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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 14: Other Differences between our Beholding the Glory of Christ by Faith in this World, and…
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3. ALL Communications from the Divine Being and infinite Fullness in Heaven unto glorified Saints, are in, and through Christ Jesus, who shall for ever be the Medium of Communication between God and the Church, even in glory. All things being gathered into one head in him, even things in Heaven, and things in Earth; that Head being in immediate dependence on God, this Order shall never be dissolved, Ephese 1. 10, 11. 1 Cor. 3. 23. And on these Communications from God through Christ depends entirely our Continuance in a State of Blessedness and Glory. We shall no more be self-subsistent in glory, than we are in Nature or Grace.
3. ALL Communications from the Divine Being and infinite Fulness in Heaven unto glorified Saints, are in, and through Christ Jesus, who shall for ever be the Medium of Communication between God and the Church, even in glory. All things being gathered into one head in him, even things in Heaven, and things in Earth; that Head being in immediate dependence on God, this Order shall never be dissolved, Ephese 1. 10, 11. 1 Cor. 3. 23. And on these Communications from God through Christ depends entirely our Continuance in a State of Blessedness and Glory. We shall no more be self-subsistent in glory, than we are in Nature or Grace.
4. THE way on our part whereby we shall receive these Communications from God by Christ, which are the eternal Springs of Life, Peace, Joy and Blessedness, is this Vision, the Sight whereof we speak. For as it is expressly assigned thereunto in the Scripture; so whereas it contains the perfect Operation of our Minds and Souls in a perfect State, on the most perfect Object, it is the only means of our Blessedness. And this is the true Cause whence there neither is, nor can be any Satiety or weariness in Heaven, in the eternal Contemplation of the same glory. For not only the Object of our sight is absolutely infinite, which can never be searched into the bottom; yea, is perpetually new unto a finite understanding; so our subjective Blessedness consisting in continual fresh Communications from the infinite Fullness of the Divine Nature, derived unto us through Vision, is always new, and always will be so to Eternity. Herein shall all the Saints of God drink of the Rivers of Pleasure that are at his Right Hand, be satisfied with his Likeness, and refresh themselves in the eternal Springs of Life, Light and Joy for evermore.