A35583:141
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.
Obj. But what, not else?
Answ. Oh not so! not our Resurrection, or the Resurrection of our gracious Friends, depend upon our Faith, but our assurance and comfort of their Resurrection depends upon our Faith.
The Resurrection of the Saints stands upon a surer foundation than our Faith, it stands upon a four-fold foundation, as you have heard.
Sc. The Merit. Influence. Design. Union, which is between Christ & his Saints; A Foundation which stands surer than Heaven and Earth: Heaven and Earth may pass away, but not one of these Foundations shall ever pass away, or fail; The Foundation of the Lord, stands sure, 2 Tim. 2.19. So then not their Resurrection, but our comfort in their Resurrection, is that, which depends upon our Faith. Sense stands blubbering and crying, my Parent is dead, my Yoke-fellow is lost, my dear Child is perished: No saith Faith, no such matter, they are alive, they are safe, they are happy. And all this, Faith inferreth upon Christ His Resurrection: So that whosoever hath Faith enough to put Christ's Resurrection into the premises, may by the same act of Faith, put the Saints Resurrection into the conclusion. He that by an eye of Faith, can look upon Christ's Resurrection, as past, may by the same eye of Faith, see the Resurrection of the Saints as to come: he that by Faith can say, Christ is risen; may with the same breath of Faith, say also, The Saints shall rise: because I live, you shall live also: as a pledge and instance whereof, when Christ arose, many of the Saints which slept, were enlarged out of the Prison of the Grave (the heart strings whereof were now broken) to attend the Solemnity of their Lord's Resurrection,