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Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment
Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment by Thomas Vincent ...
London: printed for George Calvert, 1667
Christ's certain and sudden Appearance to Judgment. › Chapter 10
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3. Formally, the happiness of the righteous in Heaven will consist in the union of the subject and object together, God will be united to their minds by Vision, and to their hearts by Love, from whence will spring unspeakable joy.
3. Formally, the happiness of the righteous in Heaven will consist in the union of the subject and object together, God will be united to their mindes by Vision, and to their hearts by Love, from whence will spring unspeakable joy.
1. The minds of the Saints, will have a perfect vision of God, which will infinitely transcend a•• the visions and sweetest discoveries of God, which they have, or ate capable of in this World; hereafter their capacity will be enlarged, their minds will be elevated; here they see God darkly, there they shall see him clearly; here they see him af•• off, there they shall see him nearly; here they see him as he is represented, there they shall see him as he is; here they see him in a Glass, there they shall see him immediately; here they see aliquid de Deo, there they shall see Deum; here they see his ⟨p. 163⟩foot-steps, some impresses of God upon the Creatures, especially upon his Children, chiefly they see his Image in Christ, whom they view by faith in the Glass of the Gospel, (as was said) yet the uttermost they can here attain unto, is to see his backparts, but in Heaven they shall see his face, they shall see him face to face; they shall see him as he is. This, this will be the happiness of the righteous in Heaven, to have the immediate sight, the beatifical vision of God.
1. The mindes of the Saints, will have a perfe• vision of God, which will infinitely transcend a•• the visions and sweetest discoveries of God, which they have, or ate capable of in this World; hereafter their capacity will be enlarged, their mindes will be elevated; here they see God darkly, there they shall see him clearly; here they see him af off, there they shall see him neerly; here they see him as he is represented, there they shall see him as he is; here they see him in a Glass, there they shall see him immediatly; here they see aliquid de Deo, there they shall see Deum; here they see his