A34165:896
A Complete collection of farewell sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…
A Complete collection of farewell sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [et al.] ; together with Mr. Ash his funeral sermon, Mr. Nalton's funeral sermon, Mr. Lye's rehearsal ... with their several prayers.A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [et al.] ; together with Mr. Ash his funeral sermon, Mr. Nalton's funeral sermon, Mr. Lye's rehearsal ... with their several prayers.
London : s.n., 1663
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Secondly, This implies a bringing of Gods people out of this scattered condition; it is a gathering of the Righteous out of this world into another, from a sinful persecuted world, into a sinless glorious world; from diversity of dwellings on earth, to dwell altogether in one Heaven; it is a gathering out of the reach of Men and Devils, and a gathering them not only to the gracious, but to the glorious presence of God and Christ, and to the souls of just men made perfect, and to the general assembly of the first born, and to the City of the living God, the Heavenly Jerusalem, where they shall live together, never to be scattered again. To understand this the better, let me offer three things to you, showing you that the Godly are gathered to God three ways: in this life, at death, and at the day of Judgment.
Secondly, This implies a bringing of Gods people out of this scattered condition; it is a gathering of the Righteous out of this world into another, from a sinful persecuted world, into a sinless glorious world; from diversity of dwellings on earth, to dwell altogether in one Heaven; it is a gathering out of the reach of Men and Devils, and a gathering them not only to the gracious, but to the glorious presence of God and Christ, and to the souls of just men made perfect, and to the general assembly of the first born, and to the City of the living God, the Heavenly Jerusalem, where they shall live together, never to be scattered again. To understand this the better, let me offer three things to you, shewing you that the Godly are gathered to God three ways: in this life, at death, and at the day of Judgment.
First, The Righteous are gathered to God in this life, and that is at their first conversion, for by nature we are Aliens and strangers to God, scattered from any union or communion with God, not only scattered from the glorious, but from the gracious presence of God. God made men, at first to enjoy communion with himself, but Adam lost this by sin, and now we are all Cains and vagabonds, scattered from the love of God, and from union and communion with God; but when God converts any of the Elect, he gathers them home to himself; for conversion is nothing but Gods gathering them to himself in the second Adam, that were scattered from him in the first Adam: the first Adam was a Root of scattering, a Root of separation from God; but the second Adam was a Root of union and conjunction. Christ is the head, and the Elect are all gathered together in him, that he might gather together in one all things in Christ, so that conversion is nothing but a gathering of the Elect of God, to Christ by faith, and a gathering to one another by love and charity.