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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.) Another Property of the Resurrection Body, is the Glory wherewith it shall be Adorned: 1 Cor. 15.43. It is sown in Dishonour, it is raised in Glory. Two things may be implied in that Glory: One of which is the Admirable Beauty of the Resurrection Body. Adam in his first Creation was a very Beautiful Person; without doubt far Exceeding Absalom in Beauty, of whom it is said, That in all Israel there was none so much to be Praised as Absalom for his Beauty; from the sole of his Foot even to the crown of his Head, there was no blemish in him, 2 Sam. 14.25. Some who are the Children of God, in this world have great Deformities in their Bodies. And the most Beautiful Bodies, soon after they are Dead become Deformed; therefore are said to be sown in Dishonour ▪ When the Body is Sown, when it is put under Ground, it soon becomes a deformed unlovely Carcass: But when Raised from Death, the Beauty of it will be Perfect▪ because of the Comeliness which God wil• then put upon it. Again, This Glory intends ⟨p. 141⟩Brightness as well as Beauty; A shining Splendour. This is Emphatically called Glory. Ver. 41. There is One Glory of the Sun, and another Glory of the Moon, and another Glory of the Stars; for One Star Differs from another Star in Glory. The Sun Out-shines the Moon; the Moon Out-shines the Planets. These are two great Lights, Gen. 1.16. The Moon Out-shines the other Planets, which are Stars of Light, Psal, 148.3. Planets shine with a greater Light than fixed Stars. Some of these shine with a greater Light than Others. Hence are they said to differ in Glory. And so will it be with the Children of God, in the Resurrection world. Whilst in this world, their Souls are in a dark Lantern: The Earthly Body is a dark Lantern; but it will not be so after the Resurrection. That Celestial Body will shine Gloriously. When our Saviour Christ was Transfigured in the holy Mount, and Moses & Elijah appeared in Glory, tis said, His Face did shine as the Sun, and his Raiment was white as the Light. This was but a Glimpse of that Glory which CHRIST