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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 the Resurrection body will be adorned with very glorious Properties, in respect whereof wonderful will be the Happiness of the Children of God, in the Resurrection World. The Apostle mentions Four Properties of the Resurrection Body, which we shall a little insist on, and enquire into.
(1.) Incorruption: 1 Cor. 15.42. It is sown in Corruption, it is raised in Incorruption. The Apostle comes over with it again, in Ver. 53. This Corruptible must put on Incorruption. The Immortality of the Resurrection body, is implied in the Incorruption of it. Since Sin has entered into the world, there is nothing more subject to Mortality, than the frail Bodies of men. They no sooner begin to Live, but they begin to Die: They are subject to Death by a thousand Casualties; also by inward Diseases. There are the seeds of all Diseases in the body, which prove Mortal to it. Besides, Nature does in time decay. If there were no other Disease to hasten Death, Old Age is a Disease which will infallibly bring to the Grave at last; and there it becomes Corruption it self. Job 17.14. I have said to Corruption, thou art my Father; to the Worm thou art my Mother & my Sister. They and I shall dwell in the same House together, as Fathers and Mothers, and Brothers and Sisters use to do. The Grave is that House. But the Resurrection body is subject to no Death: It ⟨p. 137⟩will be an heavenly body. Then the souls of Believers will be Clothed upon, and dwell in their House which is from heaven. 2 Cor. 5.1. They have born the image of the Earthly; but they shall bear the image of the Heavenly, 1 Cor. 15.49. The Resurrection Body will abide like the Days of heaven, without being subject to any Decay. There have been some few in the world, whose bodies had been Dead, but were restored to Life again: So it was with Lazarus; and some few Others mentioned in the Scripture, both in the Old and in the New Testament. These Died again. It shall not be so with the Children of God in the Resurrection at the Last Day. They shall have a better Resurrection than those had,