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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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Wonderful will be the Happiness of the Children of GOD in the Resurrection World. It has been showed, that the Happiness of the Saints of GOD in another World will be Wonderfully Great; and that their Souls do attain unto a Blessed Perfection in the Heavenly Paradise, when in a state of Separation from their Bodies: We now proceed to show, that there will be a marvellous Addition to their Happiness and Glory, in the Resurrection World. For ⟨p. 129⟩then their Immortal Spirits shall not loose any thing of that Perfection, which they had in a Separate State: but their bodies will have a Glory, which in this World they had not.
Wonderful will be the Happiness of the Children of GOD in the Resurrection World. It has been shewed, that the Happiness of the Saints of GOD in another World will be Wonderfully Great; and that their Souls do attain unto a Blessed Perfection in the Heavenly Paradise, when in a state of Separation from their Bodies: We now proceed to shew, that there will be a marvellous Addition to their Happiness and Glory, in the Resurrection World. For ⟨p. 129⟩then their Immortal Spirits shall not loose any thing of that Perfection, which they had in a Separate State: but their bodies will have a Glory, which in this World they had not.
In Order to the Clearing and Confirmation of the Truth before us, several things may be mentioned as Demonstratations of it.
1. The Children of GOD shall in that World, in diverse respects attain unto Angelical Perfection. The Text before us says, They shall be Equal to the Angels: Which another Evangelist Expresseth by saying, They shall be as the Angels of GOD in Heaven: i. e. Very like unto them. Which is not to be so understood, as if they should in all respects be as the Angels are. We may not suppose, that the Humane Nature shall be turned into the Angelical Nature. Men and Angels are of different Natures. It is said of our Saviour Christ, that since the Children of GOD are partakers of Flesh & Blood, He also himself likewise took part of the same,