The four last things viz. death, judgment, heaven, hell, practically considered and applied in…

And a substantial unfading Glory will shine in them infinitely above the perishing Pride of this World, and the Glory of the Flesh, that is but an appearance, like the false Colours painted on the Feathers of a Dove, by the reflection of the Light, which presently vanishes, when the Posture is changed, or the Light withdrawn. Of this we have a sure Pledge in the glorified Body of Christ, who is the first Fruits of them that sleep; He shall change our vile Bodies, that they may be fashioned like to his glorious Body, according to the working of his Power, whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself. What can be more glorious, than to be conformed to the humanity of the Son of God? This Conformity shall be the Work of his own Hands: ⟨p. 284⟩and when Omnipotence interposes, nothing is difficult. The raising the Body to an immortal state of Glory, is as easy to the Divine Power, as the forming it first in the Womb. As the Sun labours no more in the Mines, in the forming Gold and Silver, the most precious and durable Metals, than in the production of a short-lived Flower.

And a substantial unfading Glory will shine in them infinitely above the perishing Pride of this World, and the Glory of the Flesh, that is but an appearance, like the false Colours painted on the Feathers of a Dove, by the reflection of the Light, which presently vanishes, when the Posture is chang'd, or the Light withdrawn. Of this we have a sure Pledg in the glorified Body of Christ, who is the first Fruits of them that sleep; He shall change our vile Bodies, that they may be fashion'd like to his glorious Body, according to the working of his Power, whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself. What can be more glorious, than to be conform'd to the humanity of the Son of God? This Conformity shall be the Work of his own Hands: ⟨p. 284⟩and when Omnipotence interposes, nothing is difficult. The raising the Body to an immortal state of Glory, is as easy to the Divine Power, as the forming it first in the Womb. As the Sun labours no more in the Mines, in the forming Gold and Silver, the most precious and durable Metals, than in the production of a short-liv'd Flower.