Meditations on the glory of the heavenly world. I. On the happiness of the…

Name: Meditations on the glory of the heavenly world. I. On the happiness of the…
Author: Increase Mather

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]

Increase Mather 1639–1723Boston in N.E. printed: : Sold by Timothy Green in Middle Street., 1711

[2], v, [1], 276, [4] p. ; (8vo) · 54k words

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Believers HAVE A Well-grounded HOPE, OF Perfect Blessedness in Heaven. › Proposition 3: PROPOSITION III.

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:228p. 213¶1

(1.) There is the Aerial Heaven, in which the Birds fly, and the Clouds appear. The Scripture speaks of the Fowls of Heaven, and the Clouds of Heaven. All that space which is between the Earth and the Stars is called Heaven.

:229p. 213¶2

(2.) There is the Ethereal Heaven, where the Sun, Moon, and Stars glitter. Hence the Scripture speaks of the Stars of Heaven. With these God has Garnished that which is the Second Heaven.

(2.) There is the Etherial Heaven, where the Sun, Moon, and Stars glitter. Hence the Scripture speaks of the Stars of Heaven. With these God has Garnished that which is the Second Heaven.

:230p. 213–215¶3

(3.) There is the Supreme Heaven, •hat which is the Seat of the Blessed, and of which the holy Angels are the Native Inhabitants; who are therefore said to be the Angels of Heaven, Mat. 22.30. This •s the Third Heaven, which is also called […] Heaven of Heavens, Deut. 10.14. Importing ⟨p. 214⟩that it is of all Heavens, the most Excellent & Glorious One. Sometimes it is called Heaven Absolutely and Emphatically▪ No other heaven is worth the mentioning in Comparison of this. It is also called the City of God. The City of Jerusalem, which was the Perfection of Beauty, and the Joy of the whole Earth, was but as a Shadow of it. It is the City whose Builder & Maker is God,

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