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Several sermons wherein is showed, I. That Jesus Christ is a mighty Saviour. II.…Several sermons wherein is shewed, I. That Jesus Christ is a mighty Saviour. II.…
Several sermons wherein is showed, I. That Jesus Christ is a mighty Saviour. II. That God converts his elect some at one age, and some at another, commonly before old age. III. That when godly men dye, angels carry their souls to another and a better world. : With a preface in which there is a brief and true character of the Reverend Mr. Thomas Bridge a lately deceased pastor in one of the churches in Boston. / By Increase Mather, D.D. ; [Four lines of quotations]Several sermons wherein is shewed, I. That Jesus Christ is a mighty Saviour. II. That God converts his elect some at one age, and some at another, commonly before old age. III. That when godly men dye, angels carry their souls to another and a better world. : With a preface in which there is a brief and true character of the Reverend Mr. Thomas Bridge a lately deceased pastor in one of the churches in Boston. / By Increase Mather, D.D. ; [Four lines of quotations]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1715
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PROP. II. When Godly Men dye, their Souls go to another and a better World. Their Souls go to that World where Abraham now is. When Lazarus died he was in Abraham's bosom. When Good Men die they are no sooner dead as to their Bodies, but they are blessed in respect of their Souls. Rev. 14.13. Blessed are the dead that dye in the Lord. When they are taken out of this World, they go to rest, they rest from their Labours, and their works follow them. This is implied by their lying in Abraham's bosom. When Lazarus was dead, he was no more afflicted with poverty and pains. Saints departed this Life, enjoy a perfect freedom from all evils whatsoever. Then, and not till then, will that Promise be fulfilled, Jer. 31.12. They shall not sorrow any more at all. And which is a greater happiness, they are fully and ⟨p. 102⟩forever freed from sin. Rom. 6.7. He that is dead is freed from sin. Therefore does the Scripture speak of the spirits of just men made perfect, Heb. 12.23. They go to a place where they have nothing but comfort. When Lazarus was dead, it was said of him, Now he is comforted. Although' their Bodies are not glorified before the Resurrection, their Souls are as soon as they leave their Bodies. When the Clothing of Mortality is put off, a Clothing of Glory is put on. 2 Cor. 5.2, 3, 4 For in this we groan earnestly, desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven, if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. We that are in this tabernacle groan being burdened, not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up •f life. Their Souls do not remain in a naked condition, but instead of a Clothing of Flesh, they have a Clothing of Glory. It is said concerning the Souls under the Altar, viz The Christians that were Martyred in the Primitive times, that white ⟨p. 103⟩robes were given to every one of them,