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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.
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.
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, Rom. 8.18. Therefore Christians should not be Offended at the Cross which is •n the way to Glory. They should Consider Christ & Follow his Example. Looking unto Jesus, who for the Joy that was set before him, endured the Cross, despising the ⟨p. 250⟩Shame, Heb. 12.2. The Afflictions of God's Children will not be for ever: They shall not be Confounded World without end: But their Happiness will last World without end. After they have Suffered a while, Glory comes. Well did the Martyr say, Hold out Faith and Patience a little longer, and your work will be at an end. Their Afflictions will last but for a Moment; and they will be a Means to Prepare them for, and Augment their Happiness and Glory in Heaven: 2 Cor. 4.17. Our Light Affliction which is but for a Moment, worketh for us a far more Exceeding and Eternal Weight of Glory. Consider a little; In Opposition to Affliction, there is Glory: And to Light Affliction, a Weight of Glory: To Afflictions for a Moment, there is Eternal Glory; Nay, a far more Exceeding Glory▪ The Apostle heaps up one Expression upon another, as if he wanted Words to Express how great the Blessedness and Glory of Heaven is; as indeed no words ca• express it. Who that has this in his heart will not Rejoicing in Hope, be Patient i• Tribulation