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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. › Proposition 1: PROPOSITION 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.
The Saints of God shall enjoy Happiness in Heaven. The Inheritance which the Text speaks of, belongs to his Saints. And it is an▪ heavenly Inheritance; an Inheritance not to be enjoyed on earth, but in heaven.
1. There is and ever has been an holy purpose in the heart of God to have his Saints with him in heaven; there to enjoy happiness. What ever God has purposed, shall infallibly be accomplished: His Decrees are unalterable: Job 23.13. He is of one mind, & who can turn him? Men oft times purpose, and change their minds upon second thoughts: They are subject to mistakes ⟨p. 5⟩and do not see at first so far •s afterwards. But it is not so with God only wise. Psal. 33.11. The counsel of the Lord stands for ever; the thoughts of his heart to all generations. Now there has been from eternity a gracious purpose in the heart of God, concerning the salvation of his Saints; and their being made partakers of the heavenly Inheritance: 2 Tim. 1.9. Who has saved us according to his own purpose & grace, i. e. his gracious purpose, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began. He has Predestinated them thereunto: Rom. 8.30. Whom he did Predestinate, them he Called; whom he Called, them he Justified; whom he Justified, them he Glorified Heaven and Happiness was designed for them at the Foundation of the world. When God Created the world, the first thing that he made, was an heaven for his Saints to dwell with him there to Eternity. In the beginning God made heaven; that heaven which is the Saints Inheritance. Therefore it will be said to them at the last day, Come you blessed, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the Foundation of the world