A36326:56
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.
But when these Holy Souls shall be carried into Heaven, all these Mists shall be dispelled; these Clouds shall be scattered; this dark and gloomy Day shall end in a bright and glorious Sunshine for evermore. For when they are come to that which is Perfect, and that which is Perfect is come to them, that which is in Part shall be done away, 1 Cor. 13. 10, 12. For all the Spirits of ⟨p. 15⟩Just Men, carried thither, are made Perfect, Heb. 12. 23.
But when these Holy Souls shall be carried into Heaven, all these Mists shall be dispell'd; these Clouds shall be scatter'd; this dark and gloomy Day shall end in a bright and glorious Sunshine for evermore. For when they are come to that which is Perfect, and that which is Perfect is come to them, that which is in Part shall be done away, 1 Cor. 13. 10, 12. For all the Spirits of ⟨p. 15⟩Just Men, carried thither, are made Perfect, Heb. 12. 23.
5. From any Desertion from God. The Children of God, in that Light, shall walk no more in Darkness. Nor question the Love of God to them, nor their Love to God, any more than we can question whether it be Day, when we see the Sun to shine in its greatest Brightness; or whether Fire be hot, when it warms our Hands.