prejent State and Condition in Glory~ ..... ~, is in the fame Body in Hea·ven, wherein he converfcd here on Earth; as well as the faculties ofhis rational foul are con– tinued the fame in him. This is that Ho[y ihing which was framed immediately by the Holy Ghoil: in the Womb of the Virgin.This is that Holy One which when it was in the grave faw no corruption. This is that Body which was offered for us, wherein he bare our fins on the Tree. · To fancy any .. fuch change in or of this Body by its Glorification, as that it fhould not continue effentially andfubjlantially the farrie that it was, is to overthrow the Faith of the Church, in a princi-.• pal Article of it. We believe that the very j:1me Body wher:e-· in he fuffered for us, without any alteration as. unto its Sub– fiance, FJ{enpe, or integral Parts, and not another Body' of an tetherial, hea'Ven!J firuEfure, wherein is nothing of flef11,. blood or bones, by which he fo frequently teil:ified theFaith– fulnefs of Gcd in his Incarnation, is il:ill that /emple wherein: God dwells, and wherein he adminifiers in the Holy Place not made with hands. The Body which waJ pierced is that which allEyes :fl1all fee and no other. · On this Foundation I willingly allow all perfdlions in the glorified Humane Nature of Chrifr, which are conlifl:ent with its real form and effence; Ifhall therefore only infome infl:ances enquire into the prefent Glory of the Humane Na– ture ofChrifi, wherein it differs either in kind or degree from the Glory of all other Saints whatever. For even among them. I free ly allow different degrees in Glory, which the eternal Order of things, that is,. the Will of God in the difpofal of all things unto his own Glory, cloth require,. . 1. There is that wherein the prefent Glory of the Hu.. ,mane Nature of Chriil:, differeth in.kincland nature~ from that which any other of the Saipts are partakers of, or !hall be fo, after the Refurrefrion. And this is; . 1 -r. The Eternal Sub[tflence ofthat Nature. ofhislintheF~;on .. . o{
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