I would discourse a little of the state of our body and soul in
heaven, when we shall enjoy this blessed state of salvation.
1. Of the soul. It will then be filled in all the faculties of it
with as much his and glory as ever it can hold.
The understanding will then be perfect in knowledge. "Now we know in
part"--we know God, Chrit, heaven, and glory, but in part; "butswhen
that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be
done away." Then shall we have perfect and everlasting visions of
God, and that blessed One his Son Jesus Christ; a good thought of
whom doth sometimes so fill us, while in this world, that it causeth
joy unspeakable and full of glory.
Then shall our will and affections be ever in a burning flame of
love to God and his Son Jesus Christ. Our love here hath ups and
downs; but there it shall be always perfect with that perfection
which is not possible in this world to be enjoyed.
Then will, our conscience have that peace and joy, that neither
tongue or pen of men or angels can express.
Then will our memory be so enlarged as to retain all things that
happened to us in this world; so that with unspeakable aptness we
shall call to mind all God's providences, all Satan's malice, all
our weaknesses, all the rage of men, and how God made all work
together for his glory and our good, to the everlasting ravishing of
our hearts.
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