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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26807	A short description of the blessed place and state of the saints above in a discourse upon the words of Our Blessed Saviour, John XIV, 2, in my father's house are many mansions, if it were not so, I would have told you, I go to prepare a place for you / by William Bates.	Bates, William, 1625-1699.	1687 (1687)	Wing B1125; ESTC R25866	33,196	119

his Letter to the King of Tyre desiring his Assistance Behold I build an House to the Name of the Lord my God to dedicate it to him and to burn before him sweet Incense and for the continual Shewbread and for the burnt-Offerings morning and evening on the Sabbaths and on the new Moons and on the solemn Feasts of the Lord our God And we read at the Dedication of Solomon's Temple that a suddain thick Cloud obscur'd the Air a sign of God's descending and acceptance whose invisible Majesty was veiled under it and whether from that Sacred Darkness or fear at the unexpected Miracle the Priests could not minister because of the Cloud The Sacrifices Musick and all the Temple-Service was interrupted But the Temple built with Hands and all its pompous Service was but an imperfect mutable Shadow of the Holy Temple Above where God exhibits his Sacred Presence not in a dark Vapour but in the richest Beams of Glory and wherein that most pure Spirit is worship'd in Spirit and Truth for ever The Saints are a Royal Priesthood to God in a state of Eminency and separation from the rest of the World They now offer up the Sacrifice of Praise and the sacred Incense of Prayer infinitely more pleasing to God than all the Sacrifice of Beasts and the most precious Gums and Aromatick Spices that with their sweet Smoak perfum'd the Temple But in the Holy of Holies Above where no defiled thing can enter they perform Divine Service in a Divine manner The perfect Rest in Heaven is a Sabbath's Rest wherein our fervent Affections the Springs of Activity are in their powerful Exercise upon God Here our faint Earth clogs our ascending Affections and such is the tender Indulgence of our Heavenly Father that when the Spirit is willing tho the Flesh be weak he pardons and accepts us But there our Bodies become Spiritual qualified for the Exercises of Heaven and all our Powers are in a holy Heat and Rapture admiring and praising the blessed God Here the Saints often retire from the World to worship the Divine Majesty in their Closets and the secrecy of the Duty is an Argument of the Sincerity They with more freedom pour forth their Souls into his Bosom and he insinuates the gracious acceptance of their Requests But the noblest elevation of the Affections is in communion with all the Saints and Angels above The ardent Seraphims were inflamed crying one to another Holy Holy Holy is the Lord of Hosts the whole Earth is full of his Glory Here there must be some interval between the solemn Acts of Worship the Circumstances of the present State require it but in the Heavenly Sanctuary 't is their continual work and delight to celebrate the high Praises of God They are before his Throne and serve him day and night in his Temple The Inhabitants of Arabia the Happy burn for their common uses those Aromatick Trees that produce Myrrh and precious Balm of which the Sacred Incense was compounded And 't is no wonder because those Trees grow common in their Country that is open to the most favourable Aspects of the Heavens and the strongest heat of the Sun But to our Countries how little of those rich Perfumes are brought And such is the Comparison between the Praises of the Angels and the glorified Saints and ours here below They are always in the noblest Work excited by the highest Motives They are always under the direct Beams of God's Favour which are vigorously reflected in their Praises All their Felicity is to contemplate his excellent Perfections all their Pleasure to love him all their Glory to obey him Their affectionate Praises are renewed without intermission because the Divine Favours are renewed every moment There is a perpetual circulation of Graces from the blessed Creator and Thanksgivings from the happy Creature All their joyful Affections all their solemn Thoughts and Reflections are terminated in that great and glorious Object The Prophet declares their holy Employment They continually speak of the glorious Honour of his Majesty and of his wondrous Works They speak of the Might of his terrible Acts and they declare his Goodness and sing of his Righteousness The Lord is gracious and full of compassion slow to anger and of great Mercy The Lord is good to all and his tender Mercies are over all his Works All thy Works praise thee O Lord and thy Saints bless thee They speak of the Glory of thy Kingdom and talk of thy Power Thy Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom and thy Dominion endures through all Generations They never cease to love and admire and therefore never cease to praise him Their Hearts are eternally inflam'd and their Mouths eternally open'd to glorify him But with the highest veneration they adore his Mercy that Perfection that is the special Glory the dearest delight of God that which is the supreme of all the glorious Attributes in our Redemption that will be the principal Argument of their Praises They sing of the Mercies of the Lord for ever that Mercy that chose them from Everlasting that Mercy that in such an admirable manner conducted them through the World that never left them but most wisely order'd all things below in relation to their future Happiness that Mercy that crowns them with Life and Immortality when the reprobate World feel the most terrible Effects of revenging Justice We read of the Jews after their Captivity upon their finishing the Temple that with a transport of Joy they cried Grace Grace when God who is the Author of our Salvation shall have finish'd it with what a sweet consent shall we celebrate his sacred Praises Mercy upon Mercy all is Mercy Happy Exercise Heaven is a State of Joy and Thankfulness Blessed are those that are in thy house they always praise thee 4. The delightfulness of this Place 'T is call'd Paradise by our Saviour He promises the penitent Thief the Companion of his Cross To day shalt thou be with me in Paradise Paradise was a Garden planted by immortal Hands to be the Habitation of Adam in his state of original Righteousness when the Favourite of Heaven it was the Beauty and Delight the Flower of the World and with abundance and variety exceedingly satisfied all the desires of Life 't was water'd with four Rivers to make it always pleasant and fruitful But the Celestial Paradise as much excels it in Beauty and Pleasantness as in its sublime situation and the joyful satisfaction of the Soul in communion with God and the blessed Society there infinitely excels all the innocent Delights of the natural Life Heaven is a state of pure full and unfading Joy The Joy of the Blessed is not mixt with things that may corrupt its excellence There is an absolute exemption from all Evils God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes and there shall be no more death neither sorrow nor crying neither shall there be any more pain The