II. In separating those that died in the Lord, from those that died in their sins. W••• […] buried promiscuously in common B•••-•• ces, where the Bodies of the Worst a•• B•• are laid together? sometimes in one com•• Grave, and in succession of time a Wi•• mans body laid in the same Grave where […] body of a Believer before was buried […] these are raised together, shall not th• one be mistaken for the other? No ground of such Fears, for the Angels shall […] •he one from the other. Mat. 13.49. So s••• it be at the end of the World, the Angels sha•• •••e forth, and sever the wicked from among th• •ast. But if thoughts arise in your Hearts, tho Angels be perfect in Knowledge, yet it is finite: they are not the Knowers and the Searchers of Hearts, and how can they distinguish an Hypocrite from one that was sincere? You may be fully answered, That God hath ways that we know not of, to direct them in making this separation: However, to remove all doubting thoughts, we are assured that Christ himself, that is God as well as Man, and knows what every Man was, as surely and as easily as a Shepherd knows a Sheep from a Goat, doth he know an Hypocrite from one sincere; he shall see, and will take care that there be not one Impenitent person among all the Company of the holy Ones; and that there ⟨p. 189⟩shall not be one sanctified Person left among the great multitudes of Impenitent sinners that stand trembling to hear the Sentence of Condemnation to be past upon them. Mat. 25.31. When the Son of Man shall come in his glory, and all the holy Angels with him, then shall he sit upon the Throne of his Glory. 32. And before him shall be gathered all Nations, and he shall separate them one from another, as a Shepherd divideth his Sheep from his Goats. Weigh all this, and try what Comfort it will yield you. When you hear the Sound of the Passing Bell, and what others may ring on the Funeral Day, the hearing of your Ear fills your Heart with Sorrow; think then that the Sound of the Trumpet shall be heard for the raising of those that are lodging in the Dust, and let that moderate your Grief, especially when you consider your Dead heareth not the one, and is not grieved at the sound thereof; but He or She shall hear the other, and hearing rejoice.
II. In separating those that died in the Lord, from those that died in their sins. W••• 〈…〉 buried promiscuously in common B•••-•• ces, where the Bodies of the Worst a•• B•• are laid together? sometimes in one com•• Grave, and in succession of time a Wi•• mans body laid in the same Grave where 〈…〉 body of a Believer before was buried 〈…〉 these are raised together, shall not th• one be mistaken for the other? No grou•d of such Fears, for the Angels shall 〈…〉 •he one from the other. Mat. 13.49. So s••• it be at the end of the World, the Angels sha•• •••e forth, and sever the wicked from among th• •ast. But if thoughts arise in your Hearts, tho Angels be perfect in Knowledge, yet it is finite: they are not the Knowers and the Searchers of Hearts, and how can they distinguish an Hypocrite from one that was sincere? You may be fully answered, That God hath wayes that we know not of, to direct them in making this separation: However, to remove all doubting thoughts, we are assured that Christ himself, that is God as well as Man, and knows what every Man was, as surely and as easily as a Shepherd knows a Sheep from a Goat, doth he know an Hypocrite from one sincere; he shall see, and will take care that there be not one Impenitent person among all the Company of the holy Ones; and that there ⟨p. 189⟩shall not be one sanctified Person left among the great multitudes of Impenitent sinners that stand trembling to hear the Sentence of Condemnation to be past upon them. Mat. 25.31. When the Son of Man shall come in his glory, and all the holy Angels with him, then shall he sit upon the Throne of his Glory. 32. And before him shall be gathered all Nations, and he shall separate them one from another, as a Shepherd divideth his Sheep from his Goats. Weigh all this, and try what Comfort it will yield you. When you hear the Sound of the Passing Bell, and what others may ring on the Funeral Day, the hearing of your Ear fills your Heart with Sorrow; think then that the Sound of the Trumpet shall be heard for the raising of those that are lodging in the Dust, and let that moderate your Grief, especially when you consider your Dead heareth not the one, and is not grieved at the sound thereof; but He or She shall hear the other, and hearing rejoyce.
