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The blessedness of the death of these that die in the Lord and more…The blessednesse of the death of these that die in the Lord and more…
The blessedness of the death of these that die in the Lord and more especially in an evil time excellently discoursed in seven very searching but sweet sermons on Revel. 14, v. 13 : wherein several weighty cases relating to death in general and to dying in Lord in particular are succinctly, solidly and satisfyingly handled / by James Durham.The blessednesse of the death of these that die in the Lord and more especially in ane evil time excellently discoursed in seven very searching but sweet sermons on Revel. 14, v. 13 : wherein several weighty cases relating to death in genereal and to dieing in Lord in particular are succinctly, solidly and satisfieingly handled / by James Durham.
Glasgow? : s.n., 1681
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.
As to the other half of their happiness (and O! That ye knew and believed what the happiness is which they have that are now before the throne) we said in general that there is in it a concurrence of all good things necessary for making of them completely happy; and it must have these four things concurring to this end which are all in their estate who die ⟨p. 20⟩in the Lord. 1. An enjoying of God the chief good, for no other thing nor person can communicate true happiness nor make one truly happy. 2ly. Because there cannot be an enjoying of him without some suitableness to him, therefore a suitableness for the enjoyment of God is required, for we could not, we dought not fully and immediately enjoy God in the estate wherein we now are. 3ly. It requires full measures and degrees of enjoying God. 4ly. It requires a perpetual and eternal enjoying of him, and all their concur, as I said, to complete the happiness of them that die in the Lord. 1. They do fully enjoy God the chief good, look where Abraham is there are they, he is in the Kingdom of his father, & so are they, and therefore most happy; hence it is that Christ speaking of blessedness to his disciples he tells them that they shall sit with Abraham Isaac and Jacob in the Kingdom of heaven, Matth. 8. vers. 11. they have places among them that stand by, Zech. 3. vers. 7. they see his face and are therefore happy, blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God, Matth. 5. vers. 8. when we speak of enjoying God, it is far very far above and beyond what we can express; it must sure be a great happiness and delight when the object of their delight is no created thing, but the infinite and all-sufficient God, it must be a pure heavenly and excellent delight that flows from the enjoyment of God with whom is the fountain of life. 2ly. They are made meet and suitable to enjoy him in a full measure and in a high degree; if we would imagine man's understanding to be enlarged to conceive of God, and the enlargement of it to be very far beyond that which we can now Imagine or conceive, it shall▪ be thus dilated and filled; it shall then have a distinct and fully satisfying knowledge of the great mystery of the adorable trinity, as Christ assures his disciples,