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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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If there is any thing in the mentioned Observation (or whether there is or no,) it may be hoped that the Time of my Departure from this Earth is near at ⟨p. iv⟩hand. It must needs be so; because I have been an Unprofitable Servant therein, upwards of Seventy and Two Years; and more than Fifty are Expired, since I began my Public Ministry in Boston. Would Christians Think much of the Vanity of all things on the Earth; and on the Soul-satisfaction which is to be had in Beholding the Glory of JESUS CHRIST in the Heavenly World, surely they would Long to be there.
If there is any thing in the mentioned Observation (or whether there is or no,) it may be hoped that the Time of my Departure from this Earth is near at ⟨p. iv⟩hand. It must needs be so; because I have been an Unprofitable Servant therein, upwards of Seventy and Two Years; and more than Fifty are Expired, since I began my Publick Ministry in Boston. Would Christians Think much of the Vanity of all things on the Earth; and on the Soul-satisfaction which is to be had in Beholding the Glory of JESUS CHRIST in the Heavenly World, surely they would Long to be there.
It is Reported concerning Silvanus (a Minister at Nazareth) that when Hierom Enquired of him, what he did most of all desire that GOD would do for him; his Answer was, That it would Please Him to Dismiss me out of this Evil World. And another Religious Person (Columbanus) importuned a special Friend of his, who Earnestly Prayed for the Continuance of his Life; that he would not make that Prayer in his behalf. Such were the Language of his Soul to be in the Heavenly Country.
It is Reported concerning Sylvanus (a Minister at Nazareth) that when Hierom Enquired of him, what he did most of all desire that GOD would do for him; his Answer was, That it would Please Him to Dismiss me out of this Evil World. And another Religious Person (Columbanus) importuned a special Friend of his, who Earnestly Prayed for the Continuance of his Life; that he would not make that Prayer in his behalf. Such were the Language of his Soul to be in the Heavenly Countrey.