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Communion with God. in two sermons preached at Paul'sCommunion vvith God. in two sermons preach'd at Paul's
Communion with God. in two sermons preached at Paul's: the first, Sept. 3, 1654, the second, March 25, 1655. / By Samuel Annesley L.L.D. minister of the gospel at John Evangel London.Communion vvith God. in two sermons preach'd at Paul's: the first, Sept. 3, 1654, the second, March 25, 1655. / By Samuel Annesley L.L.D. minister of the gospel at John Evangel London.
London: printed by Evan Tyler, 1655
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.
1. There's nothing that a carnal heart can any way fancy. There's no Elysian fields, no Turkish paradise, there's no such rest as the lazy dream of, nor such honour as will satisfy the ambitious, nor such a treasure as is suitable to the covetous. In a word, whatever a carnal man thinks of heaven, he thinks amiss. Not only so, but,
1. There's nothing that a carnal heart can any way fancy. There's no Elysian fields, no Turkish paradise, there's no such rest as the lazy dream of, nor such honour as will satisfie the ambitious, nor such a treasure as is suitable to the covetous. In a word, whatever a carnal man thinks of heaven, he thinks amisse. Not onely so, but,
2. Those that are in heaven, have more glory then they can stand under. That though their bodies shall be like the glorious body of Christ, and their souls like Angels; yet all that we hear from them, like a complaint is, that their Crowns of Glory are too heavy for them. In Revel. 4.4. you have a vision of the Church Representative, Sitting, and having on their heads crowns of gold; but ver. 10. They fall down before him that sate upon the throne, and cast their crowns before him, as being willing their Crowns should make God a foot-stool. Their work is to hand off Glory from themselves to God unto eternity. Plainly, there's no creature in Heaven, able to bear so much Glory, as is there to be had. And thus you see Negatively what there is not in Heaven.
2. Those that are in heaven, have more glory then they can stand under. That though their bodies shall be like the glorious body of Christ, and their souls like Angels; yet all that we hear from them, like a complaint is, that their Crownes of Glory are too heavy for them. In Revel. 4.4. you have a vision of the Church Representative, Sitting, and having on their heads crownes of gold; but ver. 10. They fall down before him that sate upon the throne, and cast their crownes before him, as being willing their Crownes should make God a foot-stoole. Their work is to hand off Glory from themselves to God unto eternity. Plainly, there's no creature in Heaven, able to bear so much Glory, as is there to be had. And thus you see Negatively what there is not in Heaven.