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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 Glorified SOULS OF Just Men Have attained a Blessed Perfection.
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.
2. Another Privilege of Believers, is, that they are come to an innumerable Company of Angels. The Apostle having spoken concerning the City of God, he proceeds to speak concerning the Citizens or Inhabitants of the heavenly Jerusalem. These are of several Sorts. The first that he mentions are Angels: Of these tis said there are Myriads. That's the Greek word here used. A Myriad is Ten Thousand. Myriads in the Plural Number, denotes […] Millions; Or as our Translation Expresses it, An innumerable Company: The holy Angels are so. Daniel in a Vision saw Ten Thousand times Ten Thousand of them. Believers are said to be come to them, because they are Fellow-Citizens with Angels. Angels and they are Citizens of the City of GOD: Yea, and they are Fellow-Servants of the same LORD. The Angel said to John, I am thy Fellow-Servant, and of thy Brethren, Rev. 20. 10. Angels in Heaven, and Believers on Earth are incorporated into the same Family of GOD: Eph 3. 15. Of whom the whole Family in heaven & earth is called. ⟨p. 49⟩Angels and Glorified Saints are the Family in Heaven: Believers in this World, are the Family on Earth. Angels in Heaven, and Believers on Earth Worship the same GOD. Believers Worship none besides that GOD who made Heaven and Earth; and the Host of Heaven, Viz the holy Angels Worship him, Neh. 9. 6. And they Worship the same Lord JESUS CHRIST. Heb. 1. 6. Worship him all ye Angels. John in the Revelation beheld many Angels; the Number of them was Ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; and he heard them saying, Worthy is the Lamb that was sla••, to receive Honour & Glory & Blessing. Elect Angels & Elect Men are brought into the same Mystical Body, under Christ the Head of them all: That in the dispensation of the fullness of times, he might gather together in One all things in Christ both which are in Heaven, & which are on Earth, Eph. 1. 10. It may then well be said of Believers, that they are come to the innumerable Company of Angels.