A30592:1143
Moses his choice with his eye fixed upon Heaven, discovering the happy condition of…
Moses his choice with his eye fixed upon Heaven, discovering the happy condition of a self-denying heart, delivered in a treatise upon Hebrews II, 25, 26 / by Jeremiah Burroughs.
London: printed by John Field, 1650
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.
And the last, is that which I find expressed in Luther, namely, The bodies of the Saints shall have 1that power, as to toss the greatest mountains in the world like a Ball. And I find it in an expression of Anselm, It shall be such power, as they shall be able 2to shake the whole earth at their pleasure: and we cannot think this incredible upon that ground that was named before: there is not so much difference between the raising a thing from the lowest degree of power, to the highest possibility; as in raising a thing from nothing to the lowest degree of power. Suppose a creature had but so much power now, as to stir the least mote that is in the Sun; to raise this power so high as to stir the whole earth, does not require so much power as to make a thing out of nothing: and if God do intend to manifest his power in glorifying the Saints, and in making of them powerful; why should we not think, that God will extend that possibility of power that is in the body to that height? certainly, glorious shall be the power of the bodies of the Saints: and that is the third thing.
And the last, is that which I finde expressed in Luther, namely, The bodies of the Saints shall have 1that power, as to toss the greatest mountains in the world like a Ball. And I finde it in an expression of Anselem, It shall be such power, as they shall be able 2to shake the whole earth at their pleasure: and we cannot think this incredible upon that ground that was named before: there is not so much difference between the raising a thing from the lowest degree of power, to the highest possibility; as in raising a thing from nothing to the lowest degree of power. Suppose a creature had but so much power now, as to stir the least mote that is in the Sun; to raise this power so high as to stir the whole earth, does not require so much power as to make a thing out of nothing: and if God do intend to manifest his power in glorifying the Saints, and in making of them powerful; why should we not think, that God will extend that possibility of power that is in the body to that heighth? certainly, glorious shall be the power of the bodies of the Saints: and that is the third thing.