The child's portion, or, The unseen glory of the children of God asserted and…

First, The Manner.

Secondly, The Degrees, both of which are intimated in the forecited Text.

1. The Manner: That now is through a Glass darkly, that then is, face to face: i. e. We now see him mediately, whereas we shall then see him immediately; now we have a reflex, then we shall ⟨p. 130⟩have a direct sight of him. Now there are some who think he is here seen by the reflection of the of his Attributes, and then in his naked Essence, and so make the Attributes a part of the Glass; but this is a flight too high for me to soar unto. It is certain the Attributes are no part of the Glass, but they are the Object that is now reflected in the Glass. I know that seeing Christ as he is, intends more than a seeing the Man Christ in his visible Glory, but it doth not therefore necessarily enforce the seeing the Divine Essence Seeing him face to face, is some transcendent manner of seeing him; and what if it be […] good pleasure that we shall not […] it till we come actually to see it? We […] understand how th•• should be, nor […] that there is any proportion between an […] object and a finite created understanding: Should God make a Being able to know him in his naked Essence, he must make one equal to himself. Angels are Comprehensors, yet they are represented as covering their faces with two of thei• wings, and that not only by reason of modesty, but of weakness too, lest they should lose their sight in the contemplation. The highest flight of our understanding, is to see things in their causes, but the Divine Essence is without cause• That distinction of seeing comprehensively, an• seeing apprehensively hath here no place; i things that have parts, and are divisible, and […]