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The saints everlasting rest, or, A treatise of the blessed state of the saints in their enjoyment of God in Heaven

by Richard Baxter & Benjamin Fawcett

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

Book, leather The compiler's preface / B.F. (Kidderminfter, Dec. 25, 1758) -- The introduction to the work, with some account of the nature of the Saints Rest -- The great preparatives to the Saints Rest -- The excellencies of the Saints Rest -- The character of the persons for whom this Rest is designed -- The misery of those who lost the Saints Rest -- The misery of those, who, besides losing the Saints Rest, lost the enjoyments of time, and suffer the torments of hell -- The necessity of diligently seeking the Saints Rest -- How to discern our title to the Saints Rest -- The duty of the people of God to excite others to seek this Rest -- The Saints Rest is not to be expected on earth -- The importance of leading a heavenly life upon earth -- Directions how to lead a heavenly life upon earth -- The nature of Heavenly Contemplation, with the time, place, and temper fittest for it -- What use heavenly Contemplation makes of consideration, affections, soliloquy, and prayer -- Heavenly Contemplation assisted by sensible objects, and guarded against a treacherous heart -- Heavenly Contemplation exemplified, and the whole work concluded Evans 18

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Afterlife, reincarnation, and near-death experiences and Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling.

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  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Future life”. Retained metadata contains “Future life” in the subject metadata.

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Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1796Philadelphia : Printed for William Young, by W.W. Woodward; Printed for William Young, by W.W. WoodwardEnglishPublic

Open Library record

1824Printed for W. Baynes & SonEnglishNo ebook

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
  • Digitization sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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openlibrary-work:OL16779638W
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