The Happiness of the Blessed considered as to the Particulars of their State their Recognition of Each Other in that State; and its Difference of Degrees. To which are added, Musings on the Church and her Services. By Richard Mant. Fourth Edition, with Additions |
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PRAISE TO GOD FOR HEAVEN REVEALED. |
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PRAISE TO GOD FOR HEAVEN REVEALED.
As God of old his people's promised reignTo Moses show'd afar from Pisgah's hill,
The vine-clad mountain, and the crystal rill,
City, and goodly field, and palm-tree plain,
And Jordan's flood, and Judah's utmost main:
So to his servants' eyes he proffers still,
As in a map which they may scan who will,
Their promised lot, their Canaan's rich domain.
Praised be our bounteous God! and praised the more,
That we herein are more than Moses blest!
He with his eyes beheld, but went not o'er
To tread the land by Israel's sons possest:
To us God gives his promise to explore,
To us to enter on his promised rest.
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