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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
THE Happiness Of SAINTS in HEAVEN Is Wonderfully Great and Glorious.
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.
Eph. 1. 18. —The Riches of the Glory of His Inheritance in the Saints.
These words are part of the Apostle's Prayer for the Saints of God in the Church of the Ephesians: In which we have first the Object of the Prayer. The Blessed GOD is the only Object of Prayer; who is in the preceding ⟨p. 2⟩Verse styled, The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Father of Glory. He is the God of Christ in respect of Christ's Mediatory Office; and of the New Covenant of which he is the Head. In the Old Testament, God is frequently called the God of Abraham, & of Isaac, & of Jacob; because of his Covenant with them: But in the New Testament, He is Named the God of Jesus Christ; who is the Mediator of the New Covenant. He is said to be given for a Covenant of the People. And God is styled the Father of Glory; for that he is the most Glorious Father, and the Author of all Glory, & he to whom all Glory is due. Secondly, We have the Matter of the Prayer; or the thing which the Apostle prays for, in the behalf of these Saints.
THese words are part of the Apostle's Prayer for the Saints of God in the Church of the Ephesians: In which we have first the Object of the Prayer. The Blessed GOD is the only Object of Prayer; who is in the preceding ⟨p. 2⟩Verse styled, The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Father of Glory. He is the God of Christ in respect of Christ's Mediatory Office; and of the New Covenant of which he is the Head. In the Old Testament, God is frequently called the God of Abraham, & of Isaac, & of Jacob; because of his Covenant with them: But in the New Testament, He is Named the God of Jesus Christ; who is the Mediator of the New Covenant. He is said to be given for a Covenant of the People. And God is styled the Father of Glory; for that he is the most Glorious Father, and the Author of all Glory, & he to whom all Glory is due. Secondly, We have the Matter of the Prayer; or the thing which the Apostle prays for, in the behalf of these Saints.