3 2 o ·rl;e Exaltation of Chrlfl, ).vitl~!Jis of the Son ofGod. As this belongs unto its Dignity and Honour, fo it cloth alfo unto its inhere;tt Glory. This is and fhall be eternally peculiar untohim, in difiinfrion from, and exaltation above the wh<;>le Creation ofGod Angels and Men. Thofe by whom this is denied, infi:ead of the glorious Name whereby God cloth call himWonderful, Counfel!our, the Mtgh· . ty God, &c. do call him lca!Jod, where is the Glory, or there is none that is peculiar unto him. But the Myil:ery hereof according unto our meafure, and in anfwer urito our deftgn we h1ve already_declared. And this Glory he had in· deed in this World, from the firil: infl:ant of his Incarnation or conception in the Womb. But as unto the demonflration of it, he emptiedhimfdf, and made himfelfof no' Reputation under the form of a Servant. But now the Glory of it is il· 1ufiruou!1y difplayed in the fight of all his Holy Ones. Some enquire whether the Saints mHeaven do perfeCtly compre– hend the M)flery of the lncarn~ztion of the Son of God. I do not well underfl:and what is mearit by perfeCl!y comprehend, But this is certain, that what we have now1 by Faith, we ihali have there by Sight. For as we live now by Faith, fo fhall we there by Sight. No finite creature can have an ab· folute comprehen!ion of that which is infinite·. We fhall ne. ver fearch out the· Almighty to perfefrion in any of his works of Infinite \Vifdom. · Wherefore this only I ihall fay; there is fuch a fatisfattory evidence in Heaven, not only of the Truth, but alfo of the Nature of this M) ffer,•, as that the · Glory of C~1rif1: therein is manifeft as an eternal Object of Divine Adoration and Honour. The enj,oyment ofHeaven· is ufually called the.Beatijical Vifio;J. That is, fuch an intel· _ lecrual prefent view, apprehen!ion and fight of God and his · Glory, efpecially ·as manifeil:ed in ChriH, as will make us Mejjedunto eternity. Wherefore in the contemplation of this Myftery dorh a great part ·of. our Bleffednefs conGil:. . ~d
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