CPI nP.g. OfYé,ifèdomc, 541.1. The like is to bee Paid of our bodies , glorified in a farte other fort then euer Adam was and of many parts of Happinefremore, which in their place (hall comemore properly to be fpoken of.The Bleffedneffe it felfe is to be conLrdered, both in theRoote and in the Branches of it. The Root and WeI-fpri;sg of all our Happinct1e, is this that in as much as we{hall be ioyned in Spiritusll Mar- riage vnto Chria , wee (hall in his humane nature bee efpoufed and made one perfon with God, and thereby more neerly ioyned voto him , then either Adam was in his Innocencie,or the Angels are in Heauen: Euen as the wife is more needy ioyned to the husbád,then is father, or mother, or other friend : all whom hee muff forfake, to cleaueunto his wife. \Whereupon the Apofile ca!leW this,AgrentMyflerie, Eph.5. 3, 2,The branches or fwee. $lreames ofBleffedncffe that flow from hence, ( all eafie to begathered by that that went 1aefore) are thefe foure Firft, The perfe& fruition of Gods Loue. Secondly, The inioying of his gracious pretence , to be euer with him,and to behold him face to face; Chrif; vifibly , with the eyes of the bodie, the Father and the Holy Ghat , with the eyes of the Soule. So it is laid, Reuel.22.4.that in the new ferufalerv3 theyfhall beholdhis face. Pfal, 17. 15. I in '7 ighteoufnef[e fball fee thy face. h I o H N alfo faith Wee (haafee him ays he as. And i Per4/ to the l hefalonians Wee (hall be vier rvith the Lord. Now forafmuch k as at his right hand bee pleafures for oleo. more , therefore all 1 ioy and gladneffe lay hold vpon them eternally, all furrow and griefe flye from them for euer. All thefc,together with the comfortable fruits that come of them,fohn lothnotably dcfcribe : 1 I o e N fare theHoly Citie, new Ierufalem come down fromGod out of hearten, preparedas et Bride trimmedforher hufband. A; d I heardagreat voiceout ofheartenlaying ,`Behold the Ta- bernacle f .god is with men, and bee will dwell with they:, and they11241l be his people, and Godhimfelfe{hall bee their Mm .GOD h r toón 3.1z. i t iher.q.; . k Pjil.i6.11. 1 Etay 35.1o, F:euel.zr.1,,3;4
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