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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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(2.) This Inheritance is said to be His, because it is his Propriety and Possession. That cannot but be a Rich and Glorious Inheritance, which is God's own Possession: This is true concerning that Heaven which his Saints shall Inherit. An Acute and Worthy Divine Observes, that David does by this, prove that they who Fear the Lord are the happiest men in the world; Psal. 115.15, 16. You are blessed of the Lord, which made Heaven and Earth: The Heaven, even the Heavens are the Lords; but the Earth hath he given to the Children of men. As for the Earth, he gives that to the Sons of men: Let them take it says the Lord, I give it to them; it shall be their Inheritance. But that is not an Inheritance good enough for GOD. No: The Heaven of Heavens is His: Therefore how happy must his Saints be, when he will take them up to that Heaven which he has reserved for himself?
5. If we consider the Properties of this happiness, which the Saints of God shall enjoy in the heavenly World, we shall see that it is wonderfully great.
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