Downame - Houston-Packer Collection BT70 .D75 1628z

CH A P.9. Of Wäedorne,(3"c. hee canneuer beeperfe&ly happie, by inioying the pre- fen ce ofGod,before whomno finfull thing can come. Now this Imeane,that in this eaate we !hall be per- fealy righteous,not onlyby Chrifis obedience imputed unto vs,and made ours, but by a righteoufnes alto inhe- rent inour felues : for in the life to cóme, the Elect (hall be reí ored to that perfect inrierent. Holine(fe wherein Adamwas created , but in a more excellent meafure, euen in the full height and top of all perfe%ton; and great reafon there is why vie (hall then fo much excell. Fir(t,Becaufe the facultiesof our foule and bodie (hall then bee made fpirituall , and glorified in an excellent manner, as wee (hewed before, whereby to bee more quicke and readie . for the performance ofeuerie good andholy dutie then Adam was. Secondly, In refped}of the place.vhere we (hall be; in Heaven, where zweAnil fee Godface to fce, and haue zt.Cor.t;.st: familiar conuerfation in his prefence. This CelefiiallHolinefie, is all one with that which we haue inthis World,cuen as our bodies and foules are the fame, but differing in the excellent meafure of it. That which followeth of this Angelicall perfe&i- on, is, Fir(t , That there (hall beeno more ((rife nor warfare again!! fanne; Satanhimfelfe, and all ourfpiriturllfoes being trodden veder our feet , and the Goale wee now friucfor, gotten and vvonne : whereupon the Church of God in Heauen is called , TheChurch triumphant; for a they ceafefrom their labour!. a Reutl.14.t;; Secondly,That there is no more Repentance,no more forrow and griefe for fnne , b neither paine, nor crying, b Reuet,zr4,S: nor labour :for all tearer fhal1be wiped from their eyes. After the Do6rine of San&ification, order requireth Redemption, to fpeake ofRedemption. A double Redemption or (to whereby. fpeake more properly) Redemption in a double fence wee find (pokers of in the Scripture. One,the payingof K k 2 the

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