The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatisesThe dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in severall treatises

And God looks upon us now, not as we are, but what he intends to make us. He sees to the utmost of his design on you, to eternity, and loves you now with that love.

And God looks upon us now, not as wee are, but what he intends to make us. Hee sees to the utmost of his design on you, to eternity, and loves you now with that love.

If God should look upon us, as we are, he might see enough in us, to withdraw his heart from us: or if not, yet enough to cool and quench his affections towards us; being there is so much blackness with our beauty, so much deformity with our comeliness, so much corruption with our Graces: Nay, so much blackness, and so little beauty, and so much corruption, and so little Grace.

If God should look upon us, as wee are, hee might see enough in us, to withdraw his heart from us: or if not, yet enough to cool and quench his affections towards us; being there is so much blacknesse with our beauty, so much deformity with our comlinesse, so much corruption with our Graces: Nay, so much blacknesse, and so little beauty, and so much corruption, and so little Grace.

But he looks upon us, not as we are in our selves, but as we are in Christ, and not what we are for present, but what he intends to make us in Christ. He looks to the end of his design, even to that which he hath designed us to. — When we shall be presented without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing: holy, and without blemish, Ephes. 5.27. — When we shall be satisfied with his likeness, Psal. 17.15. — When we shall be [Greek or Hebrew], like to the Angels; nay, like unto God, Glorious with his Glory, as now Gracious with his Grace.