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Moses his choice with his eye fixed upon Heaven, discovering the happy condition of…
Moses his choice with his eye fixed upon Heaven, discovering the happy condition of a self-denying heart, delivered in a treatise upon Hebrews II, 25, 26 / by Jeremiah Burroughs.
London: printed by John Field, 1650
Moses his Choice. › Part 3 › Chapter 46: The happiness of the beatifical vision discovered.
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CHAP. XLVI. The happiness of the beatifical vision discovered.
Secondly, they shall have the Beatifical Vision of God, we shall be where he is, and we shall see his face. Says Christ, Father, I will, that those which thou hast given me, be where I am, that is a blessing; but in Rev. 22. 4. it is said, They shall see his face, and that is more, They shall know as they are known, 1 Cor. 13. 12. It is the promise of the 1pure in heart, that they shall see God: 1 John 3. 2. Behold, now we are the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know, that when he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. It is the happiness of the Angels that 2they behold the face of God; so it shall be the happiness of the Saints to behold the face of God in heaven: As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness, I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness, Psal. 17. 15. and so we may have the help of divers Scriptures to show, that this is the happiness of the Saints. The glory of this may appear in these particulars:
SEcondly, they shall have the Beatifical Vision of God, we shall be where he is, and we shall see his face. Says Christ, Father, I will, that those which thou hast given me, be where I am, that is a blessing; but in Rev. 22. 4. it is said, They shall see his face, and that is more, They shall know as they are known,