CHAPTER IV.

PROMISES OF BLESSINGS IN THE OTHER WORLD.

I. Of Deliverance from Hell.

PSALM, lxxxvi. 13. Great is thy mercy towards me; and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.*

Prov. x. 2. Righteousness delivereth from death. Chap. ii. 4.

Prov. xv. 24. The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

Is. xlv. 17. Israel shall be saved in the Lord, with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded, world without end.

Rom. v. 9. Much more being justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

1 Thess. v. 9. God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.

John, iii. 15. That whosoever believeth on him, should not perish, but have eternal life.

The word Hell, in these passages, is probably to be understood of death and the grave.

John, viii. 51. If a man keep my sayings, he shall never see death.

Rev. xx. 6. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection; on such the second death hath no power.

II. Of Happiness immediately after Death. Ps. lxxiii. 24. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterwards receive me to glory.

Job, iii. 17. There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. Ver. 18. There the prisoners rest together, they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

Is. lvii. 2. He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

Luke, xvi. 25. Abraham said, Son remember, that thou in thy life-time receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things, but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

Luke, xxiii. 43. Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, this day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.

Phil. i. 21. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Ver. 23. Having a desire to depart, and be with Christ, which is far better.

2 Cor. v. 8. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Heb. xii. 23. And to the spirits of just men made perfect.

Rev. xiv. 13. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours, and their works do follow them.

Ps. xlix. 16. God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave; for he shall receive me.

III. A Glorious Resurrection.

Job, xix. 26. Though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God. Ver. 27. Whom I shall see for my. self, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another, though my reins shall be consumed within me.

Is. xxvi. 19. Thy dead men shall live together, with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust, for thy dew is as the dew of herbs; and the earth shall cast out the dead.

Dan. xii. 2. Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth, shall awake; some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Ps. xvi. 9. My flesh also shall rest in hope. Ver. 10. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to see corruption.

Luke, xx. 35. They which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and

the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage. Ver. 36. Neither can they die any more; for they are equal unto the angels, and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

John, v. 28. The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice. Ver. 29. And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil unto the resurrection of damnation.

John, vi. 39. This is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me, I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. Ver. 40. And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one that seeth the Son, and believeth on him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day. Ver. 54. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

John, xi. 25. I am the resurrection and the life, he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.

Rom. viii. 11. If the spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead, dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead, shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his spirit that dwelleth in you.

1 Cor. xv. 21. Since by man came death, by man also came the resurrection of the

dead. Ver. 22. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. Ver. 42. So also is the resurrection of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. Ver. 43. It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. Ver. 44. It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. Ver. 49. As we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Ver. 51. Behold I show you a mystery: we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. Ver. 52. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, (for the trumpet shall sound,) and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. Ver. 53. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. Ver. 54. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality; then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

2 Cor. vi. 2. Do not you know, that the saints shall judge the world? Ver. 3. Know ye not, that we shall judge angels?

2 Cor. v. 1. We know, that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Ver. 2. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to