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Ultima, = the last things in reference to the first and middle things
Ultima, = the last things in reference to the first and middle things: or certain meditations on life, death, judgement, hell, right purgatory, and heaven: delivered by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes in Lancashire.
London: printed for J.A., 1650
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But who are they? Ye blessed of my Father,] a word able to make them blessed, when pronounced. Down on your knees rebellious sons; and so long as you live on earth, beg, pray, sue for the blessing of your Father in heaven. They that are Gods servants, are no less his sons, therefore every morn, night, and noon, ask blessing boldly, and God will bestow it liberally. The first Sermon that ever Christ preached, was full of blessings, Matth. 5.1 Blessed are the poor in spirit. Blessed are they that mourn. Blessed are the meek. Blessed are the merciful. And as he begun, so he concludes, Come ye blessed, ye blessed of my Father.
But who are they? Ye blessed of my Father,] a word able to make them blessed, when pronounced. Down on your knees rebellious sonnes; and so long as you live on earth, beg, pray, sue for the blessing of your Father in heaven. They that are Gods servants, are no lesse his sonns, therefore every morn, night, and noon, ask blessing boldly, and God will bestow it liberally. The first Sermon that ever Christ preached, was full of blessings, Matth. 5.1 Blessed are the poor in spirit. Blessed are they that mourn. Blessed are the meek. Blessed are the mercifull. And as he begun, so he concludes, Come ye blessed, ye blessed of my Father.
- 1Matth. 5.
Must they come? for what? to inherit the kingdom.] Of all tenures inheritance is best, of all inheritances a kingdom is most excellent,1 but that all shall inherit, and that there is no scantling, this is heavens wonder, and the Angels bliss. An heavenly inheritance sure, that is continued without succession, divided without diminution, common without envy, for ever happy, and without all misery. This is the inheritance of the just, the possession whereof makes every Saint no less glorious then a King. Kings are they indeed, whose dominions are not limited