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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
THE Happiness Of SAINTS in HEAVEN Is Wonderfully Great and Glorious.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
(2.) That the eyes of their understanding ⟨p. 3⟩might be Enlightened. What the eye is to the Body, the understanding is to the Soul. He prays that they might have greater measures of Divine Illumination: That they might with the eye of their Souls see further into heavenly Mysteries.
(2.) That the eyes of their understandin• ⟨p. 3⟩might be Enlightned. What the eye is to the Body, the understanding is to the Soul. He prays that they might have greater measures of Divine Illumination: That they might with the eye of their Souls see further into heavenly Mysteries.
(3.) That they might know what is the Hope of his Calling. God causeth Believers on Christ to hope for the glory of heaven: And they have sufficient ground for that hope. The Apostle prays that they might know this. And this prayer fitly follows upon the former particular; For notwithstanding they have infinite grounds to believe that the glory of heaven shall be their Portion, they cannot know that they have so, except God shall Enlighten their minds.
(4) That they might know how great that Glory is which they are called to hope for. The Apostle prays not only that they might have assurance of their right and title to an Inheritance reserved in heaven for them; but that it is a rich & glorious Inheritance; which are the words before us to insist on.