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A Saint Indeed
A saint indeed: or The great work of a Christian, opened and pressed; from Prov. 4. 23 Being a seasonable and proper expedient for the recovery of the much decayed power of godliness, among the professors of these times. By John Flavell M. of the Gospel.
London: printed by W.R., 1668
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.
'Tis but wink, and you shall see God: your happiness shall not be deferred till the Resurrection; but as soon as the body is dead, the gracious soul is swallowed up in Life, Rom. 8. 10, 11. When once you have loosed from this shore, in a few moments, your souls will be wafted over upon the wings of Angels, to the ⟨p. 176⟩other shore of a glorious eternity. Phil. 1. 23. I desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ: Did the Soul and body dye together as Beryllus taught? or did they sleep till the resurrection as others have groundlessly fancied? it had been a madness for Paul to desire a dissolution for the enjoyment of Christ. For if this were so, he enjoyed more of Christ whilst his Soul dwelt in its fleshly Tabernacle, then he should out of it.
'Tis but wink, and you shall see God: your happiness shall not be deferred till the Resurrection; but as soon as the body is dead, the gracious soul is swallowed up in Life, Rom. 8. 10, 11. When once you have loosed from this shore, in a few moments, your souls will be wafted over upon the wings of Angels, to the ⟨p. 176⟩other shore of a glorious eternity. Phil. 1. 23. I desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ: Did the Soul and body dye together as Beryllus taught? or did they sleep till the resurrection as others have groundlessly fancied? it had been a madness for Paul to desire a dissolution for the injoyment of Ch•ist. For if this were so, he injoyed more of Christ whilst his Soul dwelt in its fl•shly Tabernacle, then he should out of it.