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Meat out of the eater. Or, Funeral-discourses occasioned by the death of several relatives.…
Meat out of the eater. Or, Funeral-discourses occasioned by the death of several relatives. Work accommodated unto the service of all that are in any affliction; but very particularly such as are afflicted with the loss of their consorts or children. / By Cotton Mather. ; [Four lines from I Corinthians]
Boston: printed by B. Green & J. Allen for Benjamin Eliot, 1703
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Secondly; There is Enjoyed in Heaven, a State of Uninterrupted but Inexpressible Fellowship with God, through' our Lord Jesus Christ. Would we be told, how 'tis in Heaven? The Old Testament has told us, (Psal. 17. 15.) We shall there Behold the Face of God in Righteousness, and be Satisfied with His Likeness. The New Testament has told us. (1 Joh. 3. 2) We shall there Be like the Lord Jesus Christ▪ for we shall see Him as He is. This, This is Heaven! The Scripture that leads us thither, has given us this Account of it. Let is gaze a little upon the several Stars that Glitter in this our Scriptural Account of it.
Secondly; There is Enjoy'd in Heaven, a State of Uninterrupted but Inexpressible Fellowship with God, thro' our Lord Jesus Christ. Would we be told, how 'tis in Heaven? The Old Testament has told us, (Psal. 17. 15.) We shall there Behold the Face of God in Righteousness, and be Satisfied with His Likeness. The New Testament has told us. (1 Joh. 3. 2) We shall there Be like the Lord Jesus Christ▪ for we shall see Him as He is. This, This is Heaven! The Scripture that leads us thither, has given us this Account of it. Let is gaze a little upon the several Stars that Glitter in this our Scriptural Account of it.
First, In Heaven there is granted a very Immediate Sight of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. God in His Everlasting Decree, that a Man should be personally, United ⟨p. 80⟩unto His own Second Person forever, did also Decree, that certain other men should be given unto this most Glorious Man, to be with Hi Angels, the Spectators and partakers of His Glory. Our Lord JESUS CHRIST now mentions […], as the main point of Heaven;