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those habitations there shall be nothing at all to distress them,
not strife nor poverty nor days of toil, violent hunger nor cruel
thirst, disease nor age. The noble King will grant them every good
thing. There the company of spirits will laud the Redeemer and glorify
the might of the heaven-King and sing praises to the Lord. In loudest
harmony they will carol clearly, a loving company, about the holy
high throne of God; blithely the blessed together with the angels
will extol the worthiest of rulers thus in unison: 'Peace be with
you, true God, and the strength of wisdom; and to you, seated in majesty,
be thanks for your fresh gifts and for every good thing. Great, immeasurable
strength of might, high and holy! the heavens are fairly filled, Father
almighty, Majesty of all majesties, with your glory, aloft with the
angels and on earth as well. Preserve us, Maker of created things.
You are the Father almighty on high, Ruler of the heavens.' |
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Thus
the righteous, purged of guilt, express themselves in that glorious
city: the company of those steadfast in truth proclaim his royal majesty
and sing in heaven the praise of the Sovereign to whom alone is everlasting
honour henceforth without end. Of his blessedness was never a beginning
nor inception. Though he was born into the world here on the earth
in form of a child, yet the wealth of his powers remained holy, high
above the heavens, supremacy inviolate. Though he was to undergo the
pangs of death, cruel torment on the rood-tree, on the third day after
his body's decease he received life again by the Father's help. Just
so the young phoenix in his lodgings betokens the might of the Son
of God, when out of the ashes he wakes again into the life of life,
fully developed in his limbs. Just as the Redeemer afforded us aid
through his body's severance, life without end, so this bird fills
his two wings with sweet and delightsome herbs, with the lovely fruits
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These
are the words, as writings tell us, and the invocations of the holy
whose hearts are inspired to be gone to the heavens, to that merciful
God, into the delight of delights, where they will bring the delightsome
perfume of words and works, as a gift to the Lord and Ordainer, into
that glorious creation, into that luminous existence. |
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To
him be laud for ever through an eternity of eternities, and the splendour
of glory, honour and power in that celestial kingdom of the skies.
He is of right king of the world and of the heavenly host, environed
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The
Author of light has granted us that here we may merit and gain by
good deeds joys in heaven. There we may seek out realms most broad
and sit upon lofty thrones, live in the grace of light and of peace,
obtain abodes of genial delight, enjoy days of prosperity, look upon
the Lord of victories, gentle and mild, without cease, and sing him
praises in perpetual laud, blessed, amid the angels. Alleluia. |
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