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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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Believers HAVE A Well-grounded HOPE, OF Perfect Blessedness in Heaven. › Application 1: USE I.
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And the rather should Christians be well Satisfied with the Providence of God, in case they are but Low of it as to the World, Considering that for the most part, they that have much of this World, that's all the Portion they shall ever have: Psal. 17.14. Men of the world, which have their Portion in this Life. And if they must have no other Portion but what they have in this Life, Woe to them, they will be Miserable ⟨p. 249⟩men to Eternity. Christ said, Woe to you that are Rich, for you have Received your Consolation, Luk. 6.24.
And the rather should Christians be well Satisfy'd with the Providence of God, in case they are but Low of it as to the World, Considering that for the most part, they that have much of this World, that's all the Portion they shall ever have: Psal. 17.14. Men of the world, which have their Portion in this Life. And if they must have no other Portion but what they have in this Life, Wo to them, they will be Miserable ⟨p. 249⟩men to Eternity. Christ said, Wo to you that are Rich, for you have Received your Consolation, Luk. 6.24.
Inf. II. Believers should not think much of any Difficulty or Affliction, which they meet with in the way to Heaven. The Great Reward which they shall Receive in Heaven, will be an Infinite Compensation for all that they have Done or Suffered for Christ. In this World they have Tribulations, and it may be Great Ones: Act. 14.22. We must through much Tribulation enter into the Kingdom of God. But let these Tribulations be never so much, they are not Comparable to the Glory of Heaven. I reckon (saith the Apostle, and it was a true Reckoning) that the Sufferings of this present time, are not worthy to be compared with the Glory that shall be revealed,