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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 Glorified SOULS OF Just Men Have attained a Blessed Perfection. › Proposition 4: PROPOSITION IV.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Day before •e fell Sick of that Sickness whereof •e dyed, a near Relation saying to him, • doubt you may have hurt your self by •sing so early and continuing so long in •our Closet, he replied, You would not ••ink so, if you had seen such Glorious things saw this Morning when I was Praying, ⟨p. 98⟩for they were so wonderful and unspeakable, that whether I was in the body, or out of the body with Paul, I can not tell. But then what ineffable Joy does the Spirit of a Just man feel when he is got safe within the Everlasting Gates of Heaven! The Joys of Heaven are wonderfully great in respect of the degree and measure of them. In Heaven there is not only Joy but fullness of Joy, Psal. 16.11. The Joy there, is greater than what a Mortal man can bear up under. It is related of an Eminent Minister in Scotland, that he was so overpowered with these Joys as to Pray that he might not have more until his Spirit was gone out of the Earthly Tabernacle. Lord (said he) hold thy hand: I am a Vessel of clay and I can bear no more. A Saint in heaven has as much Joy as ever his Soul can hold. Nay, more than that must be said the Joy there is greater than the capacious Soul of a faithful Servant of God is able to contain. Math. 25.21. Well done, thou good & faithful Servant, enter thou into the Joy of thy Lord In this World, Joy enters into the Soul, but in Heaven the Soul enters into Joy. And heavenly Joys are wonderfully ⟨p. 99⟩great in respect of the continuance of them. Pleasures for evermore, Psal. 16.11. They are not like Earthly Joys which are but a flash, and over in a Moment: but the Joys of heaven are as the Days of heaven, they will continue as long as there shall be any heaven: They are lasting, yea everlasting Joys.