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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.
We shall be in the glorious Presence of God and Christ, where is fullness of Joy, and infinite Pleasures for ever. 'Tis said of Abraham, he rejoiced to see the Day of Christ, two thousand Years before his coming. When by Faith he saw the Incarnation of the Son of God, in order to the redemption of Men, it put him into an ecstasy. Yet then our Saviour was born to Sorrows and Miseries. But how ravishing is the sight of our Redeemer, set down on the right Hand of the Majesty on high, having purged our Sins by himself, and accomplished our Salvation? Now we are absent from God, yet in believing his infallible Promises, we rejoice with a Joy unspeakable and glorious: But how much more joyful is the fruition of them? Here the Divine Goodness is derived to us through secondary means, that weaken ⟨p. 51⟩its efficacy, but in Heaven the Consolations of the Creator are most purely dispensed, and his immediate Excellencies are made known.
We shall be in the glorious Presence of God and Christ, where is fulness of Joy, and infinite Pleasures for ever. 'Tis said of Abraham, he rejoic'd to see the Day of Christ, two thousand Years before his coming. When by Faith he saw the Incarnation of the Son of God, in order to the redemption of Men, it put him into an exstasy. Yet then our Saviour was born to Sorrows and Miseries. But how ravishing is the sight of our Redeemer, set down on the right Hand of the Majesty on high, having purged our Sins by himself, and accomplish'd our Salvation? Now we are absent from God, yet in believing his infallible Promises, we rejoice with a Joy unspeakable and glorious: But how much more joyful is the fruition of them? Here the Divine Goodness is derived to us through secondary means, that weaken ⟨p. 51⟩its efficacy, but in Heaven the Consolations of the Creator are most purely dispensed, and his immediate Excellencies are made known.
This Blessedness exceeds all our Thoughts and explicit Desires, and requires the eloquence and experience of an Angel to set it forth. The bright Sum of it is this, We shall see God in his Glory, face to face,