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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 Timothy Green in Middle Street., 1711
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The•• ⟨p. 79⟩are parts of his Ways: How little a Portion is heard of Him; but the Thunder of His Power who can understand? And here we are in much Darkness concerning the Providences of GOD. They are very Mysterious. There is a Wheel within a Wheel. Good and Wise men know not what to think of them; they are at a Nonplus. Providences seem to run counter to Promises. Our Dark, Shallow Understandings can not Comprehend the Mystery of them; but in Heaven we shall. Hear how the Psalmist speaks, Psal. 73.16, 17. When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me, until I went into the Sanctuary of God, then I understood, &c· Thus when in the Heavenly Sanctuary, we shall see clearly the Reasonableness, the Wisdom, the Faithfulness of GOD in all His Providential Dispensations. And in Heaven we shall have a perfect Understanding of the holy Scriptures. There are many difficult places of Scripture: Peter says of Paul's Epistles, that in them there are some things hard to be Understood, 2 Pet. 3.16. The most Learned men in the World, have found a ⟨p. 80⟩great Difficulty in Solving some Dark Passages in the Scripture. In Heaven they will be made Plain. When our Lord JESUS CHRIST Conversed with his Disciples after his Resurrection, it is said, that He Opened their Understandings, that they might Understand the Scriptures, Luk. 24.45. How much more will He Open their Understandings, when their Souls shall be with him in Heaven? The Knowledge of the Mystery of Christ, is the most Excellent and Desirable Knowledge. The Apostle counted all things Loss, for the Excellency of the Knowledge of Christ Jesus. To know more of CHRIST is the Delight of Angels, 1 Pet. 1.12. A greater Perfection in this Knowledge, is reserved for Heaven; where we shall know Even as we are known. We see then, that Saints in Heaven have attained unto a Perfection in Knowledge ▪ Which must not be understood of an Absolute, but of a Comparative Perfection: For Glorified Souls are still attaining unto greater degrees of Knowledge: Angels in Heaven do so; and therefore the like is to be said of the Spirits of ust men Glorified