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8 Ó OFthe isyer a fhei eN. moll certainly we (hallattaine vnto ir, and fhall euery man know his neere & deare friends,as wife,husband, father,mo- ther,ófiers,brethrcn,children,and familiaracquaintance,fee- ing nothing fhal be wanting to that felicitie and bleffednes, which may make it perfe6t and ;:ompleate; and contrari- wife ifit will not,we haue no reafon greatly to delire it. Fi- nally,Ianfwere more plainely and dire6lly, that in the hea- ueriiy ioyes,we (hall all know, and knowing loue one ano- ther, but yet not after acarnall and worldly manner. The former point is more then probable; for being plentifully indued with Gods fpirit,and hauing thereby our minds illu- minated with all knowledge and fpiritnall wifilotne,we (hall be inabled to know,not onely thofewho haue been formerly of our acquaintance,but euen fitangers,whomwe neuer faw. Gaoer.iz ;. For if e444'n before the fali,had his mind fu inlightned with wifdom and knowledge,th at he knew Eue. and fromwhence Match.' 7.4. fhe came,atthe firft fight; and ifthe Apoftles accompanying Chrifl in his transfiguration, and hauing but a finall begin- ning,and a little tall of their glorification, were able thereby to know Mo(s and Eli.u,whomthey had neuer feene : And Luk.i6. (as forne adde) ifDiues(as ¡t is in the parable) knew 1.16ra- ha o, and Lazarus inhis bofome info great a diflance; then how much more finii they, who are perfeElly glorified, and indued with all knowledge, through the illumination of Gods holy fpirit, know all their friends and kindred, with whom formerly they haue been acquainted? But yet this knowledge, both in refpe& of the caufè and manner thereof is not worldly and carnal], neither (hall we know them by their outward (lupe and fauour; for this is impoflible,in re- gard ofthe great difference betweene a bodie mortal], and immortal], earthly and glorified, which, as I Paid, (hall bee freed from all blemifhes and imperfeélions, either ofage or flature; nor by the helpe of our naturali mernorie,which in ft ch length oftitne,and greatalterations,which in the mean time (hall happen,mufl ofneceflitie faile vs; but by that &- nine illumination of Gods fpirit, which maketh acquain- tance and flrangers all alike knowne vnto vs. In both which Cor,f rf> refpfebs,chtApoáleF4s1 faith ? that from henceforth»ßkrow 'go