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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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(3.) Another Property of the Resurrection-body, is, That it will be endowed with Marvellous Strength. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in Power. What weak things, what poor Creatures are the best and greatest of men? Psal. 39.5. Verily every man at his best estate is altogether Va•ity. Not only some men, but every ma• ▪ Kings as well as beggars, and this at their ⟨p. 146⟩best, are not only vain but vanity it self, and altogether so. What can can be said more to set forth humane frailty! But the Resurrection will make a blessed change. Whilst in this World, the Bodies of Gods Children as well as of other men, are subject to manifold weaknesses & infirmities. How many hundreds of diseases do Physicians tell us that the body is subject unto? But the Resurrection body shall not be subject to any disease, nor to any grief or pain. God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, Neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things are passed away, Rev. 21.4. Nor can it easily be imagined how great the Strength of this now weak body shall then be. How great was Samson's Miraculous Strength, When he took the doors of the gates of the city and the two posts, and went away with them ba• and all, Judg. 16.3. But what was Samsons bodily strength, compared with tha• of the Resurrection body? The Angel• are called Mighty Angels, and they Exce• in Strength, Psal. 103.20. When the Children of the Resurrection shall be as th• ⟨p. 147⟩Angels of Heaven, they will Excel in Strength. Anselm, Luther and Mr. Burroughs think that they will be able to remove Mountains, and to make the Earth to shake, as sometimes Angels have done,