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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.
Believers HAVE A Well grounded HOPE, OF Perfect Blessedness in Heaven. › Application 1: USE I.
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.
By way of Instruction, there are several Inferences Obvious before us.
Inf. I. Believers ought to be well Contented with their Portion, although' it may be they have but Little of this Worlds Good. If they have Heavenly Good things, let them be satisfied therewith. The Blessedness of Heaven is Enough. If they have Christ and Heaven, why should they care for more? Jacob once said, It is enough, that Joseph is yet alive, Gen. 45. 28. Now (says he) I have Lived Long enough, & in this thing I have Happiness enough. How much better may the Believer say, I have enough, since Christ and Heaven is mine? In Heaven there are Riches enough. Oh! the Riches of the Glory of that Inheritance. You have been told something of it, but how ⟨p. 247⟩little a Portion is it that we know or can know of it, as long as we are in this world? If a Minister should Study all his Days to set forth the Glory of Heaven, he could not declare a Millionth part of that Blessedness. The Consideration of it, should make Christians to slight this Vain World, which with all the Pomp and Glory of it, should be Contemptible in their Eyes. They have that which is better than what the Earth can afford, which should render these things as despicable to them. In Solomon's Days, Silver was nothing accounted of, 1 King. 10. 21. There was such Plenty of Gold, which is a more precious Metal, that Silver was slighted. This world in which we Sojourn, should be of no account with Believers, because they are going to an Infinitely Better & more Desirable World, where they have Treasure laid up and reserved for them: Heb. 10. 34. Knowing in your selves that you have in Heaven a better and enduring Substance. The Richest man that ever was on the Earth, was not so Rich as the Poorest Believer is: Jam. 2. 5. Has not God Chosen