B01382:69
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.
6. All that ever the soul enjoyed before, in being with God in Heaven till the Resurrection, shall be swallowed up with what it shall enjoy at the Resurrection: All before shall be as nothing, though far greater then can be expressed, 2 Thes. 1.10. When the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven, in the glory of his power: in that day he shall be admired in all them that believe. Admiration is at some strange thing: So, that his glory then will exceed all former apprehension. And there will be never a Believer to whom Christ will not be admirable.
6. All that ever the soul enjoyed before, in being with God in Heaven till the Resurrection, shall be swallowed up with what it shall enjoy at the Resurrection: All before shall be as nothing, though far greater then can be exprest, 2 Thes. 1.10. When the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven, in the glory of his power: in that day he shall be admired in all them that believe. Admiration is at some strange thing: So, that his glory then will exceed all former apprehension. And there will be never a Believer to whom Christ will not be admirable.
And now we are come to the very threshold of Glory: But one step further, and then you are in the last period.
4. In Glory, in Glory? and what hath this been all this while? on earth, if you will believe Scripture, Believers are Princes in all lands, Psal. 45.16. not like worldly Princes that are but subjects in another Kings Dominion; No, they are higher then the Kings of the earth,