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The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few…
The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perilous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begetting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perillous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begeting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.
London: printed by John Macock for Henry Cripps, 1654
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The School-men speak thus of it;1 some, That it is a perfection superadded to the understanding, whereby the understanding is made able to see God; others, That it is an actual illustration, that is a supernatural influx, elevating the understanding unto the Vision of the Divine essence; others, That it is the supernatural concourse of the Beatifical object, whereby the object immediately manifests it self to the understanding, together with the understanding causing a most blessed Vision.
The School-men speak thus of it;1 some, That it is a perfection superadded to the understanding, whereby the understanding is made able to see God; others, That it is an actual illustration, that is a supernatural influx, elevating the understanding unto the Vision of the Divine essence; others, That it is the supernatural concourse of the Beatifical object, whereby the object immediatly manifests it self to the understanding, together with the understanding causing a most blessed Vision.
- 1Lumen gloriae est perfectio superaddita quâ intellectus fit efficax, seu confortatur ad videndum Deum. Thom. p. 1. q. 12. Lumen gloriae est actualis illustratio, i. e. influxus Dei supernaturalis, elevans intellectum ad visionem essentiae Divinae. Sententia Scoti & Nominalium. Lumen gloriae est ipse concursus supernaturalis Beatifici objecti, quatenus per illum objectum istud se ipsum immediatè intellectu manifestat, efficiendo cum intellectu Beatissimam visionem. Smising. Tract. 2. Dis. 6. N. 93.
The glorified understanding is an inherent Principle, or habit in the Soul (after the manner of a permanent disposition, as light is in the Sun, not after the manner of a transient passion, as light is in the Air, or as the gifts of Prophecy were in the Prophets) elevated by the light of glory, unto the Vision of God.1