Rutherford - HP BS2575 .4 R975 1743

SER· 1.) Triumph of Faith. 3179 Heavep, an~ thongh ye ihouJd know Mofos, 'Lavid, 'Paul, m Glory, you !hall be io taken wnh beholding the Face of the Lamb for evermore in an immediate Vifion, that you find no Leiiure to look over your Shoulder to Mojes, or any other : For the Lord God .Atraighty, and the L amb are the 'Temple of it ; it 'muft be iweeter, when the fweet immediate Hand of J"efus Chrifl fha1l pluck the Soul delighting Roies of the high Garden, and hold them to your Senfes with an immediate Touch, io as you Jhall fee, behold, fmell and touch his Hand with the Rofe, & whrn he 1hall put immediately in your Mouth the apples of the Tree of Lite, and the King himidf Jhall make hi miel f (as it were) your Cup-bearer ; for there fhall be neither need of Paftor, Prophet, or of any Chriftian Brother, but only Cbrift himfelf, to hold to your Head a Cup of tbe Water of Life, Rev. xxii. I, 2. And he Jhtwed me a pureriver of TVater of Life, ttear as crJ;jlat,pt oceediny; out of the ~hrone of God a'Id rd the Lamb; hejhe:zved me, whjch He? :fhe lord .God At-· mighty and the La.mb, eh. xxi. & xxii. He t hat talked with me, ·!-who ·had a golden reed to meafore t ':e City, v. 1 5· and v. 10. He who carried .me away in tbe jpirit to a great and bigh mountain, and Jheqx•ed me the great Cit.Y_, the holy .7erujatem de{cenrJi ng out of Heaven fr m God: 1\'o created Am;el could fhew to ,7ohn the 1iride tbe L amb's wi]e; and what 1s that? Hejher:xed me, be m-ade n'ie jee ; Is that but a naked c . ft 0f the Eye, or a Speculation? 1'\o, it is more, He himfelf, who only reveals all the Secrets of God, ami meafures the 'Iempte <u·ith a f:,' ·/Jen reed; he only gave me a Drink of the "ater of Life immediately;

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