A26786:95
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.
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, 1in the most perfect manner: the sight of his Glory shall transform us into his Likeness; we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 2This shall produce in us the most pure and ardent Love; and Love shall be attended with inexpressible joy, and that with the highest Praises of the blessed God, whose influxive Presence is the Heaven of Heaven.
This Blessedness exceeds all our Thoughts and explicite 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, 1in the most perfect manner: the sight of his Glory shall transform us into his Likeness; we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 2This shall produce in us the most pure and ardent Love; and Love shall be attended with inexpressible joy, and that with the highest Praises of the blessed God, whose influxive Presence is the Heaven of Heaven.
And that which crowns all is, that the Life above is Eternal. This satisfies all our Desires, and excludes all our Fears: for Unchangeableness is an inseparable Attribute of perfect Felicity. The Blessed are in full Communion with God, the Fountain of Life, and Christ the Prince of Life. Because I live, saith our Saviour, ye shall live also. What can interrupt, much less put an end to the Happiness of the Saints?