A Prospect of Heaven, Table of contents
THE CONTENTS OF THIS TREATISE.
Chap. 1. THe Text Romans 8.18. Explained.
Chap. 2. Many notes of inſtruction raiſed.
Chap. 3.
Sect. 1. A general deſcription of glory, and a particular deſcription of the glory of the Saints in Heaven.
Sect. 2. Sheweth that God will raiſe his Children to an higher pitch of glory than Adam was in Paradiſe, and how they ſhall …e like to Chriſt in glory.
Chap. 4. Sets down the reaſons why God will glorifie his Children both in reſpect of Himſelf, and in reſpect of themſelves.
Chap. 5. Of the quality of the Saints glory.
Chap. 6. Sheweth that the perfect glory and happineſs of the Saints is inviſible for the preſent; five reaſons thereof.
Chap. 7. Sheweth that this glory in due time ſhall be revealed, viz. when Chriſt ſhall appear in glory: divers reaſons thereof.
Chap. 8. A threefold uſe to be made of it.
Chap. 9. Sheweth, that the Creatures themſelves do earneſtly and continually expect the manifeſtation of the glorious ſtate of the Godly, wherein many weighty points are diſcuſſed, and many doubts reſolved.
Chap. 10. Sheweth, that there is no compariſon or equality between a Believer's preſent ſufferings, and his future glory.
Chap. 11. A twofold uſe made hereof.
Chap. 12. Sheweth how the creatures ſhall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the Sons of God, wherein many queſtions are propounded and anſwered.
Chap. 13. Of the time when the Saints ſhall be glorified.
Chap. 14. Of the place of the Saints happineſs, how Heaven is the houſe of God, and ſhall be the habitation of the Saints: that in this houſe are many manſions, and theſe ſufficient to receive many Inhabitants, ſhewed in three Sections.
Sect. 4. Sheweth that Heaven is the Throne and Kingdom of God.
Sect. 5. Sheweth that Heaven is the place where the Saints inheritance lyeth.
Sect. 6. Sheweth that there they ſhall receive their reward, and what that reward is. Some Objections reſolved.
Sect. 7. Sheweth, that Heaven is the place where God will give his people a kind welcom, and loving entertainment.
Chap. 15. Of the Antecedent to the Saints glory, viz. the reſurrection of their Bodies: their reſurrection proved by ſeven Arguments. Of the perſonal types of our Saviour's reſurrection, and the proofs of his reſurrection. That the ſame bodies of the Saints ſhall be raiſed, proved by five arguments. An Object. anſwered.
Chap. 16. Of the glory of the Saints bodies in Heaven. Of the clarity, agility, ſpirituality, impaſſibility, incorruptibility and immortality of glorified bodies: and of their ſenſitive actions, and anſwerable paſſions, which include not corruption. And what glorious things may be ſpoken of the particular ſenſes and parts of the body, and of their ſeveral objects, with the uſes that are to be made thereof.
Chap. 17. Of the bleſſedneſs of the Soul before the reſurrection, when the ſoul ſhall remain ſeparated from the body. The opinion of the mortaliſts, that the ſoul dieth, or ſleepeth with the body, refuted.
Chap. 18. Of the bleſſedneſs of the Soul in general, ſhewed in two things.
Chap. 19. Of the more diſtinct bleſſedneſs of the Soul. Of the perfection of the Saints apprehenſions and judgments in glory.
Chap. 20. A deſcription of what things ſhall be ſeen in God by the Saints in Heaven, and how they ſhall fully ſee what God is to themſelves: how they ſhall behold the Lord Jeſus Chriſt as God and Man, and as the Author and finiſher of their faith, and how they ſhall look into the great myſterie of godlineſs.
Chap. 21. Of their knowledge of that innumerable company of Angels.
Chap. 22. Of the Saints mutual knowledge of each other in Heaven. Two Objections anſwered.
Chap. 23. Of the purity and perfection of the wills of glorified Saints.
Chap. 24. Sheweth how their affections ſhall be enlarged, compoſed and rightly placed there.
Chap. 25. Of the joy of glorified Saints, what it is, and to what it extendeth it ſelf.
Chap. 26. Sheweth, what affections ſhall have no place in Heaven.
Chap. 27. Of the adjuncts of the glory of Heaven: that the glorious eſtate of God's children is a ſtate of liberty ſhewed in divers reſpects.
Chap. 28. Of the eternity of the glory of Heaven.
Chap. 29. Of the certainty of the Salvation of the Saints.
Chap. 30. Sheweth, that no afflictions ſhall rob the Saints of their crown of glory.
Chap. 31. A cordial to them that are in affliction, and a preparative to them that are not.
Chap. 32. An exhortation to Chriſtians to believe the promiſe of God touching their Salvation, and ſo to lay claim to it.
Chap. 33. Sheweth, how a man may know whether he hath a title to Heaven.
Chap. 34. Setteth forth the danger of thoſe that are in a ſtate of damnation.
Chap. 35. An exhortation to offer violence to the Kingdom of Heaven.
A PROSPECT OF HEAVEN.
Rom. 8.18.
For I reckon, that the ſufferings of this preſent time, are not worthy to be compared with the glory that ſhall be revealed in us.