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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 13: The second Difference between our beholding the Glory of Christ by Faith in this World,…
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THERE are no vicissitudes in the heavenly state. The New Jerusalem hath no Temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty, and the Lamb are the Temple thereof, Revel. 21. 24. There is no need of instituted means of Worship, nor of Ordinances of Divine Service. For we shall need neither increase of Grace, nor Excitations unto its exercise. The constant, immediate, uninterrupted enjoyment of God and the Lamb, supplieth all. And it hath no need of the Sun, nor of the Moon to shine in-it; for the Glory of God doth enlighten it, and the Lamb is the Light thereof. The Light of the Sun is excellent; howbeit; it hath its Seasons, after it hath shone in its brightest Lustre, it gives place to the night and darkness. So is the Light of the Moon of great use in the Night; but it hath its Seasons also. Such is the Light we have of the Glory of God ⟨p. 189⟩and the Lamb in this World. Sometimes it is as the Light of the Sun, which under the Gospel is seven fold, as the Light of Seven Days in one, in comparison of the Law, Isa. 30. 26. Sometimes as the Light of the Moon, which giveth relief in the Night of Temptations and Trials. But it is not constant; we are under a vicissitude of Light and Darkness, Views of Christ, and a loss of him. But in Heaven the perpetual presence of Christ with his Saints, makes it always one Noon of Light and Glory.
THERE are no vicissitudes in the heavenly state. The New Hierusalem hath no Temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty, and the Lamb are the Temple thereof, Revel. 21. 24. There is no need of instituted means of Worship, nor of Ordinances of Divine Service. For we shall need neither encrease of Grace, nor Excitations unto its exercise. The constant, immediate, uninterrupted enjoyment of God and the Lamb, supplieth all. And it hath no need of the Sun, nor of the Moon to shine in-it; for the Glory of God doth enlighten it, and the Lamb is the Light thereof. The Light of the Sun is excellent; howbeit; it hath its Seasons, after it hath shone in its brightest Lustre, it gives place to the night and darkness. So is the Light of the Moon of great use in the Night; but it hath its Seasons also. Such is the Light we have of the Glory of God ⟨p. 189⟩