524 The fecondBooneofDìuinitie, CH A r. 9. z Yerfe 13. Fourthly, in a fpirituall glory andwifedome, and other Graces. b ssor.3.13. After this life, commeth the fulneflé of Bleffedneffe, mort or leffe, according to the diners meafure ofour Faith here. 'To the foule in Heauen, pre- fently after death, till the latterDay. e Ecclef,lz.0, ;d 2.cor.5.r. figne of Gods prefcnce) #arkled , as it were, a mofi lirsely hew, which hee explayneth % afterwards to bee likevnto coles of fire , banning asLamps , not onely thcwifelues set on fire, but affeting all the creatures with the glittering oftheir glorie, as the Lampsdifperfe their flame. The 1afl ofthofe general' heads,whereinwe placeour happineffe in this life,is a fpirituall glorie and wifedome, and other Graces, wherèof the Preacher a'fpeaketh , Thewifedowe ofa manmaketh hisfacets thine. And Paul, b "Pe allwith open face beholding, as inaglafJ'e, the glorie of the Lord , are transformed into thefame image, from glorie to glorie : that is,by the participationof hisglorie, our felues become glorious , as it were by the reflexion of his beanies. Our perfe5Bleffedneffeor Redemption (rlhich coni- rueth in the 'aft place tobee handled) wee confider in foute fiepsor degrees of glorie, which all themembers .ofChrift (hall be made partakers of,anfwerable to their Head. To them all two things pertayne in common ; the place where we (hall enioy it,Heauen : and the differing meafure of glorie. But thefe two will come in better, when the reif areonce handled. Wherefore the firfl degree is that , which is to the foule onely, and that prefently after death, till the latter Day, our bodies refling in the Graue , vnto the time of the refloring of all things, , as the bodies of the wicked alfo doe; betweene whom and vs,there is in this refpe& nodifference. But for our foules, affoone as the period of this life is runne out, they are forthwith carryed into Heauen by the Miniflerieof the holy Angels. So the Preacher faith , r Dull (that is, the bodyof man) retearneth to theearth, as it was before, and thefpirit returneth vntoGod that game it, And the Apoffle PA V z. , d Wee know , when this oisr earth- , Popifh Pur- gatorie, anci! Limbus Pa- 1111M.
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