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A state of glory for spirits of just men upon dissolution, demonstrated. A sermon…
A state of glory for spirits of just men upon dissolution, demonstrated. A sermon preached in Pauls Church Aug. 30. 1657. before the Rt. Honourable the Lord Mayor and aldermen of the City of London. / By Tho: Goodwin, D.D. president of Magd. Coll. Oxon.A state of glory for spirits of just men upon dissolution, demonstrated. A sermon preached in Pauls Church Aug. 30. 1657. before the Rt. Honourable the Lord Mayor and aldermen of the City of London. / By Tho: Goodvvin, D.D. president of Magd. Coll. Oxon.
London: printed by J.G. for Robert Dawlman, 1657
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First, for its rank or kind of being.
First, for its rank or kinde of being.
Therein two things.
1. This Soul was by its first creation a Spirit, and that in the substance or native kind thereof; and in that respect (considered apart for its union with the body) is in a more special manner allied unto God, than all other creatures (but Angels) are.
1. This Soul was by its first creation a Spirit, and that in the substance or native kinde thereof; and in that respect (considered apart for its union with the body) is in a more special manner allied unto God, than all other creatures (but Angels) are.
You have the Pedigree of man, both in respect of Body and Soul, set out, Acts 17. the extract of our bodies, in ver. 26. He hath made of one blood all nations of men: So then on that side (as we say) in respect of our bodies, there is a Consanguinity of all men, being made of one blood, between one another: But then in respect of our Souls, we are Gods off-spring, ver. 28. and so on that side there is an alliance (not of Consanguinity) unto God, upon the account of having been created immediately by him, and IN the very substance of our souls, made like him, and in his Image; and yet we are not begotten of his Essence or Substance, which is only proper to His Great Son: And in a correspondency unto this, God is styled