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Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ
Meditations and discourses on the glory of Christ, in his person, office, and grace with the differences between faith and sight applied unto the use of them that believe / by the late Reverend John Owen, D.D.
London: printed by B.A., 1691
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Chapter 12: Differences between our beholding the Glory of Christ by Faith in this World, and by si…
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NOW we have received this Light of Faith and Grace, whereby we discern spiritual things, and behold the glory of Christ in the Imperfect manner before described. But in Heaven there shall be a superadded light of Glory, which shall make the Mind it self shine as the Firmament, Dan. 12. 3. I shall only say three things of it. (1.) That as the Light of Grace doth not destroy or abolish the Light of Nature, but rectify and improve it; so the Light of Glory shall not abolish or destroy the Light of Faith and Grace, but by incorporating with it, render it absolutely perfect. (2.) That as by the Light of Nature, we cannot clearly comprehend the true Nature and Efficacy of the Light of Grace, because it is of another Kind, and is seen only in its own Light; so by the Light of Grace we cannot absolutely comprehend this Light of Glory, being of a peculiar Kind and Nature, seen perfectly only by its own Light. It doth not appear what we shall be. (3.) That this is the best Notion we can have of this Light of Glory, that in the first Instance of its Operation, it perfectly transforms the Soul into the Image and Likeness of Christ.
NOW we have received this Light of Faith and Grace, whereby we discern spiritual things, and behold the glory of Christ in the Imperfect manner before described. But in Heaven there shall be a superadded light of Glory, which shall make the Mind it self shine as the Firmament, Dan. 12. 3. I shall only say three things of it. (1.) That as the Light of Grace doth not destroy or abolish the Light of Nature, but rectifie and improve it; so the Light of Glory shall not abolish or destroy the Light of Faith and Grace, but by incorporating with it, render it absolutely perfect. (2.) That as by the Light of Nature, we cannot clearly comprehend the true Nature and Efficacy of the Light of Grace, because it is of another Kind, and is seen only in its own Light; so by the Light of Grace we cannot absolutely comprehend this Light of Glory, being of a peculiar Kind and Nature, seen perfectly only by its own Light. It doth not appear what we shall be. (3.) That this is the best Notion we can have of this Light of Glory, that in the first Instance of its Operation, it perfectly transforms the Soul into the Image and Likeness of Christ.