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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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His Presence filled heaven with a New Glory, beyond what Glorified Souls had seen before that Day. It is Christ's being there, that makes heaven to be so desirable. The Apostle therefore said, I desire to depart, and to be with Christ, ⟨p. 236⟩Phil. 1. 23. He does not say, I desire to depart that I may be in Heaven; but that I may be with Christ. To be with Christ is better than to be in Heaven without Him.
His Presence filled heaven with a New Glory, beyond what Glorify'd Souls had seen before that Day. It is Christ's being there, that makes heaven to be so desirable. The Apostle therefore said, I desire to depart, and to be with Christ, ⟨p. 236⟩Phil. 1. 23. He does not say, I desire to depart that I may be in Heaven; but that I may be with Christ. To be with Christ is better than to be in Heaven without Him.
III. The Perfection of Blessedness consists in Seeing GOD. It is so Expressed in the Scripture, Heb. 12. 14. Follow Holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. All the Blessedness of Heaven is denoted by that, of Seeing the Lord. The Glorified have a clear and immediate Sight of GOD. They do not see him through the Glass of his Word & Works, as is in this World they do; but have an Open, Clear, Full Sight of him; 1 Cor. 13. 12. Now we see through a Glass Darkly; but then Face to Face: Now I know in part, but then shall I know even as I am known. Here we have but a Dark and Very Imperfect Knowledge of God. Both the Object and our Eyes are covered with Darkness; but in heaven that Darkness is Removed, so that we see clearly; as two men who are near together & behold one