A30242:607
The Scripture directory for church-officers and people, or, A practical commentary upon the whole…
The Scripture directory for church-officers and people, or, A practical commentary upon the whole third chapter of the first Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians to which is annexed The godly and the natural mans choice, upon Psal. 4, vers. 6, 7, 8 / by Anthony Burgess ...The Scripture directory for church-officers and people, or, A practical commentary upon the whole third chapter of the first Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians to which is annexed The godly and the natural mans choice, upon Psal. 4, vers. 6, 7, 8 / by Anthony Burgesse ...
London: printed by Abraham Miller for T.U., 1659
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.
Secondly, This reward lieth in the full glorification of the soul in all the faculties thereof, and body in all the parts thereof. The spirits of just men made perfect, Heb. 12. There needs no more grace, no more holiness; There is no more sin or remorse about it. It's like the higher Region, where no troublesome meteor's are. Oh! What a bottomless subject is this! That thy understanding should have no more darkness in it! Thy will, no more disobedience in it! Thy heart, no more dullness or sluggishness in it! Oh! you would think we were speaking of some Platonical Idea, or metaphysical abstraction, and not of a reality indeed: But yet the Scripture assures the godly of this Reward. And then for the body, it's made a glorious body; all vileness and loathsomeness is removed: It's an immortal body: No more death, pains, or any distempers. This Honour will God put upon those that labour for him.
Secondly, This reward lieth in the full glorification of the soul in all the faculties thereof, and body in all the parts thereof. The spirits of just men made perfect, Heb. 12. There needs no more grace, no more holiness; There is no more sin or remorse about it. It's like the higher Region, where no troublesome meteor's are. Oh! What a bottomless subject is this! That thy understanding should have no more darkness in it! Thy will, no more disobedience in it! Thy heart, no more dulness or sluggishness in it! Oh! you would think we were speaking of some Platonical Idea, or metaphysical abstraction, and not of a reallity indeed: But yet the Scripture assures the godly of this Reward. And then for the body, it's made a glorious body; all vileness and loathsomeness is removed: It's an immortal body: No more death, paines, or any distempers. This Honour will God put upon those that labour for him.
Thirdly, The Eternity of this happiness, that is astonishing also. We shall be with the Lord for ever, 1 Thes 4.17. Come ye blessed, inherit everlasting glory. Oh! Who would think much of the present service or labour for God, when it will bring an eternal weight of Glory! Think what eternity is, if we poor mortals, that measure all things by time, can tell how to think about it.