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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. › 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.
USE I.
This should put us upon Examining our Title to this Glorious Inheritance. We should not be satisfied without Knowing what is the Hope of our Calling. Have we a good Title? Have we a sure well grounded Hope? To Know this, is a greater Mercy and Happiness, than all the Good which the whole World can afford.
Quest. But how may we know this?
Answ. 1. Are we Saints? The Riches of the Glory of his Inheritance in the Saints, says the Text. Except we are Saints, we are not fit for this Inheritance, nor does it belong to us. Col. 1. 12. Giving thanks to the Father, who has made us meet to be partakers of the Inheritance of the Saints in Light. If it were possible for an Ungodly man to get to Heaven, he would ⟨p. 39⟩not find it a place Meet for him. It is a most Holy place. What should an Unholy Sinner do there? He would find nothing there of that which his sinful Soul does most of all delight in. He would find no Company there suitable for him. Sinners do not Love the Company of Saints: They cannot say as David does, All my Delight is with the Saints on Earth. Sometimes if an Holy man comes into the room where there is a Company of Vain persons, they will withdraw presently: The very Presence of an holy man Damps them, and spoils their Mirth. What then would they do in Heaven, where there are none but Saints; and such too as are perfectly Sanctified? Say then, Are we Sanctified? If truly so, then Heaven is Our Inheritance: