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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 50: The Saints happiness in Communion with Christ.
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And we shall see him in the glory that the Father will put upon him; Certainly, God will put an infinite glory upon his Son, because the Lord was so infinitely well pleased with the satisfaction of his Son: Because he subjected himself to the death of the Cross, therefore He hath given him a name above all names. And we shall see the glory of Christ, when all the Angels shall be worshipping of him, and all the Saints shall be singing with Praises and ⟨p. 582⟩Hallelujahs to him. And this shall be the business in Heaven, eternally to be admiring Christ, and praising God for Christ. And then we shall see him in his glory triumphing over all his enemies, in bringing them down; and in his glory when he shall have brought to perfection that great work that he did undertake: Now to see Christ thus glorified, and for us to enjoy communion with Christ thus in his glory, this will be a glorious reward for Gods people. This glory of Christ, will be made the glory of the Saints: as a Queen that sees the Prince in his glory, she delights in it, because it is her glory: and so the Church, when she shall see Christ her husband in his glory, she shall rejoice in it, because she looks upon it as her own, I speak of the Triumphant Church: The Angels shall admire at it; O that these poor worms should be raised from this low estate to such a glorious condition! they pry into the mystery of Salvation. Then the love of Christ shall be inflamed to his people, that love which caused him to plead with God for his people from all eternity, that caused him to undertake this great work for his people; from this love, there will be most glorious embracements. If at one salutation of the mother of our Lord, John Baptist springs in the Womb for joy, how shall the heart of a glorified Saint spring at the glorious embracements of Christ himself, when he is in his glory? And when we shall be in such a condition as we shall be fitted for communion with him, we shall be able to understand Christ in another way; we shall know the hypostatical union of his two natures, and know Christ fully, and be fitter to entertain the manifestation of ⟨p. 583⟩his love, whereas here we are not able to entertain much; Christ looks through the lattice, and we have but some few drops of his love, but then when his love shall be inflamed and fully let out, we shall be fitted for it.
And we shall see him in the glory that the Father will put upon him; Certainly, God will put an infinite glory upon his Son, because the Lord was so infinitely well pleased with the satisfaction of his Son: Because he subjected himself to the death of the Cross, therefore He hath given him a name above all names. And we shall see the glory of Christ, when all the Angels shall be worshipping of him, and all the Saints shall be singing with Praises and