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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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2. That Body which our Saviour Christ had after his Resurrection, and which h• ⟨p. 123⟩has now in Heaven, is the very same Body which died and lay in the Grave. His Resurrection did not turn his Body into a Spirit, Luk. 24.39. And although' since his Ascension, his Body is become more Glorious than the Sun in the Firmament: When he appeared to Saul, it was with a Light above the brightness of the Sun, Act. 26.13. Yet nevertheless, it remains a body still. That very Body which was Once hanging on the Cross at Jerusalem, is now at the Right Hand of GOD in Heaven. From Heaven he declares, as in Rev. 1.18. I am He that Liveth & was Dead; and behold I am Alive for evermore. The same Body which was Dead is now Alive, and may be seen with bodily Eyes: For so did the Martyr Stephen see him, Act. 7.55, 56. He Looked up steadfastly into Heaven, & saw the Glory of God, & Jesus standing at the Right Hand of God. There appeared a wonderful Glory; and at the Right Hand of that Glory, he saw the Man JESUS standing; he said, I see the Heavens Opened, & the Son of Man standing at the Right Hand of God. ⟨p. 124⟩That Humane Nature, which the Eternal Son of GOD has assumed, will never be laid aside: He is a Man still. There is One Mediator between GOD and Men, the Man Christ Jesus. And when he shall come to Judge the World, He will come with that very Body, which was Once Dead and in the Grave. GOD has appointed a Day, in which He will Judge the World, by that Man whom He has Ordained, Act. 17.31. We conclude then, that the Children of God shall have the same Bodies, but most wonderfully Changed in the Resurrection World, which they had in this World: For Christ is Risen as the first fruits, 1 Cor. 15.23. Their Resurrection will hold a Conformity with His.