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Paradise opened, or, The secrets, mysteries, and rarities of divine love, of infinite wisdom,…Paradice opened, or, The secreets, mysteries, and rarities of divine love, of infinite wisdom,…
Paradise opened, or, The secrets, mysteries, and rarities of divine love, of infinite wisdom, and of wonderful counsel laid open to public view also, the covenant of grace, and the high and glorious transactions of the Father and the Son in the covenant of redemption opened and improved at large, with the resolution of divers important questions and cases concerning both covenants ... : being the second and last part of The golden key / by Thomas Brooks ...Paradice opened, or, The secreets, mysteries, and rarities of divine love, of infinite wisdom, and of wonderful counsel laid open to publick view also, the covenant of grace, and the high and glorious transactions of the Father and the Son in the covenant of redemption opened and improved at large, with the resolution of divers important questions and cases concerning both covenants ... : being the second and last part of The golden key / by Thomas Brooks ...
London: printed for Dorman Newman, 1675
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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.
Thirdly, You shall gain a safe and honourable Convoy §4into that other world, Luk. 16. 22. Oh, in what pomp and triumph did Lazarus ride to heaven on the wings of Angels! The Angels conduct the Saints at death through the Air, the Devil's Region; every gracious soul is carried into Christ's Presence by these heavenly Courtiers. Oh, what a sudden change does death make! behold, he that even now was scorned by men, is all on a sudden, carried by Angels into Abraham's bosom. But
Fourthly, You shall gain a glorious welcome, a joyful §41welcome, a wonderful welcome into heaven. By general consent of all Antiquity, the holy Angels and blessed Trinity rejoice at the sinner's Conversion; but oh, what inexpressible, what transcendent joy is there, when a Saint is landed upon the Shore of Eternity? God and Christ, Angels and Arch-angels, all stand ready to welcome the Believer as soon as his feet are upon the threshold of Glory. God the Father welcomes the Saints as his elect and chosen ones, Jesus Christ welcomes them as ⟨image 39⟩his redeemed and purchased ones, and the Holy Spirit welcomes them as his sanctified and renewed ones, and the Blessed Angels welcome them as those they have2 guarded and attended on. When the Saints enter upon the Suburbs of Glory, the glorious Angels welcome them with harps in their hands, and ditties in their mouths. But
Fourthly, You shall gain a glorious welcome, a joyful §41welcome, a wonderful welcome into heaven. By general consent of all Antiquity, the holy Angels and blessed Trinity rejoyce at the sinner's Conversion; but oh, what inexpressible, what transcendent joy is there, when a Saint is landed upon the Shore of Eternity? God and Christ, Angels and Arch-angels, all stand ready to welcome the Believer as soon as his feet are upon the threshold of Glory. God the Father welcomes the Saints as his elect and chosen ones, Jesus Christ welcomes them as