Chrigis coming reffore,r to perfefflion. fubje &s love,as he is their King and Ruler ; with a ranfom- _ed mans love, as he is their Redeemer ; with a friends love, as he is their Comforter ; with a chiades love, as he is their everlafting Father ; with a kinfmans love,as he is their Bro ther ; and with a Brides love, as he is the Bridegroome of their foules. They are frrcl e of love, and Jove breeds longing, and longing breeds delire of fruition. And as love conftrains the wife to delire the pretence of the husband ; fo doth love caufe the Spoufe of Chrift to long for the pretence of Chrift, to fay , Come Lord Jefus , to look e for that bleed hope , and the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Saviour Jefus Chrift. 5, In regard of the plenary and perte& reftauration. of Gods image in their foules : The day of thrifts coming (hall be the day of their full freedome and perfeE redemption,wher- in they (hall be a Garden without weeds, a Tree without barren branch, fuperfluous bough, or fading leale. As Ab- folon, refpe& of bodily perfe &ion, was without blemilh from the crowne of the head unto the foie of the foot ; fo (hall Gods fervants,upon the coming of Chri(l,be free from all blemiíh, and glorious in foule and body, like the Sun Mac. r 3 .qtr. in the firmament. This is called the day of their redemption: And Luk, z La s. as the captive defireth the comming of Chrift our blefl.d Redeemer; and therefore they fay, Come Lord 7efu, that they ,may have the full pofe(lion of all joy and glory in heaven. This openeth and unfoldeth the ef}ate and condition of man, even of the holiefi and belt men in this life; even an eftate of difiance and feparation in part from Chrift ; their delire of him, their longing after him, their crying, Come Lord Je fus, (hews they doe not enjoy Chrift now in his grea- Num 13.13. tell fulnelle. Here, like Ij rael in the way to Canaan, they have a few grapes, a little tafle of the goodne(fe of the land of heaven ; but the full Vintage is reserved till their bodi- lydiflolution, till Chrif<s fecond coming. Now they are abfent from the Lord, they behold him as a friend a farre WI il z Cor. 5,6. off. e we are at home i t the body, we are abfent from the Lord, faith the Apoffle : Abfent from the perte&ion of Gods Image,
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