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ä ;z Ofthtioyet ofheawem. ele&attaine vnto,who fhall not only fee it,but enjoy it, and thatnot for a Ihort time alone,but for euer and euer. CHAP. VII. That in heauen wee fhallabound tbith aft happinej,derh la rei] eel ofour perfons and egates.And that there are degrees of happineffe. Vt Iet vs not refi alone in generalities, and only know and beleeue, that fuch excellent ioyes are prepared for vs in heauen, as doe without all companion exceed all the plea- fures and comforts which this world affoor- deth;but alto let vs defcendto Tome fpecials, and fo(according to the darke nteafure ofknowledge which we haue in this place of ignorance) let vs fhaeiow out, and make as it were force rude draught ofthefe diuine ioyes and heauenly.happiuefl'e,by fetting downe Tome particulars,that fo hauing fotne dim fight,and fmall mite of them, weemay thereby the rather be incouraged to fecke after their full fruition. And for order fake let vs diflinguifh them into ei- ther thole ioyes the matter whereof we (hall haue within vs; or chofe which are grounded on fuch things as are with vs and about vs. And firfi wee are to know that the image of God,which -was wholly defaced and blotted out by fin, and isbut in part only repairedby regeneration in this life,Mall be perfectly renued and reflored in the life to come.For as in our firfl creation we were made according to this image and fimilitude ; fo (hall wee in.farre greater perfeelion be refit). red vnto this diuine beautie in our regeneration at the left day,; for then in our fouler (hall be a liueiy refemblance of the wifedome,holincffe,and righteoutheffe of God,and our bodies allo fhallcarrie Eon e fimilitude of him, not in their matter aud fubliance (for they are corporal!, and bee fpiri- tuall) but in their beautie, brightnes,and glorious maieftie. So that then wee (hall not grope in the darkncffe of igno- rance,aswe now doe, knowing little.ofGod and bis works; or §;Sea.i. Th ¡h' 'mase of Gr.e ,(bal! be ptrf !`t(Y repai- re,diu