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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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The World fares the better for them: More especially they do kind Offices for them that fear the Lord. Psal. 34. 7. The Angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. And are they not all Ministering Spirits sent forth to Minister for them who shall be heirs of Salvation? We should in this respect endeavour to be and do like them. Gal. 6. 10. As we have therefore Opportunity, let us do good to all men, especially to them who are of the household of […]. Angels are full of Zeal for GOD: When his honour is concerned, they are all in a Flame. Those Ministers of his are then a flame of Fire. Hence are they called Seraphims; that is Burners: They burn with an holy Zeal. They are Zealous in Executing the Holy Judgments of God upon Sinners. When the great Tyrant Nebuchadnezzar was made an astonishing Example to the world, the Decree of the Most High against him, was Executed by those holy ones, Dan. 4. 17. When the wicked Sodomites were Destroyed by a ⟨p. 174⟩strange Punishment on those workers of Iniquity, the holy Angels said, We will Destroy this Place because the Cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to Destroy it, Gen. 19. 13. So shall it be at the end of the World: The Angels shall come forth, & shall sever the wicked from the Just, & shall […] them into a […] of fire, Mat. 13. 49, 50. The Angels of Heaven are much in Praising GOD, they delight therein. There was with the Angel a Multitude of the heavenly Host, Praising God, Luk. 2. 13. They are ever at that work. 'Tis Angelical to delight in Praising GOD. David was an Angelical Man, and he delighted in Praising the Lord, Some have Observed that in the Book of Psalms, he is Praising God above two hundred times. The Angels of Heaven Love and Admire the Lord Jesus Christ: They are taken with the Mystery of Christ, and take Pleasure in Searching into it,