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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.
Now in Heaven the Divine Majesty is most visible and most awful and adorable. The sublimest Spirits cover their Faces before his glorious Brightness. The Prophet Isaiah had a representation of Heaven: I saw the Lord sitting upon a Throne high and lifted up, and his Train filled the Temple. Above it stood the Seraphims: each one had six Wings: With twain he covered his Face, with twain he covered his Feet, with twain he did fly. And one cried to another, and said Holy, holy, holy Lord of Hosts, the whole Earth is full of his Glory. They highly honour ⟨p. 301⟩him, by the reflection of his separate and peerless Excellencies, his Almighty Power, his Infinite Supremacy and Eternal Empire, in their concert of Praises.
Now in Heaven the Divine Majesty is most visible and most awful and adorable. The sublimest Spirits cover their Faces before his glorious Brightness. The Prophet Isaiah had a representation of Heaven: I saw the Lord sitting upon a Throne high and lifted up, and his Train filled the Temple. Above it stood the Seraphims: each one had six Wings: With twain he cover'd his Face, with twain he cover'd his Feet, with twain he did fly. And one cried to another, and said Holy, holy, holy Lord of Hosts, the whole Earth is full of his Glory. They highly honour ⟨p. 301⟩him, by the reflection of his separate and peerless Excellencies, his Almighty Power, his Infinite Supremacy and Eternal Empire, in their consert of Praises.
This is the principal Duty of Angels and Men to the blessed Creator for his admirable Perfections, and his excellent Benefits. The Evidence of it is so entire, that the reasonable Mind cannot suspend its Assent: for Goodness and Beauty, the Fruit and the Flower of amiable Things, do so recommend them to the Understanding and Will, that they powerfully allure and engage the Affections. Now these are in God in unspeakable degrees of Eminence. The Prophet breaks out in a rapture, How great is his Goodness, how great is his Beauty!