A26919:786
The divine life in three treatises
The divine life in three treatises ... by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Francis Tyton, 1664
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Answ. No doubt but all the carnality in principles, matter, manner and ends of our knowledge will then cease as it's imperfection: But that a carnal knowledge be turned into a spiritual, is no more a diminution to it, than it is to the glory of our Bodies, to be made like the stars in the Firmament of our Father.
Obj. But then I shall have no more comfort in my present friends than in any other.
Answ. 1. If you had none in them, it is no diminution to our happiness, if indeed we should have all in God immediately and alone. 2. But if you have as much in others that you never knew before, that will not diminish any of your comfort in your ancient friends. 3. But it is most probable to us, that as there is a twofold object for our love in the Glorified Saints; one is their Holiness, and the other is the Relation which they stood in between God and us, being made his instruments for our conversion and salvation, so that we shall Love Saints in Heaven in both respects: And in the first respect (which is the chiefest) we shall love those most that have most of God, and the greatest Glory (though such as we never knew on earth) And in the second respect we shall Love those most that were employed by God for our greatest good.
Answ. 1. If you had none in them, it is no diminution to our happiness, if indeed we should have all in God immediately and alone. 2. But if you have as much in others that you never knew before, that will not diminish any of your comfort in your antient friends. 3. But it is most probable to us, that as there is a twofold object for our love in the Glorified Saints; one is their Holiness, and the other is the Relation which they stood in between God and us, being made his instruments for our conversion and salvation, so that we shall Love Saints in Heaven in both respects: And in the first respect (which is the chiefest) we shall love those most that have most of God, and the greatest Glory (though such as we never knew on earth) And in the second respect we shall Love those most that were employed by God for our greatest good.