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The Godly Man's Picture
The godly mans picture drawn with a scripture-pencil, or, Some characteristical notes of a man that shall go to heaven by Thomas Watson ...The godly mans picture drawn with a scripture-pensil, or, Some characteristical notes of a man that shall go to heaven by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1666
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4. Consider what a glorious place heaven is: We read of an Angel coming down from heaven, who did tread with his right foot on the Sea, and with his left foot on the earth, Revel. 10. 2. Had we but once been in heaven, and viewed the superlative glory of it, how might we in an holy scorn trample with one foot upon the earth, and with the other foot ⟨p. 150⟩upon the Sea: Heaven is called a better Country, Heb. 11. 16. But now they desire a better Country, that is an heavenly: Heaven is said to be a better Country, in opposition to the Country where we now sojourn: What should we mind but that better* Country.
- *Sistitur appetitus in via satiatur in Patria.
Quest. In what sense is heaven a better Country?
Answ. 1. In that Country above there are better delights; there is the Tree of Life, the Rivers of Pleasure; there is amazing beauty, unsearchable riches; there are the delights of Angels; there is the Flower of Joy fully blown; there is more than we can ask or †think; there is glory in its full dimensions, and beyond all hyperbole.