Shall our knowledge be inferior to Adams knowledge in Paradise• When Christ was transfigured i• mount Thabor, his disciples, Pe•ter, James, & John, did not only know Christ, but also Moses and Elijah,1 which talked there with Christ, whom notwithstanding they had never seen nor known in the flesh.2 Whereof we may learne• that when we come to behold th• glorious majesty of the great God we shall not only know our sau• our Christ, and such as with wh•• ⟨p. 333⟩we were acquainted in this world, but also all the elect and chosen people of God, which have been from the beginning of the world, as the holy Apostle saith: Ye are come to the mount Zion, and to the city of the living God,3 the celestial Jerusalem, and to an innumerable sight of angels, and unto the congregation of the first borne sons, which are written in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of just and perfect men, and to Jesus the mediator of the new testament. &c. When we are once come unto that heavenly Jerusalem, we shall with out all doubt both see and know Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Samuel, David, Josiah, John Baptist, Mary the Mother of Christ, Peter, John, James, Paul, and all the most blessed company of the Patriarchs, ⟨p. 334⟩prophets, apostles, martyrs, with all other the faithful. As we are all members of one body, whereof Jesus Christ is the head: so shall we know one another, rejoice together & be glad one with another. Moreover the history which we read of the rich unmerciful man and of Lazarus,4 declareth evidently, that in the life to come we shall know one an other. In that we see that the rich glutton being in hell did know both Abraham, and Lazarus, being in joy, and that Abraham also knew that unmerciful rich man, although the one was in glory, the other in pain. If that they which are in hell, doth both see and know them that are in heaven, and they which are in heaven, know them also that are in hell, the one place being so far distant from the other: much more do they know one another that ⟨p. 335⟩be Citizens in one City, fellow heirs of one kingdom, members of one body, and fellow servants in one household serving one lord & God. If there be mutual knowledge, after this life between good & evil, much more shall the saints and the holy ones of God know one another in the kingdom of our heavenly father.5 Our saviour Christ said to his disciples:
Shal our knowledge be inferiour to Adams knowledge in Paradise• Whē Christ was transfigured i• mount Thabor, his disciples, Pe•ter, Iames, & Iohn, did not only know Christ, but also Moses and Helias,1 whiche talked there with Christ, whome notwithstanding they had neuer seene nor known in ye flesh.2 Wherof we may learne• that when we come to behold th• glorious maiestie of ye great God we shall not only know our sau• our Christ, and such as with wh•• ⟨p. 333⟩we wer acquainted in this world, but also all the electe and chosen people of God, whiche haue bene from the beginning of the world, as the holy Apostle saith: Ye are come to the mount Sion, and to the citie of the liuing God,3 the celestiall Hierusalem, and to an innumerable sight of aungels, and vnto the congregation of the first borne sonnes, which are writtē in heauen, and to God the iudge of all, and to the spirites of iust and perfect men, and to Iesus the mediatour of the new testament. &c. When we are once come vnto that heauenly Hierusalem, we shal wt out al doubt both se and know Adam, Noe, Abrahā, Isaac, Iacob, Ioseph, Moses, Samuel, Dauid, Iosias, Ihon Baptist, Mary the Mother of Christe, Peter, Iohn, Iames, Paule, and all the moste blessed cōpany of the Patriarkes, ⟨p. 334⟩prophets, apostles, martirs, with al other the faithful. As we are al members of one body, wherof Iesus Christ is the head: so shall we knowe one another, reioyse together & be glad one with another. Moreouer the history whiche we read of the rich vnmercifull man and of Lazarus,4 declareth euidētly, yt in the lyfe to come we shall know one an other. In that we se that the riche glotton beyng in hel did knowe bothe Abraham, and Lazarus, being in ioye, and that Abraham also knew that vnmercifull riche man, although the one was in glory, the other in pain. If that they whiche are in hell, doth both se and know them that are in heauē, and they whiche are in heauen, know thē also that are in hell, the one place beyng so far distant from thother: muche more do they knowe one another that
- 1Math. xvii.
- 2Mark. ix. Luke. ix.
- 3Hebr. xii
- 4Luke. xvi.
- 5Math. xix.
