A36326:121
The saints convoy to heaven a discourse occasioned
The saints convoy to heaven a discourse occasioned by (and in part preached upon) the death and funeral of Mr. Benjamin Lindsey, who deceased the 21st of February, 1697 / by Tho. Doolittle ...
London: printed for John Lawrence, 1698
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.
The Ministration of Angels in the Behalf of those that shall be Heirs of Salvation from their Birth to their Death,1 (yea, and sometimes before their Conception) is copiously treated of in Scripture, but from their Death to their Passage to Heaven, and afterwards, is more sparingly mentioned; but one Saying of Christ (as this concerning the Poor Man's Soul) is sufficient Evidence of their conveying of them from the Place where they die, to the Place where they shall live for ever.
- 1Gen. 18. 10. Judg. 13. 3, 4, 5. Luke 1. 11, 13, to 18.
It will be needful, to more clear Proceedings about the Angels conveying the Souls of Believers, from their Death, to the Place and State of Happiness, to premise some Propositions; which are,
It will be needful, to more clear Procedings about the Angels conveying the Souls of Believers, from their Death, to the Place and State of Happiness, to premise some Propositions; which are,
1. That God by his absolute Power is able to do those things, which in the ordinary course of Providence, he maketh use of second Causes, to accomplish and bring to pass. What he doth by Means, he can do without any Means; he hath tied us to the use of Means, which he himself is not obliged, through' any need of them,