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A35583 Movnt Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter of the first epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, from the 13th verse, to the end of the chapter, divided into three parts / by Tho. Case ... Case, Thomas, 1598-1682. 1670 (1670) Wing C837; ESTC R10699 286,764 418

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holiness_n there_o be_v nothing_o can_v make_v you_o so_o beautiful_a in_o god_n eye_n as_o holiness_n because_o in_o your_o holiness_n he_o see_v the_o reflection_n of_o his_o own_o beauty_n tert._n ezek._n 16.14_o taliter_fw-la pigmentatae_fw-la dei_fw-la habebitis_fw-la amorem_fw-la tert._n thou_o be_v comely_a through_o the_o comeliness_n which_o i_o put_v upon_o thou_o god_n can_v choose_v but_o love_v his_o own_o likeness_n where_o ever_o he_o see_v it_o oh_o love_v the_o lord_n all_o you_o his_o saint_n and_o give_v thanks_o at_o the_o remembrance_n of_o his_o holiness_n psal_n 30.4_o let_v your_o heart_n leap_v within_o you_o as_o oft_o as_o you_o think_v what_o a_o holy_a god_n you_o have_v who_o if_o he_o can_v but_o see_v true_a holiness_n in_o your_o face_n will_v admit_v you_o to_o see_v that_o holiness_n which_o be_v in_o his_o face_n for_o ever_o love_n holiness_n i_o say_v but_o be_v sure_a it_o be_v such_o a_o holiness_n as_o god_n love_v there_o be_v a_o holiness_n 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attribute_n of_o god_n 3.87_o 1._o his_o wisdom_n ibid._n 2._o his_o veracity_n and_o truth_n 3.88_o 3._o his_o immutability_n 3.91_o 4._o his_o mercy_n 3.92_o 5._o his_o omnipotency_n ibid._n 6._o his_o eternity_n ibid._n 7._o his_o love_n 3.96_o 8._o his_o justice_n 3_o 92_o blood_n the_o blood_n of_o christ_n be_v the_o fountain_n of_o merit_n but_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n the_o fountain_n of_o efficacy_n 1.122_o body_n the_o body_n shall_v be_v incorruptible_a 2.89_o it_o shall_v be_v glorious_a 2.90_o 1._o by_o virtue_n of_o a_o principle_n within_o 2.90_o 2._o by_o virtue_n of_o a_o external_a irradiation_n ibid._n it_o will_v depend_v whole_o on_o the_o soul_n at_o the_o resurrection_n 2.95_o it_o be_v a_o vile_a body_n 2.97_o the_o body_n of_o the_o saint_n shall_v be_v like_a unto_o god_n 3.82_o book_n the_o book_n of_o god_n remembrance_n and_o the_o book_n of_o conscience_n will_v agree_v exact_o together_o 2_o 267_o c_o children_n of_o believer_n when_o they_o die_v be_v not_o to_o be_v look_v upon_o as_o a_o lose_a generation_n 1.8_o christ_n account_v not_o himself_o full_a without_o his_o member_n 1.17_o his_o resurrection_n why_o call_v his_o youth_n 1.16_o he_o rise_v as_o a_o public_a head_n on_o which_o account_n 1._o the_o saint_n be_v say_v to_o be_v rise_v already_o 1.14_o 2._o they_o be_v assure_v they_o shall_v arise_v 1.15_o he_o arise_v by_o his_o own_o strength_n 1.12_o he_o be_v rise_v as_o our_o first_o fruit_n 1.19_o how_o he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v in_o a_o believer_n and_o a_o believer_n say_v to_o be_v in_o christ_n 1.22_o how_o he_o be_v the_o hope_n of_o salvation_n 1.43_o his_o own_o word_n more_o authentic_a than_o tradition_n or_o revelation_n 2.63_o whether_o he_o shall_v sit_v on_o a_o visible_a throne_n 2.70_o he_o will_v appear_v in_o the_o same_o humane_a nature_n he_o assume_v of_o the_o virgin_n and_o why_o 2.71_o he_o will_v appear_v personal_o for_o three_o reason_n 2.70_o his_o first_o and_o second_o come_v 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〈◊〉_d lumen_fw-la gloriae_fw-la superaddita_fw-la perfectio_fw-la qua_fw-la intellectus_fw-la confortatur_fw-la ad_fw-la videndum_fw-la deum_fw-la tho._n aquin._n do_v undo_v the_o prophet_n isaiah_n holy_a daniel_n vision_n though_o but_o a_o vision_n do_v dispirit_v he_o and_o leave_v he_o without_o strength_n saint_n john_n his_o vision_n though_o but_o the_o dark_a side_n of_o the_o beatifical_a sight_n of_o god_n stay_v he_o outright_o for_o a_o time_n i_o fall_v at_o his_o foot_n as_o dead_a the_o soul_n of_o the_o bless_a in_o heaven_n be_v set_v beyond_o all_o fear_n of_o such_o a_o surprise_n of_o glory_n while_o god_n fill_v their_o faculty_n he_o do_v also_o sustain_v and_o perfect_v it_o by_o mean_n whereof_o the_o faculty_n shall_v never_o be_v weary_a of_o its_o object_n but_o still_o behold_v it_o with_o fresh_a vigour_n and_o delight_n so_o it_o follow_v a_o six_o and_o last_o perfection_n be_v fixednese_n fixedness_n 6._o perfection_n fixedness_n in_o the_o state_n 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