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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. The Fifth thing in Glory is the Harmony and Union among the Heavenly Inhabitants. The Devil cannot get his Cloven Foot into Heaven: He cannot conjure up any Storms of Contention there; there shall be perfect Union. There Calvin and Luther are agreed; there's no jarring String in the Heavenly Music▪ there is nothing to make any difference, no Pride or Envy there. Though one Star may differ from another, one may have a greater degree of Glory, yet every Vessel shall be full. There shall the Saints and Angels fit as Olive-Plants round about their Fathers Table in Love and Unity. Then shall they join together in consort, then shall the loud Anthems of Praise be sung in the Heavenly Quire.
5. The Fifth thing in Glory is the Harmony and Union among the Heavenly Inhabitants. The Devil cannot get his Cloven Foot into Heaven: He cannot conjure up any Storms of Contention there; there shall be perfect Union. There Calvin and Luther are agreed; there's no jarring String in the Heavenly Musick▪ there is nothing to make any difference, no Pride or Envy there. Though one Star may differ from another, one may have a greater degree of Glory, yet every Vessel shall be full. There shall the Saints and Angels fit as Olive-Plants round about their Fathers Table in Love and Unity. Then shall they joyn together in consort, then shall the loud Anthems of Praise be sung in the Heavenly Quire.
6. The Sixth thing in Glory is a blessed Rest, Heb. 4.9. There remains a Rest, Felix transitus à labore ad requiem, here we can have no rest, tossed and turned as a Ball on Racket, 2 Cor. 4.8. We are [Greek or Hebrew] troubled on every side. How can a Ship rest in a Storm? But after Death the Saints get into their Haven. Every thing is quiet in the Centre. God is centrum quietativum animae, as the Schoolmen, The Centre where the Soul doth sweetly acquiesce. A Christian after his weary Marches and Battles shall put off his Bloody Armour, and rest himself upon the Bosom of Jesus, that Bed of Perfume. When Death hath given the Saints the Wings of a Dove, then they shall fly away to Paradise and be at rest.