A25250:558
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 more then so, thou shalt be with me] and therefore with my Angels: Lo here a blessed company indeed, these are the heavenly Choristers eternally singing Jehovahs praise: The ⟨p. 210⟩[…] ⟨p. 211⟩[…] ⟨p. 212⟩Seraphims cry aloud,1 Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts, an Army answer to the anthem, Glory to God on high. The whole Quire of heaven add the burden,2 Thou art worthy, O Lord to receive honour, and glory, and power for thou hast created all things, and for thy sake they are and were cre•••d O heavenly harmony consisting of ten thousand times ten thousand various sorts of Music!3 I heard (saith John the Divine) that […] of many Angels round about the throne, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, thousand of thousands these are the shining and singing Stars of which God told his servant Job, 4The morning stars sing together, and the ser••••• of God shout for joy. These are the winged Choristers of […], whom John the Divine heard singing their song of Hallelujah and Hosanna, 5I heard (saith he) the voice of a great multitude, as the voice of many waters the voice of •any Angels, singing, and saying Hallelujah and again Hallelujah these are the nimble Posts of heaven, 6whom Jacob say• thing […] and down the Ladder: these are the Protectors of the godly whose aid God promised the Israelites;