The duty of self-denial briefly opened and urged. By Thomas Watson, minister of the…

3 How far short do you come of the knowledge they have, who are perfected in glory. He who is higher than a Dwarf, may be lower than a Giant. Such as excel others in natural abilities, are of a lower stature than the glorified Saints. 1 Cor. 13. ⟨p. 20⟩12, We see, in aenigmate, through a glass darkly. But the Saints in bliss, have a full-eyed Vision of God. Their light which did burn here like fire when it is smothered, is now blown up into a pure flame. An Infant glorified, knows more than the most profound Rabbis on earth. In Heaven all shadows fly away, the Sun of Righteousness having risen there with his illustrious beams. This may pull down the plumes of pride and self-conceit.

3 How far short do you come of the knowledg they have, who are perfected in glory. He who is higher than a Dwarf, may be lower than a Gyant. Such as excel others in natural abilities, are of a lower stature than the glorified Saints. 1 Cor. 13. ⟨p. 20⟩12, We see, in aenigmate, through a glass darkly. But the Saints in bliss, have a full-eyed Vision of God. Their light which did burn here like fire when it is smothered, is now blown up into a pure flame. An Infant glorified, knows more than the most profound Rabbies on earth. In Heaven all shadows fly away, the Sun of Righteousness having risen there with his illustrious beams. This may pull down the plumes of pride and self-conceit.

4. Your dark-side is broader than your light-side. Your ignorance is more than your knowledge. Your knowledge is but as the light of a Torch, your ignorance as the Cimmerian darkness.