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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DEGREES OF HEAVENLY HAPPINESS.
If loftier posts superior state declare;More virtuous acts if ampler meeds requite;
If brightest crowns on noblest prowess light,
And well-sown fields a fuller harvest bear;
If thrones, dominions, princedoms, powers there are,
Which God's inferior hosts excel in might;
If day's bright orb outshine the lamp of night,
And Hesper's radiance the remotest star:
Then shall the younger brethren of the sky,
If right I scan the records of their fate,
In varied ranks of social harmony
God's mount encircle. Glorious is the state
Ev'n of the lowest there: but seats more nigh
The Sovereign's throne his greater servants wait.
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