Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	body_n	earth_n	see_v	7,359	5	3.8059	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86127	Hell's everlasting flames avoided, and heaven's eternal felicities injoyed containing the penitent sinner's sad lamentation for the deplorableness of his impious life ... : also holy preparations to a worthy receiving of the Lord's Supper ... / by John Hayward, D.D.	Hayward, John, D.D.	1696 (1696)	Wing H1231A; ESTC R42331	47,842	119

thou visitest him with Everlasting Loving kindness an● thou givest thy Angels charge over him and thou wilt not suffer any harm to come unto him thou a●t with him in his distress and when he weeps thou holdest a Bottle under to catch his Tears thou bindest up his Wounds and healest all his Sores thou watchest over him and thy Ears are open to his Prayers and his Groans are not hi● from thee his Peace is made with thee so here they that truly fear and serve thee are free from all slavish fears nothing but Love rules in their Hearts which makes their Yoak easie and their Burthen light and the Narrow way full of delight and satisfaction they have peace of Consc●ence a peace which passeth all understanding so that the Devil can make no War against them to do them any harm he may raise a Storm and lay a Siege but he cannot overthrow for he that is for them is stronger than he that is against them he may set their House on fire but he cannot consume them and rain Brimstone upon them but they have a Tower to flee to a Place of Refuge and Defence Who is a strong Tow●r in the day of distress and the Righteous ●lee unto it and are safe Ah Lord these are great and glorious Priviledges that ●hy chosen ones are made Partakers of O Lord make me one of these and ●uide me by thy Counsel until thou shalt ●ing me unto Glory ●ome Considerations of the Glory of the Saints in Heaven THis Felicity is represented to us by many Names but most especially Two taken from Two things in this World which we affect most that is Life and a Kingdom First Life Luke 10. 15. Master who shall I do to inherit eternal Life And Secondly A Kingdom Matt. 22. 3● Mark 12. 28. Luke 2. 32. Fear not litt●● Flock for it is your Father's pleasure to gi●● you a Kingdom The Nature of Life is so sweet to all Me● because naturally we desire to preserve o● Being even in this mortal Life which 〈◊〉 fast chained not only to infinite change o● Calamities but to many Dangers and f●nally to Death it self but that Life whic● is the blessed State of those who have a fu●fruition of God is a true lively and perfect Life a pure Life a holy Life a secur●● Life a Life free from Molestation fr●● from Change a most happy Life as we● for the Glory thereof as for the Eternity In this Glory there may be degrees 〈◊〉 there can ●e no defect altho' like S●a●● one Saint shall differ from another yet a●●hall shine altho' like Vessels one s●a●●● hold more than another yet all shall 〈◊〉 full Neither shall this difference cause ●ny to complain First Because in the●selves they shall find no want And ●●condly Because the Glory of others sha●● be as their own And yet this Glory could not make Life ●appy if it were not also perpetual The ●ore glorious it is to be enjoyed the more ●●ievous it would be to determine the ●ery Thoughts of Ending wou'd much ●bate the pleasures of Enjoying but Eter●ity addeth so much to Contentment in ●his Glorious Life as it addeth to conti●uance it maketh the Pleasures of this ●ife even like it self no less than infinite Likewise a Kingdom is of such Estima●●on among Men that for it they will ven●ure their Estates their Lives their Souls ●ay they will surmount all difficulties and ●angers they will make their way thro' ●lood through Wounds through Death 〈◊〉 self to attain it altho' it be but a small Corner-Kingdom upon Earth incident to ●numerable Casualties and Care But his Kingdom is a Heavenly Kingdom 〈◊〉 ●ternal Kingdom a most blessed Kingd●● 〈◊〉 Tim. 4. 18. 2 Pet. 1. 11. Luke 〈…〉 ●at 23. 34. a Heavenly Kingdom 〈…〉 ●●ove the tempestuous Troubles of this 〈◊〉 ●●riour World an eternal Kingdom sub●●ct neither to declination nor change a ●lessed Kingdom furnished with all Feli●●ties without any mixture of Misery or ●rief the Excellency whereof may be consider'd in two principal Points Larg●ness and Magnificence which may not b● obscurely conjectured For if it be true which all Authors a●firm That many Stars do far exceed th● whole Body of the Earth in greatness seeing these Stars bear so small a Proportion in regard of that Heaven whereo● they are fixed the Face whereof is ope● to our View how little is the compass ● all the Kingdoms upon the Earth in co●parison to the Celestial Kingdom which 〈◊〉 above the Starry Heaven and in unknow● dimensions exceedeth that Sphear Be astonish'd O my Soul and altogether wrap from thy bodily Senses upon consideration both of the Greatness of this Kingdom and the unspeakable Goodness ●● the King thereof who hath said unto the ●●ncerning the same as once he said unt● 〈◊〉 of the Land of Canaan Lift ● 〈…〉 ●yes now and look from the Place wh●● 〈◊〉 art for all the Land which thou seest ●●●●●ve unto thee for ever Gen. 13. 14 15. Proceed also to consider the Beauty an● Majesty of that Kingdom even by th● Rule which the Apostle hath taught Ro● 1. 20. In esteeming the invisible Works ● God by those that are visible If then God hath provided for these our base Bodies and sinful Souls such excellent such abundant Pleasures from the Service of all Creatures in this World ●ow excellent how innumerable are those Pleasures which are prepared for those glorified Bodies and Souls which shall behold him Face to Face If the Delights ●e so great and various which he imparteth to the Evil as well as the Good to his Enemies as to his Friends what hath he reserved for his good best and choicest Friends If our Prison yield such fair contentments what will he do for us in his Royal Court If we find such Comfort in this stormy time of Tears what may we expect in the sweet Sun shine of Joy If this corruptible World which he set up for a small time as a Cottage or Out-house be so gorgeous so magnificent that many desire no other Heaven what Estimation shall we make of his princip●l and Princely Palace His Eternal Habitation prepar'd before all Worlds to set forth his Majesty and Glory and for the uttermost declaration both of his Wisdom and Power It is very like that the Palace of Babylon was exceeding fair whereof Nebu●hadnezzar so much gloried Is not this great Babel which I have built for the Hou● of the Kingdom for the Honour of my Maj●sty But assuredly all this World of ou● which holdeth a middle state between He●ven and Hell and in some sort participate● of both surpasseth and it surpasseth n● Hell so far in Beauty and Glory as it surpassed by the Royal Court of Heave● which being framed fit for the Majesty greeable to the Estate of Almighty God no less gorgeous and great than his Wi●dom could contrive and his Power p●●form and that is above all compass of co●parison Infinite Ps 84. 11. 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