for if the spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead, dwell in you; he that raised up Christ from the dead, shall likewise restore your mortal bodies to life, by his spirit that dwelleth in you.

it is by him that you believe in God, who has raised him from the dead, and invested him with glory, that your faith and your hope might be in God.

In thy

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy by thy presence."

now we do but indirectly see the faint images of things; but then the objects themselves will be before our eyes; now I have a partial knowledge, but then shall I know, even as I myself am known.

for the light affliction, which I at present suffer, will be infinitely over-ballanced by an eternal weight of glory;

and be sensible of his exceeding love, in giving you the knowledge of Christ, that you may be filled with all the supplies of divine bounty.

beloved, we are now the sons of God, tho' it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know, that when this change shall be, his immediate presence will give us a divine resemblance.

Now to him that is able to keep you from falling, and make you appear in his glorious presence, without defect, and full of joy:

therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall cover them, as a pavillion.

no night shall be there, nor any need of a lamp, or of the light of the sun; for the Lord God will give them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

At thy

Now after the Lord had convers'd with them, he was assum'd up to heaven, where he sat on the right hand of God.

and he said, there I see the heavens open, and the son of man standing on the right hand of God.

who being ascended into heaven, is seated at the right hand of God, where angels, dominations, and potentates have been subjected to him.

Pleasures

and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

General references

and I know that when I do come, I shall come charged with the blessings of Christ.