A89737:1471
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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
It is clear and shining;1 The City hath no need of the Sun or Moon, to shine in it; it is all as a most glorious Sun, and therefore called by the Learned (as was intimated before) Empyreum, not from its heat, but from its resplendence, and most pleasant light. All the lustre and shining beauty in these visible Heavens, Gems, Metals, precious Stones, &c. could it be united into one object, were not to be compared to it. As the place of the damned, is the place of the greatest, and most grievous darkness; So the place of the blessed, is a place of the greatest and most pleasant light.
It is clear and shining;1 The City hath no need of the Sun or Moon, to shine in it; it is all as a most glorious Sun, and therefore called by the Learned (as was intimated before) Empyreum, not from its heat, but from its resplendence, and most pleasant light. All the lustre and shining beauty in these visible Heavens, Gems, Metals, precious Stones, &c. could it be united into one object, were not to be compared to it. As the place of the damned, is the place of the greatest, and most grievous darknesse; So the place of the blessed, is a place of the greatest and most pleasant light.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] quase [Greek or Hebrew] totus lucidus.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 quase 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 totus lucidus.