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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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Inf. V. The Children of GOD may have great Comfort in Meditating on the Resurrection World. The Doctrine of the Resurrection, is to Believers on Christ a Comfortable Doctrine.
It is so,
1. As to Themselves. It affords matter of Comfort in respect of whatever Afflictions they may for the present be Subject unto: Deep Afflictions are a Metaph••••al Grave. They are fitly resemb•• ••ereunto. Psal. 88.10. Wilt thou show wonders to the Dead? shall the Dead arise […] Praise thee? So did he speak when under ••re Affliction both in his Body (•or tis thought he was a Leper, v. 18.) and in his Soul which were full of Troubles, and almost distracted with the Terrors of God. When the Lords People did as it were lie buried in a Grave of long Affliction in Babylon, the Lord said to them, I will open your Graves, & cause you to come up out of your Graves, Ezek. 37.12. He that will bring the Bodies of his Saints out of their Graves at the last Day▪ ⟨p. 177⟩they may be sure will bring them out of what ever Grave of Affliction, they may Lie Buried in for a time. There are Children of God who are Afflicted with Bodily Weaknesses and Infirmities; and it may be for a Long time. We read in the Gospel, of a Daughter of Abraham, who had been bowed Down with a spirit of Infirmity Eighteen Years,