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Spiritual perfection, unfolded and enforced from 2 Cor. VII, 1 having therefore these promises,…
Spiritual perfection, unfolded and enforced from 2 Cor. VII, 1 having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse our selves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God / by William Bates ...
London: printed for Jonathan Robinson, 1699
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. The perfection of Grace: This in the Language of Scripture signifies uprightness and sincerity, and is attributed to the Saints in several respects, which I will particularly consider.
3. The perfection of Glory. This implies a Union of all Excellencies in a Sovereign Degree. The Church in the present State is compared to the Moon, that receives Light from the Sun in half its Globe, but in the next State will be filled with Light as a Ball of Crystal penetrated by the Sun Beams. The Church shall be Glorious in Holiness, without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing. Natural Righteousness was of ⟨p. 109⟩short continuance, as Nature left to it self always is: but the Supernatural State is not only undefiled, but fades not away. The perfection of Paradise was frail, for Man in his best state was changing: from this Root his Ruin sprang: but the perfection of Heaven is immutable, for there God is all in all. His Influxive Presence is the Productive and Conservative Cause of their Holiness and Blessedness.
3. The perfection of Glory. This implies a Union of all Excellencies in a Soveraign Degree. The Church in the present State is compared to the Moon, that receives Light from the Sun in half its Globe, but in the next State will be fill'd with Light as a Ball of Christal penetrated by the Sun Beams. The Church shall be Glorious in Holiness, without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing. Natural Righteousness was of ⟨p. 109⟩short continuance, as Nature left to it self always is: but the Supernatural State is not only undefil'd, but fades not away. The perfection of Paradise was frail, for Man in his best state was changing: from this Root his Ruin sprang: but the perfection of Heaven is immutable, for there God is all in all. His Influxive Presence is the Productive and Conservative Cause of their Holiness and Blessedness.