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The blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the Great God our Saviour, Jesus…
The blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the Great God our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Opened & applied, in several sermons. / By Increase Mather, president of Harvard College in Cambridge, and preacher of the Gospel, at Boston, in N.E. ; [Nine lines of Scripture texts]The blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the Great God our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Opened & applied, in several sermons. / By Increase Mather, praesident of Harvard Colledge in Cambridge, and preacher of the Gospel, at Boston, in N.E. ; [Nine lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by Timothy Green for Nicholas Boone, 1701
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The Blessed HOPE, And Glorious Appearing of JESUS CHRIST. › Sermon 6 › Application 1: USE I.
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USE I.
Here then we may see, that the Saints in Heaven are not so Happy as one Day […] shall be. They shall have a greater Blessedness as to the Degrees of it, then at present they are made partakers of. Most true it is, that the Saints departed are in a Blessed state. The believer no sooner Dyes, but he is blessed: Rev. 14 13 Blessed are the Dead which dye in the Lord. They which Die in the Lord, are no sooner Dead but they are Blessed. They are set at Liberty from all that is Evil. They are freed from Sin the worst of Evils. Rom. 6.7 He that is Dead is freed from Sin. Aye ⟨p. 133⟩and freed from all Affliction too. Saints Departed enjoy a blessed Tranquility, in that World of Souls where they are: Isa. 57.2 The Righteous are taken away from the Evil to […]. They rest in their Beds; they enter into Peace. When their bodies rest in the Grave, their souls enter into Peace and Glorious Tranquillity, and they are filled with Joy. They enter into the Joy of their Lord, into joy Unspeakable and full of Glory. It was therefore said of Lazarus, that when he Died the Angels carried him into Abraham's bosom: and 'tis said, Luk. 16.25 Now he is comforted. There is ineffable Joy and Consolation, which filleth the Soles in Heaven. Nevertheless, they shall have a greater addition to their Blessedness, at the Appearing of the Lord Jesus Christ: For then shall they be brought to a full enjoyment of the Glorious Inheritance that is promised to them.