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Meditations on the glory of the heavenly world. I. On the happiness of the…
Meditations on the glory of the heavenly world. I. On the happiness of the soul of believers, at the instant of their separation from their bodies. II. On the glory of the bodies of God's children, in the resurrection world, when they shall be as the angels of heaven. III. On the glory of both soul and body in the heaven of heavens, after the day of judgment, to all eternity. / By Increase Mather, D.D. ; [Six lines of quotations]
Boston in N.E. printed: : Sold by Benjamin Eliot, at his shop in King Street., 1711
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IN THE Resurrection World, THE Children of God Shall be as the Ange… › Proposition 1: PROPOSITION I.
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PROPOSITION I.
There shall be a Resurrection of the Dead. The Grave is the House appointed for all the Living: But although' some shall abide a long time in that House; it is a Long Home, none shall continue there always; but they shall be brought forth Out of it. Joh. 5. 28, 29 The hour is coming, in which […] that are in their Graves shall come forth. ⟨p. 109⟩This is a truth which has been but little believed: Very few comparatively have given credit to it. For it is not known by the Light of Nature; Only by Divine Revelation. The Immortality of the Soul, may be known by the Light of Nature, as we have formerly declared. Thence the Philosophers among the Gentiles, did generally, assert and maintain that for Truth: But that a Dead Body should Rise and be Immortalized, is that which Reason without Revelation can not apprehend. Hence the most Learned men among those who had no other Light above the dim Light of Natural Reason, have derided the Notion of a Resurrection. In the University at Athens, were the most Learned men in the World; how they Entertained the Doctrine of the Resurrection of the Dead, we see in Act. 17. 32. When they heard of the Resurrection of the Dead, some Mocked. One of the most Learned men among the Heathen Writers, calls that great Scripture Truth, Puerile Deliramentum; a Childish Dotage. He thought that to man but such as were Delirious would believe it. ⟨p. 110⟩Nevertheless, all Christians do believe it. Tertullian Elegantly begins One of his Books with these words, Resurrectio Mortuorum Fiducia Christianorum; The Resurrection of the Dead is the Faith of all Christians. And for this Faith among Other holy Truths of the Gospel, they were Hated and Persecuted by their Enemies, who would not only Murder and Martyr them; but would Burn their dead Bodies to Ashes, and scatter those Ashes far and near; and then would Laugh at Christians, who thought it possible for such a Body to Live again. But this was because like the Sadducees, they knew not the Scripture nor the Power of God. It is true, that nothing less than Infinite Power can Raise the Dead; but that can Easily do it. Wherefore the Apostle when he Preached a Sermon in the hearing of some who dis-believed the Resurrection, puts them in mind of the Power of God: