Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment. By Thomas Vincent, sometime Minister of Maudlins…

3. The bodies of the righteous shall be most Strong, that they may be suitable to their great soul, and fit for such works as in heaven they must be employed in; were they weak as new they are they world never endure such works and motions, they would tire and faint, their spirits would quickly be spent; but in Heaven there will be no lassitude and weariness; no fa•• ting, or failure of spirits; all their motions, though never so great and continual, will be sweet and delightful; and therefore their bodies must be strong that they may be suitable h•re•• to: Moreover the glory of Heaven, which they shall have in their eye would sink a weak body, and the ravishing joys and love, the transports of their souls in the visions which they shall have, would crack a weak vessel to pieces; they must be strong to hear the glory of the place; and when besides they must endure unto all eternity; and all this without reparation, by meat, or drink, or sleep; I conceive that no bodies visible to us are made so strong, as the bodies of the righteous will be made at the last day.

3. The bodies of the righteous shall be most Strong, that they may be sutable to their great soul, and fit for such works as in heaven they must be employed in; were they weak as new they are they world never endure such works and motions, they would tire and faint, their spirits would quickly be spent; but in Heaven there will be no lassitude and weariness; no fa•• ting, or failure of spirits; all their motions, though never so great and conti•ual, will be sweet and delightful; and therefore their bodies must be strong that they may be sutable h•re•• to: Moreover the glory of Heaven, which they shall have in their eye would sink a weak body, and the ravishing joyes and love, the transports of their souls in the visions which they shall have, would crack a weak vessel to pieces; they must be strong to hear the glory of the place; and when besides they must endure unto all eternity; and all this without reparation, by meat, or drink, or sleep; I conceive that no bodies visible to us are made so strong, as the bodies of the righteous will be made at the last day.