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Sermons preached on several occasionsSermons preach'd on several occasions
Sermons preached on several occasions by William Bates.Sermons preach'd on several occasions by William Bates.
London: printed by J.D. for Jonathan Robinson, 1693
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.
Let the enlightened Mind consider and judg, the Soul is of a Divine Original, a Spiritual Substance of an everlasting Duration, and can never be happy but in the Enjoyment of those Objects that are Divine and Spiritual, commensurate to its Capacity and Duration. Let a Man possess the World with all its Advantages and Delights, the starved Soul would suffer infinite Want, and can only be satisfied with the Fullness of God.
Let the enlighten'd Mind consider and judg, the Soul is of a Divine Original, a Spiritual Substance of an everlasting Duration, and can never be happy but in the Enjoyment of those Objects that are Divine and Spiritual, commensurate to its Capacity and Duration. Let a Man possess the World with all its Advantages and Delights, the starved Soul would suffer infinite Want, and can only be satisfied with the Fulness of God.
Under what Notion soever Happiness is conceived, 'tis only to be ⟨p. 374⟩found in God. What can enrich a Spirit but Spiritual Treasures? Holiness is the richest Jewel in the Celestial Crown. What can dignify and ennoble a Spirit, but an Alliance to God as a Father, and the Likeness of him in his Divinest Excellencies? What can satisfy an Immortal Spirit, and replenish it with Joy, but vital Union with God, and the immediate Influence of Almighty and Eternal Goodness? Carnal Men when they obtain their immediate End, Riches, Honours and Pleasures, they fail in their main End, true Happiness: they seem wise for the present, and are Fools for ever.
Under what Notion soever Happiness is conceived, 'tis only to be ⟨p. 374⟩found in God. What can inrich a Spirit but Spiritual Treasures? Holiness is the richest Jewel in the Celestial Crown. What can dignify and ennoble a Spirit, but an Alliance to God as a Father, and the Likeness of him in his Divinest Excellencies? What can satisfy an Immortal Spirit, and replenish it with Joy, but vital Union with God, and the immediate Influence of Almighty and Eternal Goodness? Carnal Men when they obtain their immediate End, Riches, Honours and Pleasures, they fail in their main End, true Happiness: they seem wise for the present, and are Fools for ever.