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Heaven upon earth in the serene tranquillity and calm composure, in the sweet peace…
Heaven upon earth in the serene tranquillity and calm composure, in the sweet peace and solid joy of a good conscience sprinkled with the blood of Jesus and exercised always to be void of offence toward God and toward men : brought down and holden forth in XXII very searching sermons on several texts of Scripture ... / by James Durham.
Edinburgh: printed by the heir of Andrew Anderson, 1685
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HEAVEN upon EARTH in a Serene and Smiling good Conscience. › Sermons on acts n24.16 › Sermon 5
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As the Patriarchs and many Believers in Pauls time went to heaven, who, yet very probably did die without coming to be clear in that particular wherein they were mistaken, or differed from others, who were in the right: shall we think that two godly men, living and dying in some difference of judgement, about somewhat not necessary •o Salvation (wherein, yet the one of them must be wrong) die not well, and in the Lord for all that? God forbid; neither can there be any reason given, why they ⟨p. 76⟩may not die in that wherein they lived so long, though indeed at death they may come to be more impartial in weighing the grounds of the difference, and mistake. 8ly. This may be for some generations; as was that mistake of the Patriarchs, and so it may continue not only in mens own lifetime, but in after generations the mistake may be propagate; as in the Primitive Times, some of their debates were not soon altogether hushed and worn out.
As the Patriarchs and many Believers in Pauls time went to heaven, who, yet very probably did die without coming to be clear in that particular wherein they were mistaken, or differed from others, who were in the right: shall we think that two godly men, living and dying in some difference of judgement, about somewhat not necessary •o Salvation (wherein, yet the one of them must be wrong) die not well, and in the Lord for all that? God forbid; neither can there be any reason given, why they ⟨p. 76⟩may not die in that wherein they lived so long, though indeed at death they may come to be more impartial in weighing the grounds of the difference, and mistake. 8ly. This may be for some generations; as was that mistake of the Patriarchs, and so it may continue not only in mens own lifetime, but in after generations the mistake may be propagat; as in the Primitive Times, some of their debates were not soon altogether hushed and worn out.