A65285:1538
A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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Resp. Certainly they shall; for our Knowledge in Heaven shall not be diminished, but increased. We shall not only know our Friends and Godly Relations, but those glorified Saints which we never saw before. It must be so; for Society without Acquaintance is not comfortable. And of this Opinion were St. Austin, Anselm, Luther. And indeed the Scripture seems to hint so much to us. For, if Peter in the Transfiguration knew Moses and Elijah, whom he never saw before, Mat. 17.4. then surely in Heaven, the Saints shall know one another, and be infinitely delighted in each others Company.
Resp. Certainly they shall; for our Knowledge in Heaven shall not be diminished, but increased. We shall not only know our Friends and Godly Relations, but those glorified Saints which we never saw before. It must be so; for Society without Acquaintance is not comfortable. And of this Opinion were St. Austin, Anselm, Luther. And indeed the Scripture seems to hint so much to us. For, if Peter in the Transfiguration knew Moses and Elias, whom he never saw before, Mat. 17.4. then surely in Heaven, the Saints shall know one another, and be infinitely delighted in each others Company.
3. The Third thing comprehended in Glory, is Perfection in Holiness. Holiness is the Beauty of God and Angels, it makes Heaven. What is Happiness but the quintessence of Holiness? Here a Christians Grace is imperfect, he cannot write a Copy of Holiness without blotting. He is said to receive but Primitas Spiritus, ⟨p. 239⟩the first Fruits of the Spirit, Grace in Fieri, Rom. 8.23. But at Death Believers shall arrive at Perfection of Grace. Then this Sun shall be in its Meridian Splendour; then they shall not need to pray for Increase of Grace, for they shall be as the Angels, [Greek or Hebrew] their Light shall be clear, as well as their Joy full.