24 2 L\1editations and Dijcomjes Chrift. This Li~l!,ht of Glory fi1cceds into its room, fitted fi>r that fh..ue and all the ends of it,. as Faith is f(;r tl-;~• t \vhich is prefent. And . 4· l N the fir.ft Operation of this ' Light pf Glory , B(ievers {hall f() behold the Glory of Cbriit, and the Glory of God in him, as that th~re~ with, and thereby they lhall be immediately and Hnive!·.f~11ly chan,g;ed into his likenefs. They fhall be as he is, when they fha!l fee him as he is. There is no growth -in Glory, as unto pqrts,there may be as unto degrees. · Additions .m'ay 'be outwardly made lJnto what is at firft received ias by rbe, Refi11Tection of the Body ; bur the internal L1;2 l t of Glory, and its rransfoJi11 ing efficacy is ea pable of no degrees, rho new Revelations may he made unto ir, unto Ete~nity. For the Infinite Fountain of Life, and Light, and Goodnefs, can never be f~uhomed, much lefs exhaufted. And l.vbat God ipake on the entrance of fin, by the W:J Y of contempt and reproach, Behold the man is become ltke one of tH, upbraiding him with what he had fool ifhly defigned; on the accomplithment of the work of his GrJce, he faies -in Love and Infini te Goodnefi , Ma 11 is become like one ofus, in · the perfect Reiloration of our Image in him. This is the firH: effect of the-Light of Glory. FAITH al fo in beholding the Glory of Chrift in this life, i5 accompanied with a transforming ef ftcacy, as theApo de e-xprefly declares, 2 Cot. ~.I 8. it is the Principle from whence, and the Inj!rumental caufe whereby all fpiritual change is wrought in us in this life; but the work of it is imperfeCt; firft becaufe it is gradual)and .then becaufe it is fartial. i. As ~
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