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The four last things viz. death, judgment, heaven, hell, practically considered and applied in…
The four last things viz. death, judgment, heaven, hell, practically considered and applied in several discourses / by William Bates.
London: printed for Brabazon Aylmer, 1691
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.
There is no infirmity of Body, no Poverty, no Disgrace, no Treachery of Friends, no persecution of Enemies. There is no more Death, nor Sorrow; nor shall there be any more Pain: for former things are past away. God will wipe away all Tears from the Eyes of his People. There Salvation is complete in all degrees. Pure Joy is the Privilege of Heaven, unmixed Sorrows the Punishment of Hell.
There is no infirmity of Body, no Poverty, no Disgrace, no Treachery of Friends, no persecution of Enemies. There is no more Death, nor Sorrow; nor shall there be any more Pain: for former things are past away. God will wipe away all Tears from the Eyes of his People. There Salvation is compleat in all degrees. Pure Joy is the Priviledge of Heaven, unmixed Sorrows the Punishment of Hell.
2. A concurrence of all positive Excellencies is requisite to Blessedness. And these are to be considered with ⟨p. 281⟩respect to the entire Man.
1. The Body shall be awak'd out of its dead Sleep, and quickened into a glorious immortal Life. The Soul and Body are the essential parts of Man; and though the inequality be great in their holy Operations, yet their concourse is necessary. Good Actions are designed by the counsel and resolution of the Spirit, but performed by the ministry of the Flesh. Every Grace expresses it self in visible Actions by the Body. In the Sorrows of Repentance it supplies Tears; in religious Fasts, its Appetites are restrained; in Thanksgivings the Tongue breaks forth into the joyful Praises of God. All our Victories over sensible Pleasure and Pain, are obtained by the Soul in conjunction with the Body. Now 'tis most becoming the Divine Goodness, not to deal so differently, that the Soul should be everlastingly happy, and the Body lost in forgetfulness; the one glorified in Heaven, the other remain in the Dust. From their first setting out in the World to the Grave, they ran the same race, and shall enjoy the same Reward. Here the Body is the