A26804:70
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.
1. Sinners shall be excluded from Communion with the blessed God ⟨p. 63⟩in Heaven, in whose Presence is Fullness of Joy, and at whose Right-hand are Pleasures for evermore. In the clear and transforming Vision of his Glory, and the intimate and indissoluble Union with him by Love, consists the Perfection and Satisfaction of the immortal Soul. The Felicity resulting from it, is so entire and eternal, as God is great and true, who has so often promised it to his Saints. Now Sin separates lost Souls for ever from the reviving Presence of God. Who can declare the Extent and Degrees of that Evil? for an Evil rises in proportion to the Good of which it deprives us: it must therefore follow, that Celestial Blessedness being transcendent, the Exclusion from it is proportionably evil: And as the Felicity of the Saints results both from the direct Possession of Heaven, and from comparison with the contrary State: so the Misery ⟨p. 64⟩of the Damned arises, both from the Thoughts of lost Happiness, and from the lasting Pain that torments them.
1. Sinners shall be excluded from Communion with the blessed God ⟨p. 63⟩in Heaven, in whose Presence is Fulness of Joy, and at whose Right-hand are Pleasures for evermore. In the clear and transforming Vision of his Glory, and the intimate and indissolvable Union with him by Love, consists the Perfection and Satisfaction of the immortal Soul. The Felicity resulting from it, is so entire and eternal, as God is great and true, who has so often promis'd it to his Saints. Now Sin separates lost Souls for ever from the reviving Presence of God. Who can declare the Extent and Degrees of that Evil? for an Evil rises in proportion to the Good of which it deprives us: it must therefore follow, that Celestial Blessedness being transcendent, the Exclusion from it is proportionably evil: And as the Felicity of the Saints results both from the direct Possession of Heaven, and from comparison with the contrary State: so the Misery ⟨p. 64⟩of the Damned arises, both from the Thoughts of lost Happiness, and from the lasting Pain that torments them.