A65285:1492
A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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5. Believers at Death shall gain the sweet Society of glorified Saints and Angels. This will add something to the felicity of Heaven, as every Star adds some lustre to the Firmament. First, The Society of the glorified Saints; we shall see them in their Souls as well as in their Bodies. Their Bodies will be so clear and bright, that we shall see their Souls shining through their Bodies, as the Wine through the Glass; and Believers at Death shall have Converse with the Saints glorified. And how delightful will that be, when they shall be freed from all their Sinful Corruptions, Pride, Envy, Passion, Censoriousness, which are Scars upon them here to disfigure them. In Heaven there shall be perfect Love among the Saints; they shall as the Olive and Myrtle sweetly embrace each other. The Saints shall know one another, (as Luther speaks,) If in the Transfiguration Peter knew Moses and Elijah, which he never saw before, Mat. 17.3. then much more in the glorified State, the Saints shall perfectly know one another, though they never saw them before. Secondly The Saints at Death shall behold the Angels with the glorified Eye of their Understanding. The Wings of the Cherubins (representing the Angels,) were made of Fine Gold, to denote both their Sanctity and Splendour. The Angels are compared to Lightning, Mat. 28.3. because of those Sparkling Beams of Majesty which as Lightning shoot from them. And when Saints and Angels shall meet and sing together in Consort in the Heavenly Quire, what Divine Harmony, what Joyful Triumphs will it Create!
5. Believers at Death shall gain the sweet Society of glorified Saints and Angels. This will add something to the felicity of Heaven, as every Star adds some lustre to the Firmament. First, The Society of the glorified Saints; we shall see them in their Souls as well as in their Bodies. Their Bodies will be so clear and bright, that we shall see their Souls shining through their Bodies, as the Wine through the Glass; and Believers at Death shall have Converse with the Saints glorified. And how delightful will that be, when they shall be freed from all their Sinful Corruptions, Pride, Envy, Passion, Censoriousness, which are Scars upon them here to disfigure them. In Heaven there shall be perfect Love among the Saints; they shall as the Olive and Myrtle sweetly embrace each other. The Saints shall know one another, (as Luther speaks,) If in the Transfiguration Peter knew Moses and Elias, which he never saw before,