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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	body_n	glorious_a	vile_a	1,567	5	10.2595	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60348	A funeral-sermon upon occasion of the death of Mrs. Lobb late wife of Mr. Stephen Lobb. Preached by Samuel Slater, minister of the Gospel	Slater, Samuel, d. 1704.	1691 (1691)	Wing S3966; ESTC R221626	33,124	39

gradually impart to them now and when he ●ath them with him in the Mansions above he will fill their Trea●ures and put them into the actual and compleat Possession of all that Good which he purchased for them He himself is at the Right Hand of the Majesty on High and they shall be at his he overcame 〈◊〉 is set down upon his Father's Throne and when they have ov●●●come he will grant to them to sit down upon his Throne Revela●●●● He will come at the last and great Day in his Glory and when he 〈◊〉 appear they shall appear with him in glory Colos. 3. It doth not yet ●●●pear what we shall be but when he doth appear we shall be like him 〈◊〉 we shall see him as he is 1 John 3.2 He shall shine forth with 〈◊〉 bright and beautiful Rays as the Eternal Sun and they as the Fir●●ment and the Stars yea their vile Bodies or Bodies of vilen● shall be made like unto Christ's most Glorious Body Philip. 3. N●● O Saints It is the matter of your grief and complaint that 〈◊〉 have so much corruption in you and so little of Christ and that 〈◊〉 are so unlike him a Conformity to whose Image you ought to stu●● and were predestinated to Rom. 8. But there you shall be as like 〈◊〉 as ever you can look you shall be satisfied with his likeness Psalm● so satisfied with it as not to desire more of it than you shall ha●● there your Conformity to him shall be perfect both in Grace and G●●ry Thus much concerning Paul's Judgment of the Future State● Believers as to the Nature of it It will be a being with Christ. Come we now in the second place to consider his Judgment● that State as to the Goodness and Excellency of it and that you ha●● in these words it is far better It is better then whensoever a G●●cious and Holy Person makes his last and great change he make● good one he changeth so much for the better that he will never 〈◊〉 any reason to repent of it I pray therefore do you moderate yo● Sorrow whom God hath deprived of such Relations whose God●●ness you have no cause to call in question be you satisfied as to the● do not mourn over them Weep if you please for your selves a●● for your Children but not for them because they do not lose 〈◊〉 Dying they are not at all the worse for Dying All things work togeth●● for good to them that love God so Paul tells us Romans 8. Yea 〈◊〉 speaks of it as a thing well known and Death doth so work as well as an●thing else it works notably for them it doth them a great deal of se●vice and kindness it is good for them that they Dye It is expedie●● for them that they go away You would fain have had your near an● dear Relations staid here yet longer and Lov'd and Liv'd with yo● yet longer And why so That you might have been pleased an● delighted that they might have been more helpful and comfortabl● to you But is that fit God hath the numbers of our Months with him and he hath appointed us our bounds which we cannot pass and mus● God alter his Decrees and add to those Months and remove those ●ounds for you Must the Will of God be crost for you Must not Heaven be filled for you Must the Happiness and Perfection of the ●aints be deferr'd and put off for you Must they stand here after ●hey are fully ripe for Glory merely that you might be gratified ●nd humour'd or if not done you break out into discontent Know ●y Friend whatever thy dark and melancholick apprehensions are ●or the present it is better as it is and if thou didst better under●tand the mind and will of God in what he hath done thou wouldest be ●ore reconciled to it whatever thou dost think might have been ●he comfortable fruits of thy Relation's longer continuance here it 〈◊〉 better as it is for certain it is better for her So our Apostle ●●ought as to himself and so he tells us in the Text to be with ●hrist is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not only better but far better ●muliò magis melius muc● more better He speaks as if he wanted ●ords and thought he could not speak enough it is much very ●uch better it is a great deal better or as one Learned Man renders 〈◊〉 it is infinitis partibus melius infinitely better But here the Question will be Qu. Than what is it better An. To that I Answer thus It is better than any State that a ●hristian can be in on this side the Grave and of Heaven Take it in ●●ese two things 1. Being with Christ in Heaven is better than any state here when it is as good as the World can make it 2. It is better than the best State here when it is as good as his Spiritual and Gospel Enjoyments can make it when he hath both the Fatness of the Earth and the Dew of Heaven too when he hath both the Comforts of the Creature and also the Smiles of God First It is better to be with Christ in Heaven than any State here 〈◊〉 this World when it is as good as Earth can make it and ●here is the ●●llest confluence of Creature-delights Suppose a Saint seated upon ●●e upper ground having his Belly fill'd with hid Treasures and re●●esh'd with waters of a full Cup swimming in all manner of De●●ghts the Envy of some and the Admiration of others Suppose ●●m possest of a plentiful Estate and blest with sweet and dear Re●●tions let him have the Honour of a Crown with Mines of Gold and Silver and every thing here contributing to his delight Suppose him a Person of a most even Temper of mind and a most athletick sound heal●hful Constitution of Body so that no unruly Passions do transport him no Sicknesses discompose him no Racking and vexing pains disease him no unexpected disappointment of his hopes nor unkind denial of his desires do Fret and Torment him no clouds at all do Obscure his Day nor threaten him with a Storm but all is well within and all Serene and Calm round about him In a word He can with Esau say I have enough my Brother because he hath Health and Ease Peace and Prosperity and indeed more than heart can wish yet I say to be with Christ in Heaven is better than all this for if Moses did esteem the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt what is the Glory of Christ What price and estimate will you set on that If David reckoned that a Day in these his lower and outer Courts were better than a Thousand elsewhere what then is it to enjoy an Eternity A constant and uninterrupted abode for ever in the Mansions above the Habitation of his Holiness and Glory Without all peradventure that is an ignorant and dross Soul which once imagines Earth to be better than Heaven Creature● in