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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.
2. What then doth the soul enjoy, if the body hath so much? the soul is capable of much more, the body can have but a senseless happiness; which though it should be without, it could not complain of want. But the soul lives, and is free from that clog, which inevitably hindered it in its highest activity. It is now at liberty, and enjoys,
2. What then doth the soul enjoy, if the body hath so much? the soul is capable of much more, the body can have but a sencelesse happinesse; which though it should be without, it could not complaine of want. But the soul lives, and is free from that clog, which inevitably hindred it in its highest activity. It is now at libertie, and enjoyes,
1. A long-desired-freedom from sin. I might have said as much of the body; but the body is not sensible of its freedom; and though it be pura massa in the hand of Christ, who will present it without spot or wrinkle, yet it is the soul only that understands its freedom, and apprehends its happiness, it being among the spirits of just men made perfect, Heb. 12.23.
1. A long-desired-freedom from sin. I might have said as much of the body; but the body is not sensible of its freedom; and though it be pura massa in the hand of Christ, who will present it without spot or wrinkle, yet it is the soul only that understands its freedome, and apprehends its happinesse, it being among the spirits of just men made perfect, Heb. 12.23.
2. The soul enjoys an immediate glorious knowledge of God, Christ, Truth, and what not? 'tis said of Solomon,