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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. 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.
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 fulnesse of glory. The soul is but a part of man, and so cannot have its compleat perfection till its divorce from the body be cancel'd. Now then suppose the body as before instanc'd, and the soul as now compleated, united together, what must needs be the result? The body to be spiritualized, and the soul's capacities to be unconceiveably extended: Surely then, and there will be fulnesse of joy in Gods presence. Psal. 16.11.
3. Soul and body thus united, shall then be absolutely and eternally freed from any possibility of sinning: Till the general Resurrection, this is not completed: For, should a dead person be restored to live again upon earth, that person would sin again. This is easily proved, for we read of Elijah, Elisha, and Christ, that raised persons from the dead; but all which were raised, (I except only those that rose at Christs Passion, or Resurrection, for I affirm nothing of them; but all the rest) sinned. And that they sinned again 'tis clear, for they died again; and death passeth upon none, but those that have sinned,