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Mount Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter…Movnt Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter…
Mount Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter of the first epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, from the 13th verse, to the end of the chapter, divided into three parts / by Tho. Case ...Movnt Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter of the first epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, from the 13th verse, to the end of the chapter, divided into three parts / by Tho. Case ...
London: printed by Thomas Milbourn for Dorman Newman, 1670
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, 1Such a cessation of the joys of Heaven would be as inconsistent with the Saints Graces, as it is with their beings; God hath beautified their immortal souls with immortal graces, 2their love abides for ever, their zeal is eternal, their holiness eternal, and all their qualifications for glory are eternal, and can their glory it self be mortal? It were in vain to contend for perseverance in Grace, should we admit falling away from Glory. Poor Saints ⟨p. 87⟩indeed, if neither grace here, nor glory hereafter could secure their happiness! Were grace (indeed) amissable in this life, and glory in the future, the foundation of the Lord were not sure, and the Saints of all men most miserable! Such a cessation is totally inconsistent with the Orthodox faith, as well as with the wisdom of God; who certainly if he had furnished the Saints with immortal principles and qualifications for an heaven which would or might determine, had taken far more care upon the Mediums than upon the End: And oversight incompatible with a wise man, much more with the only wise God.
Thirdly, 1Such a cessation of the joyes of Heaven would be as inconsistent with the Saints Graces, as it is with their beings; God hath beautified their immortal souls with immortal graces, 2their love abides for ever, their zeal is eternal, their holiness eternal, and all their qualifications for glory are eternal, and can their glory it self be mortal? It were in vain to contend for perseverance in Grace, should we admit falling away from Glory. Poor Saints ⟨p. 87⟩indeed, if neither grace here, nor glory hereafter could secure their happiness! Were grace (indeed) amissable in this life, and glory in the future, the foundation of the Lord were not sure, and the Saints of all men most miserable! Such a cessation is totally inconsistent with the Orthodox faith, as well as with the wisdom of God; who certainly if he had furnisht the Saints with immortal principles and qualifications for an heaven which would or might determine, had taken far more care upon the Mediums than upon the End: And oversight incompatible with a wise man, much more with the only wise God.