N01732:92
Five sermons on several subjects. I. A birth-day sermon, preached on the day when…
Five sermons on several subjects. I. A birth-day sermon, preached on the day when the author attained to the eightieth year of his age. II. A dying testimony to the sovereign grace of God in the salvation of his elect, containing three sermons. III. Believers encouraged to pray from the consideration of Christs interceding for them, and with them. / By Increase Mather, D.D ; [Six lines of quotations]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Daniel Henchman, 1719
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And what will Jo• be in the Resurrection, when with his Bodily eyes he shall see Jesus Christ […] is God? This sets forth the freeness and Riches of the Grace of God, that He should take fallen Man, & bestow a happiness on them that they cannot be deprived of. As for Life in this World it is a fading thing, no Man can enjoy that long; the greatest Men must be Subject to Death, and the best Man also. Do the Prophets live for ever? but as for Life in Heaven, that shall never have an end. Those things which we see, are but Temporal; ⟨p. 77⟩the greatest happiness Men enjoy in this World, is momentany; but now that in Heaven is not for Time, but for Eternity. 2 Cor. 4. 18. The things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are Eternal. And it is as sure that the Believer shall enjoy this Glory as if he were now in the actual Possession of it. It is therefore said, Joh. 3. 36. He that believes has everlasting Life. It is not only true that he shall ••ave; but that he has Everlasting Life; he has it in the beginnings of it; and in the faithful promise of that God that cannot lie. It is said of Believers in the Context, Eph. 2. 6. He hath made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. In respect of Christ their Head, He has made them to sit together in heavenly places. And, as sure as Jesus Christ is in Heaven, Believers shall be there in a little time. These things set forth the Grace of God. Thus for the Doctrinal handling of the Truth.
And what will Jo• be in the Resurrection, when with his Bodily eyes he shall see Jesus Christ 〈…〉 is God? This sets forth the freeness and Riches of the Grace of God, that He should take fallen Man, & bestow a happiness on them that they cannot be deprived of. As for Life in this World it is a fading thing, no Man can enjoy that long; the greatest Men must be Subject to Death, and the best Man also. Do the Prophets live for ever? but as for Life in Heaven, that shall never have an end. Those things which we see, are but Temporal;