Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

Ofthe'loye! of heaaen. 8 89 xo mate Afterthe f1.19; yea, though we hadknown Chrifi after the fiefh,yet now henceforth (now we him no more. Whereby is meant,that the knowledge which we haue one ofanother,is not in outward and worldly refpe&s, but diuine and (piritu- all,as weknow them in quill, by the inlighening of the fpi- rit. And thelike allo maybiaiaofourloue towards them, which (hall no more be,in regard of our earthly kindred,ac- quaintance and friendfhip, all which fhall be abolifhed,but in refpe& that they are th members of ferns Chrifi, copart.. ners of the fame ioyes,and fellow members vnited one to a. pother by the fame fpirit. Neither (hall we more reioyce in the focietie ofour earthlykindred and acquaintance,or bet- ter lone' them in there earthly refpedis; for this would not augment and incrcafe, but diminifh and dctra& both from our lone and ioy ; feeing this fhall be the perfe6b on of them both,to be towards all in the highefi degree, louing and re- ioycing inthe happineffe ofeuery one of Gods Saints, much more then the tendcreíl mother can loue her child, or wife her husband, and as much as they loue themfelues, and re- ìoycein their owne happineffe. And if there bee then any difference in our loue, it (hallbee in diuine and fpiritualI re- fpe6ls,euen as our loue(hall be diuine and fpirituall,namely, as we (hall more loue them,who haue greate& excellency of gifts,and meafhre ofglory,hauing a more perfe&apprehen- Pion ofGod,and that heauenly blcffedneffe, and the greater} proportion of that holy fpirit,which (hall be the bond of our vnion,and caufe of our loue. But as we(hall haue knowledge of all thebleffedSaints, 4.Set?i.4 and louing them as our felues,lhal haue great ioyin their fo- That ù(hall be cictie: to efpecially fhall we knowour Sauiour lefus Chrifl, agreatpart of louinghim aboue al the refl,yea,and more then we loue our ow, heauenly felues,and taking vnconceivable ioy in that vnion and coin - happ°nefe to in. munion,which we (hall haue with him,in;all that glory and saoioaniè happineffe,whereinhe (hall be farre preferred before al the br J sauiour formes of men. Of this fpeciail knowledge ofChri fl, him. felfe fpeakcth. Father (faith he) /wit/that theywhich thou hail U1,117.24: given me,be withme,esenwhere l am, that they may behold my Verf.3. glorie