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A sermon on the much lamented death of that reverend and worthy Servant of…
A sermon on the much lamented death of that reverend and worthy Servant of Christ Mr. Richard Adams, M.A. sometime fellow of Brazen-Nose College in Oxford, afterwards, minister of St. Mildred Bread Street, London, more lately, pastor of a congregation in Southwark, who deceased Febr. 7th, 1697/8 preached, February the 20th, 1698 / by John Howe.A sermon on the much lamented death of that reverend and worthy Servant of Christ Mr. Richard Adams, M.A. sometime fellow of Brazen-Nose Colledge in Oxford, afterwards, minister of St. Mildred Breadstreet, London, more lately, pastor of a congregation in SOuthwark, who deceased Febr. 7th, 1697/8 preached, February the 20th, 1698 / by John Howe.
London: printed by S. Bridge for Tho. Parkhurst, 1698
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And then, What it is to be with him in this State, That we are to consider: And plain it is, it is not to be with him as Spectators only, but in some sort as Partakers; not barely as Spectators. Indeed, to be so, is a most desirable thing, to all the Lovers of Christ; To behold him upon the Throne, invested with Glory, the highest Glory. But this is not all. Indeed, Participation with him, is sometimes expressed by Beholding, as in John 17.24. Father, I will, that they whom thou hast given me, may be with me where I am, that they may behold the Glory that thou hast given me: For thou lovedst me before the Foundation of the World was laid. But that Beholding, is Fruitive Vision; the Vision, not of mere Spectation, but Fruition, by which we enjoy what we see. And so we are taught to reckon concerning this being with Christ in the State of Glory. If we be Dead with him, we believe we shall also live with him, by participation of the same Glorious, Blissful Life, Rom. 6.8. and chap. 8. ver. 17. If we are Children, then Heirs, Heirs of God, and Joint-Heirs with Christ; that if we suffer ⟨p. 14⟩with him, we might be also glorified together. Glorified, is to be made Glorious, to be Participants of the same Glory with him, and not Spectators merely. We are not to be Glorified merely by a Glory that we are to behold, but which we are to bear; not which we are to be the Witnesses of only, but the Subjects, whereby we are to be made Glorious, in conformity to him, and in communion with him. And here that we may more fully conceive the Sense of this being with Christ, in the State of perfect Felicity and Glory, 'tis requisite we consider these Two Things, 1. The Highest Perfection of the Object; and 2. A suitable Perfection of the Subject, according to its capacity, by which it can converse with, and enjoy, what continually rays, and is communicated from so Glorious and Blessed an Object.
And then, What it is to be with him in this State, That we are to consider: And plain it is, it is not to be with him as Spectators only, but in some sort as Partakers; not barely as Spectators. Indeed, to be so, is a most desirable thing, to all the Lovers of Christ; To behold him upon the Throne, invested with Glory, the highest Glory. But this is not all. Indeed, Participation with him, is sometimes exprest by Beholding, as in