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A sermon concerning obedience & resignation to the will of God in every thing.…
A sermon concerning obedience & resignation to the will of God in every thing. Occasioned by the death of that pious gentlewoman, Mrs. Mariah Mather, late consort of Increase Mather, D.D. Who entered into her everlasting rest, on the Lords Day, April.4. 1714. : [Seven lines of Scripture texts]A sermon concerning obedience & resignation to the will of God in every thing. Occasion'd by the death of that pious gentlewoman, Mrs. Mariah Mather, late consort of Increase Mather, D.D. Who entered into her everlasting rest, on the Lords Day, April.4. 1714. : [Seven lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by T. Green, 1714
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We proceed to the APPLICATION.
USE I. How should we Long to be in Heaven? For this reason we should do so, that we may become Perfectly Conformed to the Will of God; which whilst in this world we cannot be. But the Saints in Heaven, Angels and Glorified Souls are so; and when God shall bring us thither, we shall be so. A Perfect Conformity to the Will of God, is Heaven. It is rightly spoken by one of the Ancients, That if there were no Contrariety in our Wills to the Will of God, there would be no Hell: All would then be Heaven: The Happiness of Heaven does very much consist in the Perfect ⟨p. 31⟩Holiness which is there. The Scripture says, That God has Chosen us that we should be Holy, Eph. 1.4. God has Chosen us that we should be Happy in Heaven for ever. Holiness in the Perfection of it, is Heavenly Happiness. Therefore should we Long to be in Heaven, that so we might obtain that Perfection. It will be a good Sign that we are really Bound for Heaven, if we Long to be there for this reason, Because we would fain obtain a Perfect Conformity to the Holy Will of God.
USE I. How should we Long to be in Heaven? For this reason we should do so, that we may become Perfectly Conformed to the Will of God; which whilest in this world we cannot be. But the Saints in Heaven, Angels and Glorified Souls are so; and when God shall bring us thither, we shall be so. A Perfect Conformity to the Will of God, is Heaven. It is rightly spoken by one of the Ancients, That if there were no Contrariety in our Wills to the Will of God, there would be no Hell: All would then be Heaven: The Happiness of Heaven does very much consist in the Perfect ⟨p. 31⟩Holiness which is there. The Scripture says, That God has Chosen us that we should be Holy, Eph. 1.4. God has Chosen us that we should be Happy in Heaven for ever. Holiness in the Perfection of it, is Heavenly Happiness. Therefore should we Long to be in Heaven, that so we might obtain that Perfection. It will be a good Sign that we are really Bound for Heaven, if we Long to be there for this reason, Because we would fain obtain a Perfect Conformity to the Holy Will of God.