A Body of Practical Divinity

1. Believers at Death shall gain a Writ of Ease from all Sins and Troubles; they shall be in a state of Impeccability: Sin expires with their Life. I think sometimes what an happy state that will be, never to have a sinful Thought more. And they shall have a quietus est from their Troubles. Here David cried out, My Life is spent with Griefs and my Years with Sighing, Psal. 31.10. Quid est diu vivere nisi diu torqueri, Aug. Life begins with a Cry, and ends with a Groan; but at Death all Troubles Dye.

2. Believers at Death shall gain the glorious Sight of God. They shall see him First, Intellectually with the Eyes of their Mind, which Divines call the Beatifical Vision: If there were not such an Intellectual sight of God, how do the Spirits of Just Men made Perfect see him? Secondly, They shall behold the Glorified Body of Jesus Christ; and if it be pleasant to behold the Sun, then how blessed a sight will it be to see Christ the Son of Righteousness clothed with our Human Nature shining in Glory above the Angels? Through Christ's Flesh as through a Transparent Glass, some bright Rays and Beams of the God head shall display themselves to glorified Eyes: The sight of God through Christ will be very complacential and delightful: The terror of God's Essence will be taken away: Gods Majesty will be mixed with Beauty, and sweetened with Clemency; it will be infinitely delightful to the Saints to see the amiable aspects and smiles of Gods Face: Which brings me to the third thing.

2. Believers at Death shall gain the glorious Sight of God. They shall see him First, Intellectually with the Eyes of their Mind, which Divines call the Beatifical Vision: If there were not such an Intellectual sight of God, how do the Spirits of Iust Men made Perfect see him? Secondly, They shall behold the Glorified Body of Jesus Christ; and if it be pleasant to behold the Sun, then how blessed a sight will it be to see Christ the Son of Righteousness cloathed with our Human Nature shining in Glory above the Angels? Through Christ's Flesh as through a Transparent Glass, some bright Rays and Beams of the God head shall display themselves to glorified Eyes: The sight of God through Christ will be very complacential and delightful: The terrour of God's Essence will be taken away: Gods Majesty will be mixed with Beauty, and sweetned with Clemency; it will be infinitely delightful to the Saints to see the amiable aspects and smiles of Gods Face: Which brings me to the third thing.