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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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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.
The Lord JESUS CHRIST is the Sun of that Heaven, which we are hoping for; It is said of Him, Mal.4 2. He is the Sun of Righteousness, that has Healing in His Wings. Now all Heaven is Irradiated with that Sun of Righteousness. The Rays of that Sun are darted all over the Vast Heavenly Realms of Bliss, and all the Saints of Heaven, do greedily take in those Rays, with Joy unspeakable and full of glory. The Name of our Lord JESUS CHRIST, in the Oracles of the Sacred Scripture, is, […] Face of God: and in that one Hint, you have a Golden key, to open a thousand passage, in these Oracles. When we come near to our Lord JESUS CHRIST in Heaven, we shall in Him see the Face of God; and see the Face of God shining with a Lustre infinitely beyond that on the Face of Moses: the Face of Moses coming down from the Mount, was a dark Thing in comparison ⟨p. 82⟩of it. Hence we read, 2 Cor. 4 6 There is Glory of God, in the Face of Jesus Christ. No mortal Eye were able to behold a Sight so full of Majesty: The Disciple who lay next Him at His Table while He was on Earth, after He was gone to Heaven Swooned away at the sight of Him: His Countenance was as the Sum shining is his meridian. But is this all? N• ▪ In Heaven, they also Hear the Voice of the Lord JESUS CHRIST; and no Thunder so great, no Music so sweet, as that Voice: it is the Voice of the Lord God Almighty: When that Voice is uttered, all Heaven shakes with Glad Astonishments! It carries Life with it, wherever it reaches. It follows, that in Heaven, they are all filled with the Grace of the Lord JESUS CHRIST, and He there withal Shows them all things: He leads them Successively from one Fountain of Life unto another. All that a Reasonable Soul, can Reasonably wish to know of the Ever blessed God, the Lord JESUS CHRIST blesses them in Heaven, with the knowledge of it. The Perfections of GOD, are more Exemplified, and more Illustrated in the Lord JESUS CHRIST, than in all His Works of the whole Creation beside, ⟨p. 83⟩which has all received its Beginning from Him. He is the Express Image thereof; & all the works of God, meet in Him, with a most Exquisite and Curious Recapitulation of them. Now in Heaven, they take a view of this Image, with Everlasting Delight: and, Lord In thy Light, thy CHRIST, we shall see Light! But while they do thus, their Happiness may be Expressed in those Terms; 2 Cor.