Richard Baxter's dying thoughts upon Phil. I, 23 written for his own life and…

§ 4. 1. We shall be Present with the Divine Nature of Christ: Quest. But are we not always so? And are not all Creatures so? Answ. Yes, as his Essence comprehendeth all Place and Beings: But not, as it is Operative and Manifested in and by his Glory. Christ directeth our Hearts and Tongues to pray [Our Father which art in Heaven:] And yet he knew that all Place is in and with God: Because it is in Heaven that he Gloriously operateth and shineth forth to holy Souls: Even ⟨p. 67⟩as Man's Soul is eminently said to be in the Head, because it understandeth, and reasoneth in the Head, and not in the Foot or Hand, though it be also there. And as we look a Man in the Face when we talk to him, so we look up to Heaven when we pray to God. God who is and operateth as the Root of. Nature in all the works of Creation (for in Him, we Live, and Move, and Are,) and by the way of Grace in all the Gracious, doth Operate and Is by the works and splendour of his Glory eminently in Heaven: By which Glory therefore we must mean some Created Glory: For his Essence hath no inequality.

§ 5. 2. We shall be present with the Humane Nature of Christ both Soul and Body: But here our present narrow Thoughts must not too boldly presume to resolve the difficulties, which to a distinct understanding of this should be overcome: For we must not here expect any more than a dark and general Knowledge of them: As, 1. What is the formal difference between Christs glorified Body, and his Flesh on Earth. 2. Where Christ's glorified Body is, and how far it extendeth: 3. Wherein the Soul and the Glorified Body differ, seeing it is called A Spiritual Body: These things are beyond our present reach.

§ 5. 2. We shall be present with the Humane Nature of Christ both Soul and Body: But here our present narrow Thoughts must not too boldly presume to resolve the difficulties, which to a distinct understanding of this should be overcome: For we must not here expect any more than a dark and general Knowledge of them: As, 1. What is the formal difference between Christs glorified Body, and his Flesh on Earth. 2. Where Christ's glorified Body is, and how far it extendeth: 3. VVherein the Soul and the Glorified Body differ, seeing it is called A Spiritual Body: These things are beyond our present reach.