Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	angel_n	earth_n	heaven_n	4,665	5	5.2790	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96863	The saints entrance into peace and rest by death: as it was held forth in a sermon / preached at the funerall of that honourable statesman, and ever to be valued father and lover of his country, Sir William Armyne baronet one of the members of the high court of Parliament: in the day when hee was buryed with his fathers, being honourably but mournfully attended from London where he dyed, to Lenton in Lincolnshire, where he was interred, in the ancient sepulchre of his ancestors, May 10. 1651. By Seth Wood preacher of the Gospel at Lenton.	Wood, Seth.	1651 (1651)	Wing W3406; Thomason E632_8; ESTC R206455	20,106	28

to their naked signification in another tongue but all agree in the substance that peace and rest are the issues of death to the Righteous The first part of the verse is very near the originall in our English rendering as you read He shall enter into peace they shall rest in their beds or couches for the latter part I should rather incline to Marlerate and Oecolampadius who render it each one walking before God than to Junius who renders it each one walking in their uprightnes as in the Text and they may bee easily reconciled for he that walkes before God walkes in uprightnes for ever The strength of these words is a very full description of the blessed estate of the Righteous after death and because it might be an abundant cordial to meet with all those discouragements and contempts they found from wicked men as supposing them to perish and bee taken away and so cut off from all joy and comfort for soule and body therefore the comfort is proportioned to both here is peace for their soules and rest for their bodies Hee shall enter into peace viz. the righteous man and they shall rest in their beds viz. the mercifull men as in vers 1. Now the peace must needs be something above the rest because the fruit of it is walking before God which is the beatificall conversation of Believer before God for ever There are many small branches in my Text which might be found bearing here and there an apple worth your tasting but the principall bearers that are heavie laden with fruit are these two 1. Death lets the Saints into soule-peace 2. Death puts the Saints outward man to rest I le begin with the first of these observations 1. That Death lets the Saints into soule-peace Obser 1 Death is a darke entry but it leads the Saints into glorious roomes Death is a black cloud but the Sun of Righteousnesse is behind it and will shine through it and conquer it I shall take leave that I may make the best improvement of this truth for your advantage to propound three particulars for further consideration 1 I shall show the Nature of this Peace 2 I will lead you to the Fountain of this Peace 3 I shall give you the Sweet of it in some application First for the Nature of it and because a cluster of Canaans grapes is the best demonstration of the fruitfulnesse of the land and that Scripture phrase best sets forth Scripture things I will give you two or three expressions of Scripture as a taste of the fruite and peace of that good land This estate of peace to the souls of Saints is termed in Scripture 1 Abrahams bosome 2 Paradise 3 New Jerusalem 4 The Lords Joy 1 It is termed Abrahams bosome Luke 16. 22. The Angels carryed Lazarus into Abrahams bosome I will not contend whether this were a parable or a reall story though it be but a parable it helpes us to thus much That the Saints are hereby designed after death to a blessed lodging for the bosome is the place where love lodges her children and heaven is called Abrahams bosome because he was the father of the faithfull on earth and as all the gathering of the faithfull was to his bosome on earth so it shal be to him in heaven and so to Christ and that which is most observable is that the Angells are the Masters of Ceremonies to this blessed entertainment and do waite on the Saints souls to their lodgings of peace 2 This Peace is termed Paradise This night shalt thou be with me in Paradise saith Christ not that there is any such thing in heaven as a carnal Paradise and pleasure but that God would have us judge of our future happy estate by the things we are aptest to understand Now Paradise on earth was al created glory in its virginity before sinne had committed a rape upon it much more undefiled peace and glory shall wee have with Christ for in that paradise Christ will be the tree of life and there the serpent shall never enter Paradise was the garden of God where his desire was to the workes of his hands and heaven is such where he delights and walkes with his children for ever with me in Paradise saith Christ 3 This estate of peace is called the new Jerusalem Revel 21 and 22 chapters The old Jerusalem was a goodly pleasant place the desire of the Nations was towards it but this is Jerusalem made new come from heaven vers 2. The Tabernacle of God with men every foundation stone precious and every gate a pearle and at every gate an Angell and the Lord Almighty and the Lamb are the Sun Moon and Temple therein there shall be no curse in it Mount Gerizeim shall swallow up mount Eball all tears shall there be wiped away and no more death nor sorrow nor crying nor pain nor night nor shutting of gates but will al keep open house for the righteous to go in and out and walke before him such dwelling have all his Saints as you may read and much more in those two forementioned chapters 4 This peacefull condition is termed the Lords Joy in Mat. 25. 21. Enter into the Lords joy The Saints joy after their pilgrimage and warfare is accomplished is all of a peece wich the Lords I will father that they be where I am and the glory thou hast given me I have given them that they may be one as we are one Joh. 17. 21. Christ does by his children and favourites as Ahashuerus did by Mordecay calls for the best robe yea his own signet and glory and puts on them he strips himselfe to cloath them and thus shall it be done to the Saints whom Christ will honor The Lords joy me thinks is such an emphasis if it were but the filings of his gold or but the Lords leavings or any part of the skirts of his glory it were fare but Christ takes his by the hand and saith come children goe with me ye shall fare as I fare and weare as I weare and sit where I sit and be as welcome as I am David in his humility begged but a Porters place that he might be a Door-keeper but he shall be a Throne-holder in that glorious day Thus when Christ shall appear we also shall appear with him in glory I will multiply no more of those expressions whereby the Scripture doth aboundantly set forth the nature of this peace to us but yet that I may put you to a full perswasion of the excellency of it and so make it more desirable to you I will speak a little to three particulars only concerning the nature of this peace 1 It is unparallel'd peace 2 It is uninterrupted peace 3 It is everlasting peace 1 It is unparallel'd peace exceeding all other peace the Saints have their share of peace in this world which is rich and sweet but nothing to this that 's peace in the earnest this peace in full payment