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…

Name: A Complete collection of farewell sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…
Author: Edmund Calamy

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.

Edmund Calamy 1600–1666London : s.n., 1663

[652] p. · 313k words · Wing C5638 · ESTC R8646

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Mr. Calamy's Sermon at the Funeral of Mr. Ash.

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Lastly, We shall be gathered to God at the day of judgment, it is called the day of the gathering of the Saints together: a day when all the Saints that are, have been, or shall be, shall be gathered together, 2 Thes. 2.1. I beseech you brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him at the great day: At the day of Judgment we shall all be gathered together, and shall all be taken up to Heaven? I mean all the righteous, and be ever with the Lord: and so much for the opening of the Doctrine.

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But here it may be objected; Are not the unrighteous gathered by death as well as the righteous?

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I answer, it is true, the unrighteous are scattered in this life, and gathered by death, as well as the righteous, but with a great deal of difference.

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First, the wicked are scattered in this life, but they are scattered from God; but the Godly are scattered for God, and for a good conscience many times, as they at Jerusalem were scattered: The godly are scattered from the glorious presence of God in Heaven; but the wicked are scattered from the gracious presence of God on earth. Again, the scattering of the wicked is a curse to them, and it is threatened as a curse,

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