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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. The body shall then be raised by him, in whom it slept; By him with whom its life was hid, and that with singular qualities, 1 Cor. 15.42, 43, 44. the body when 'twas laid to sleep in the earth, was subject to infirmity, filthiness, putrefaction. But when it shall be raised, these grave-clothes, these rotten rags shall be left behind: Gods presence with it shall render it incorruptible. The Sun in its shining doth but shadow forth its glory; It shall be unweariedly serviceable to the soul in its highest workings.
1. The body shall then be raised by him, in whom it slept; By him with whom its life was hid, and that with singular qualities, 1 Cor. 15.42, 43, 44. the body when 'twas laid to sleep in the earth, was subject to infirmity, filthinesse, putrifaction. But when it shall be raised, these grave-clothes, these rotten rags shall be left behinde: Gods presence with it shall render it incorruptible. The Sun in its shining doth but shadow forth its glory; It shall be unweariedly serviceable to the soul in its highest workings.
2. Soul and body shall be united with excellent majesty: ⟨p. 13⟩I told you, the soul in its separation hath an immediate enjoyment of God: fruitur insigni gloriâ, sed quae plena non est; it enjoyes very great glory, but not fullness of glory. The soul is but a part of man, and so cannot have its complete perfection till its divorce from the body be cancelled. Now then suppose the body as before instanced, and the soul as now completed, united together, what must needs be the result? The body to be spiritualized, and the soul's capacities to be unconceivably extended: Surely then, and there will be fullness of joy in Gods presence. Psal. 16.11.