The fight of faith crowned, or, A sermon preached at the funeral of that…

Answ. The Crown it self consists in the Beatifical sight and fruition of the all-glorious God. ^*What else is the Angels Crown but [Greek or Hebrew], the beholding of Gods face, Mat. 18. 10. Deus & Coronator, & Corona^*; to have intellectual transforming sights of God, will ravish the Elect with infinite delight. Chrysostom saith, The souls of the blessed shall be bespangled, [Greek or Hebrew], with some of those illustrious beams of Gods glory which shall be transparent ⟨p. 15⟩through the bright mirror of Christs Humane nature. If there were such gladness when Solomon was Crowned, 1 King. 1. 40. They rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound; what mighty acclamations and triumphs will be on the Saints Coronation day? such will be the ecstasies and divine raptures of joy, as exceed our very faith^*. The delights of Heaven may be better felt than expressed. Whatever can be said of the Celestial Crown is but gutta de mari, as a drop to the Ocean, nay, scarce so much.

Answ. The Crown it self consists in the Beatifical sight and fruition of the all-glorious God. ^*What else is the Angels Crown but 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the beholding of Gods face, Mat. 18. 10. Deus & Coronator, & Corona^*; to have intellectual transforming sights of God, will ravish the Elect with infinite delight. Chrysostom saith, The souls of the blessed shall be bespangled, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, with some of those illustrious beams of Gods glory which shall be transparent