : but the nomlede inuihblcGod is feene inuifiblie, that is, by thatpart ofour ofaildiuine nature which isinuifible ;.ta wit, a pureand undefiled mind myfierier. or foule.Notwichfianding though wee cannot fee Godef- Aueuf.epift. fentially with our bodilyeyes; yet fhali we accidentally be- t r%tom.a. holdhim inhis vifible creatures, in whole glorifiedbodies, M tom q. his
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