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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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(4.) This heaven is a most Delightful Place: For which cause it has the Name of Paradise given to it; as but now we •hewed. Hence also it is in the Scripture compa•ed to a Mountain of Spices. The Song of Songs which is Solomons, Concludes ⟨p. 224⟩with these words, Make hast, my Beloved▪ and be thou like a Roe on the Mountains o• Spices. This is the Believers Prayer▪ Make haste, Lord JESUS, to Judge the World, and to carry me with thy self, to be with thee in Heaven; which is resemble• to a Mountain, because of the height and stability of it; and of Spices, because 'ti• a Sweet and Delightful Place. What […] Difference is there between this World an• Heaven? Here we Live in Valleys, in a Valley of Tears, in Bottoms of Death and Misery: But HEAVEN is a Mountain, in which there is nothing but wha• is Delightful and Desirable.
(4.) This heaven is a most Delightful Place: For which cause it has the Name of Paradise given to it; as but now we •hewed. Hence also it is in the Scripture compa•ed to a Mountain of Spices. The Song of Songs which is Solomons, Concludes ⟨p. 224⟩with these words, Make hast, my Beloved▪ and be thou like a Roe on the Mountains o• Spices. This is the Believers Prayer Make haste, Lord JESUS, to Judge the World, and to carry me with thy self, to be with thee in Heaven; which is resemble to a Mountain, because of the height and stability of it; and of Spices, because 'ti a Sweet and Delightful Place. What Difference is there between this World an Heaven? Here we Live in Valleys, in a Valley of Tears, in Bottoms of Death and Misery: But HEAVEN is a Mountain, in which there is nothing but wha is Delightful and Desirable.