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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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Although in the Creed commonly used, the Article of the Resurrection is Expressed, I believe a Resurrection of the Body; in many Creeds it was a Resurrection of the Flesh: And it was so Expressed, in Opposition to those who said, that the Resurrection Body would ⟨p. 120⟩not be Flesh; but that it would be Metamorphosed into an Aerial Body. Moreover, to declare their abhorrence of their Tenet, who held that the same Body which died and was buried shall not rise again, the Christians in Africa, when they recited that Article of the Creed, I believe the Resurrection of the Body, they would lay their hands on their Body and say, I believe the Resurrection of this Body. The denial of the Resurrection of the same Body that died, is a great Error. It strikes at a Fundamental Article in our Christian Religion. I shall therefore further insist on the Truth before us, and mention several things for our Confirmation and Establishment in the Faith of it.
Although in the Creed commonly used, the Article of the Resurrection is Expressed, I believe a Resurrection of the Body; in many Creeds it was a Resurrection of the Flesh: And it was so Express'd, in Opposition to those who said, that the Resurrection Body would ⟨p. 120⟩not be Flesh; but that it would be Metamorphosed into an Aerial Body. Moreover, to declare their abhorrence of their Tenent, who held that the same Body which dy'd and was bury'd shall not rise again, the Christians in Africa, when they recited that Article of the Creed, I believe the Resurrection of the Body, they would lay their hands on their Body and say, I believe the Resurrection of this Body. The denial of the Resurrection of the same Body that dy'd, is a great Error. It strikes at a Fundamental Article in our Christian Religion. I shall therefore further insist on the Truth before us, and mention several things for our Confirmation and Establishment in the Faith of it.
1. The holy Scriptures Expressly declare a Resurrection of the same Body. Job believed, that notwithstanding his Body should be Consumed in the Grave, he should Rise again at the Last day with the very same Body. I will not trouble you with the Critical Disputes of Learned men, about the translation of his words