A36326:143
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.
Thirdly, When Devils are more Powerful to act against the separated Soul on its way, than Esau and all his Company were against Jacob, when he was on his Way.
Fourthly, When the Danger at the most, that God's People are in from Wicked Men, is the Life of the Body, but without doubt, such is the Malice of Devils against holy Souls separated from their Bodies on their way to Heaven, that if not defended, they would seize them, to keep them from Eternal Happiness in Heaven.
Fifthly, When this is the Last Season they shall ever have to make any Attempt upon the Holy separated Soul, which when once entered into Heaven's Gates, shall be assaulted no more for Ever.
Tho' the War with Devils, in some Respects, might be over as soon as the Soul is separated from the Body, that it shall be no longer managed by the same Subtleties, alluring Temptations, Fleshly Enticements, evil Suggestions, sensible objective Snares; yet I conceive, in other Respects, the War is not ended, till the Soul is safely arrived in ⟨p. 39⟩Heaven, but is carried on in a different Manner, to what it was in the Body: When in the Body, he assaulted the Soul not by Violence, but Persuasion; out of the Body, he knows it will be in vain to assault by Persuasion, therefore on its Way would seize it by Violence, did not God, by his Angels, powerfully preserve it.