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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
THE Saints Convoy TO HEAVEN. › Application 2: Use II. Comfort.
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.
Use II. Comfort.
That Angels are the Convoy of the Soul on its Passage to Glory, administers Comfort to all those that are Heirs of Salvation.1 God hath not only prepared such things for us in Heaven, which Eye hath not seen nor Ear heard, nor can we now conceive how great and Glorious they are; set forth by a Kingdom, 2a Crown, an Inheritance, Mansions in our Father's House, a Paradise, a City that hath Foundations, an House not made with Hands, a Weight of Glory, Incorruptible Treasures, &c. But hath also secured our Way unto them, by the Ministration of his Angels, who ⟨p. 60⟩are to conduct our separated Souls to the actual Possession of them.