A36326:91
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.
1. While the Soul is in the Body, we are in our Earthly Home.
2. While the Soul is in its Earthly Home, it is absent from its true Home, ⟨p. 26⟩which is in Heaven, from the Vision and Fruition of God in Glory.
3. When the Soul doth leave its Earthly Home, it goeth to its Heavenly Home: for when it is absent from the Body, it shall be present with the Lord, in the Glorious Enjoyment of him to all Eternity.
4. The Opposition of these Two is immediate. To be present in the Body is to be absent from the Lord: To be absent from the Body, is to be present with the Lord.