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The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity…
The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity with the only way to throw it well : as also the gracious persons incomparable portion / by George Swinnock ...The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity with the only way to throw it vvell : as also the gracious persons incomparable portion / by George Swinnock ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1662
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and therefore satisfieth. When I awake I shall be satisfied with thy likeness. Psa. 17. ult. When my body hath slept in the bed of the grave, till the morning of the resurrection, and the sound of the last trump shall awaken me, O the sweet satisfaction and ravishing delight which my Soul shall enjoy in being full of thy likeness, and thy love! Nay in the mean time before the happiness of a Saint appear to his view in a full body, it doth like the rising Sun, with its forerunning rays, cast such a lightsome, gladsome brightness upon the believer, that he is filled with joy at present; and would not part with his hopes of it for the whole world in hand. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house (while on this side Heaven) and thou shalt make them drink of the rivers of thy pleasures. Psal. 36.8. Though the wedding dinner be deferred till the wedding day, yet before hand the Christian meets with many a running banquet. He hath not only pleasures, ⟨p. 165⟩fatness of thy house, but also plenty of it here below. They shall be abundantly satisfied.
and therefore satisfieth. When I awake I shall be satisfied with thy likeness. Psa. 17. ult. When my body hath slept in the bed of the grave, till the morning of the resurrection, and the sound of the last trump shall awaken me, O the sweet satisfaction and ravishing delight which my Soul shall enjoy in being full of thy likeness, and thy love! Nay in the mean time before the happiness of a Saint appear to his view in a full body, it doth like the rising Sun, with its forerunning rays, cast such a lightsome, gladsome brightness upon the believer, that he is filled with joy at present; and would not part with his hopes of it for the whole world in hand. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house (while on this side Heaven) and thou shalt make them drink of the rivers of thy pleasures. Psal. 36.8. Though the wedding dinner be deferd till the wedding day, yet before hand the Christian meets with many a running banquet. He hath not only pleasures, ⟨p. 165⟩