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The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few…
The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perilous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begetting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perillous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begeting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.
London: printed by John Macock for Henry Cripps, 1654
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Prop. 4. The soul, from the instant of its dissolution, is freed from all imperfections of sin, sorrow, and infirmity; God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, Rev. 7.17. The spirits of just men are made perfect, Heb. 12.23.
The soul shall be in a better estate, than it was when it first came from God, being now in Christ, and having attained perfection in him, both in respect of Kind and Degrees. Adams soul in Christ, is a more excellent spirit, than it either was, or was capable of, being under the first Covenant; the Angels in Christ are more blessed, than they had been in their first blessed estate without Christ. The soul from the moment of its dissolution, until the Resurrection, is like to the soul of Christ in Paradise, whilst his body lay in the Grave.
The soul shall be in a better estate, than it was when it first came from God, being now in Christ, and having attained perfection in him, both in respect of Kind and Degrees. Adams soul in Christ, is a more excellent spirit, than it either was, or was capable of, being under the first Covenant; the Angels in Christ are more blessed, than they had been in their first blessed estate without Christ. The soul from the moment of its dissolution, untill the Resurrection, is like to the soul of Christ in Paradise, whilst his body lay in the Grave.
The place of the Blessed is usually known by the name of the third Heaven.1 The third Heaven is a simple and shining body, created immediately of God, to be the Throne of his special presence, and of the gracious manifestation of his perfections, and the habitation of the Blessed, both Angels and Men.