Owen - BT200 O97 1684

~3l Meditationsand Difl:ourfes ;viciffitude of Light and~Darknefs ,:views of Chrift, f!nd a lofs of him. But in Heaven the perpetual prefence of Chrift with his Saints, makes it al~ W~ies one Noo1~ of Light and GJory. ~. THIS Vifion is not in th~ leqft liable unto ~ny w~aknings frorp. internal defeEls, nor any af faults from Temptations, as is the fight of Faith in this Life. No doubts or fears, no difiurbing ~arts or irjections fhall there have any pJ.ace~ There ihaH no Habit, no Quality, no Inc1inatioq or Difpofitioq: remain in our Souls , but what ihall eternally lead us unto· th~ Contemplation of the Glory of Chrift, with deli t and compla- ~ency. Nor wilrthere be any defect in the gracious powers of our Souls, as unto a perpetual exercife of them ; and as unto all other oppojing ·enemies, we fh~ll be ih a perpetual triumph over them, I Cor. I 5'· 55', 56, 57· The mouth of ini- ~uity fha11 be ftopped for ever, and the voice of the fdf. a\renger fhall be heard no more. \rVHEREfORE the . Vijion which we iha11 have in Heaven of the Glory of Chrift,is Serene; alwaies the fame, alwaies new and indefi<;:ient, wherein nothing can dift~rb the mind in the moft perfect Operations of a · bleffed ·life. · And when all t he faculties of the Soul -can =without any internal \Veaknefs or xternal hindrances exercife their -!Daft perfect operanons on the moft perfect o~­ Je~ ; therein lies all the blejj'ednefs which our naa tuy'e is capable of. ··· WHEREFORE, whenever in thfs life we at.. tain any comfortable refrefhing view of the Glory of Chrift , by th~ exer,ife of Faith on the · · · · -- · ~ -· : , , Revela..

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