“And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together.”
Rom. 8:17
“Moreover whom He did predestinate, them He also called: and whom He called, them He also justified: and whom He justified, them He also glorified.”
Rom. 8:30
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Subsections
Union to Christ: Fount of Glorification
Glorified Body
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Order of Contents
Articles 6+
Quote 1
In this Life 1
Latin 2
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Articles
Anthology of
Heppe, Heinrich – ch. 28, ‘Glorification’ in Reformed Dogmatics ed. Ernst Bizer, tr. G.T. Thomson (1861; Wipf & Stock, 2007), pp. 695-712
Heppe (1820–1879) was a German reformed theologian.
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1500’s
Prime, John – ‘Of Glorification in the life to come, and of sobriety in certain questions that are moved therein’ in A Fruitful & Brief Discourse in Two Books: the One of Nature, the Other of Grace, with Convenient Answer to the Enemies of Grace, upon Incident Occasions Offered by the Late Rhemish Notes in their New Translation of the New Testament, & Others (London, 1583), bk. 2
Prime (c.1549-1596) was a reformed Anglican clergyman and Oxford scholar.
Ursinus, Zachary – 5. What are the fruits of Christ’s Ascension in The Sum of Christian Religion: Delivered… in his Lectures upon the Catechism… tr. Henrie Parrie (Oxford, 1587), He Ascended into Heaven
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1600’s
Perkins, William – A Golden Chain (Cambridge: Legat, 1600)
48. Of the Fourth Degree of the Declaration of God’s Love: & of the Estate of the Elect after this Life
50. Of the Estate of the Elect after Judgment
. A Corollary, or the Last Conclusion
Ames, William – ch. 30, ‘Glorification’ in The Marrow of Theology tr. John D. Eusden (1623; Baker, 1997), bk. 1, pp. 171-75
Ames (1576-1633) was an English, puritan, congregationalist, minister, philosopher and controversialist. He spent much time in the Netherlands, and is noted for his involvement in the controversy between the reformed and the Arminians. Voet highly commended Ames’s Marrow for learning theology.
Maccovius, John – ch. 21, ‘On Glorification’ in Scholastic Discourse: Johannes Maccovius (1588-1644) on Theological & Philosophical Distinctions & Rules (1644; Apeldoorn: Instituut voor Reformatieonderzoek, 2009), pp. 281-85
Maccovius (1588–1644) was a Polish reformed theologian.
van Mastricht, Peter – ch. 9, ‘The Glorification of those to be Redeemed’ in Theoretical Practical Theology (2nd ed. 1698; RHB), vol. 5, pt. 1, bk. 6
Heidegger, Johann H. – 28. ‘On Glorification’ in The Concise Marrow of Theology tr. Casey Carmichael in Classic Reformed Theology, vol. 4 (1697; RHB, 2019), pp. 201-13
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1700’s
à Brakel, Wilhelmus – ch. 103, ‘Concerning Eternal Glory’ in The Christian’s Reasonable Service, vol. 4 ed. Joel Beeke, tr. Bartel Elshout Buy (1700; RHB, 1992/1999), pp. 357-73
a Brakel (1635-1711) was a contemporary of Voet and Witsius and a major representative of the Dutch Further Reformation.
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Quote
1600’s
Friedrich Spanheim, Sr.
Disputationum Theologicarum Miscellaneorum Pars Prima (d. 1649; Geneva: Chouët, 1652), ‘Miscellaneous Theological Disputation’, trans. AI by Roman Prestarri at Confessionally Reformed Theology Latin
“39… But that [sanctification] is not perfect in the way, but such it will be in the goal, nor is it given here consummated, but only begun.
40. Sanctification is succeeded by glorification, which consists both in the perfection of sanctity and in the conferring of felicity, which can be regarded partly in the vision of God, partly in love and fruition of God seen.”
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On Glorification Begun in this Life
Bible Verses
Mt. 5:16 ““Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”
Jn. 11:4 “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.”
Jn. 15:8 “Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.”
Jn. 17:10 “And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.”
Jn. 17:22 “And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one.”
Rom. 5:2 “By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”
Rom. 8:17-18 “And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”
Rom. 8:29 ““For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son…”
Rom. 8:30 “Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.”
2 Cor. 2:14 “Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.”
2 Cor. 3:7-11 “…the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious… For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.”
2 Cor. 3:17-18 “Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”
2 Cor. 4:6-7 “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels…”
Eph. 1:17-18 “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom… The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know… what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.”
Eph. 2:5-6 “Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ… And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.”
Eph. 3:16-17 “That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith…”
Eph. 3:19 “…that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.”
Eph. 5:8-9 “For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)”
Phil. 2:15-16 “That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God… among whom ye shine as lights in the world; Holding forth the word of life…”
Phil. 3:20-21 “For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body…”
Col. 3:10 “And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him.”
1 Pet. 2:9 “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood… that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.”
1 Pet. 4:14 “If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.”
1 Jn. 3:2 “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him…”
Rev. 1:5-6 “…Unto him that loved us… And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory…”
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1600’s
Gisbert Voet
Disputation 30, ‘On Regeneration’, pt. 2 (1639) tr. AI by Roman Prestarri in Select Theological Disputations (1655), vol. 2, pp. 447ff. Latin at Confessionally Reformed Theology
“Effects arisen and dependent from faith considered organically are:
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V. Inchoate blessedness or glorification, which comprehends joy, peace, living hope, liberty, and all goods and privileges of the sons of God, 1 Pet. 1:3, 6–8; Rom. 8:1–2, throughout; 2 Cor. 3:17–18. Compare Ames’s Medulla, bk. 1, ch. 30.”
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Latin
1600’s
Wendelin, Marcus Friedrich – ch. 27, ‘Of Glorification: of the Resurrection & Life Eternal’ in Christian Theology (Hanau, 1634; 2nd ed., Amsterdam, 1657), bk. 1, ‘Knowledge of God’, pp. 551-69
Wettstein, Gernler & Buxtorf – 18. Glorification & Heads Deduced from it in A Syllabus of Controversies in Religion which come between the Orthodox Churches & whatever other Adversaries, for material for the regular disputations… customarily held in the theological school of the academy at Basil (Basil, 1662), pp. 64-68
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“But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.”
Rom. 8:11
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Related Pages
Bible Verses: Degrees of Reward in Heaven
Bible Verses on Degrees of Punishment in Hell
On the Renovation, New Heavens & Earth & Believers’ Eternal Home