" It is he in whom will be found the seven eyes, the
seven Spirits of God; in whose light we shall see the heights and
depths of those springs and everlasting fountains and depths of
glory for ever. And indeed the conceit of the contrary is foolish.
Is not Christ the head, and we the members? And do not the members
receive their whole light, guidance, and wisdom from it? Is not he
also the price, the ground, and bottom of our happiness, both in
this world and that which is to come? And is it possible it should
be forgotten, or that by it our joy, light, and heaven should not be
made the sweeter to all eternity? Our soul is now bound up in him as
in a bundle of life; and when we come thither he is still the
Christ, our life; and it is by our being where he is that we shall
behold his glory and our glory, because he is glorified: "For the
glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof." As
he said, "Ye now therefore have sorrow; but I will see you again,
and your heart shall rejoice and your joy no man taketh from you."
THE GLORY OF SALVATION.
What a surprise will it be to them that now have come to God by
Christ, to see themselves in heaven indeed, saved indeed, and
possessed of everlasting life indeed. For alas, what is faith to
possession?--faith that is mixed with many tears, that is opposed
with many assaults, and that seems sometimes to be quite
extinguished--I say, what is that to a seeing myself in heaven?
Hence it is said that "he shall then come to be admired in them that
now believe;" then they shall admire that it was their lot to
believe when they were in the world.
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