The blessedness of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /The blessednesse of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /

1. Absolute. How pleasing a spectacle will this be, when the glorified soul shall now intentively behold its own glorious frame? When it shall dwell in the contemplation of it self? view it self round on every part, turn its eye from glory to glory, from beauty to beauty, from one excellency to another; and trace over the whole draught of this image; this so exquisite piece of divine workmanship, drawn out in its full perfection, upon it self. When the glorified eye, and divinely enlightened, and inspirited mind shall apply it self to criticize, and make a judgment upon every several lineament, every touch and stroke, shall stay it self, and scrupulously insist upon every part? view at leisure every character of glory the blessed God hath instamp't upon it; how will this likeness now satisfy! And that expression of the blessed Apostle (taken notice of upon some other occasion formerly) [The glory to be revealed in us] seems to import in it a reference to such a self intuition. What serves revelation for, but in order to vision? What is it but an exposing things to view? and what is revealed in us, is chiefly exposed to our own view.

1. Absolute. How pleasing a spectacle will this be, when the glorified soul shall now intentively behold its own glorious frame? When it shall dwell in the contemplation of it self? view it self round on every part, turn its eye from glory to glory, from beauty to beauty, from one excellency to another; and trace over the whole draught of this image; this so exquisite piece of divine workmanship, drawn out in its full perfection, upon it self. When the glorified eye, and divinely enlightned, and inspirited mind shall apply it self to criticize, and make a judgment upon every several lineament, every touch and stroke, shall stay it self, and scrupulously insist upon every part? view at leisure every character of glory the blessed God hath instamp't upon it; how will this likeness now satisfie! And that expression of the blessed Apostle (taken notice of upon some other occasion formerly) [The glory to be revealed in us] seems to import in it a reference to such a self intuition. What serves revelation for, but in order to vision? What is it but an exposing things to view? and what is revealed in us, is chiefly exposed to our own view.