A57150:13
The peace of Jerusalem a sermon preached in the Parliament House, Jan. 9, 1656
The peace of Jerusalem a sermon preached in the Parliament House, Jan. 9, 1656 : being a day of private humiliation kept by the members thereof / by Edward Reynolds.
London: printed by Tho. Ratcliffe for George Thomason, 1659
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The whole world is divided into atwo Congregations of men, the Church Malignant under Satan their Head, and the City of God, under Christ their Head. The general universality of natural men descending from the first Adam, and the bspecial universality of believers ⟨p. 2⟩descending from the second Adam. This City of God was collected at first in the people of Israel, therefore called the first-born, Exod. 4, 22. and holy to God as the first born, Jer. 2.3.
THe whole world is divided into atwo Congregations of men, the Church Malignant under Satan their Head, and the City of God, under Christ their Head. The general universality of natural men descending from the first Adam, and the bspecial universality of believers ⟨p. 2⟩descending from the second Adam. This City of God was collected at first in the people of Israel, therefore called the first-born, Exod. 4, 22. and holy to God as the first born, Ier. 2.3.
- aCivitas mundi Civitas De Illa Rege Diabolo, hac rege Christo. Aug. Retract. lib. 2. c. 29.43. DeCiv. Dei l. 11. c. 1. l. 14. c. 1. l. 15. c. 1. De Gon. ad lit. l. 11. c. 15 in Psal. 61.
- bIn electis specialis quadam censetur Universitas: ut de toto mundo totus mundus liberatus, & ex omnibus homin ibus omnes homines videantur assumpti. Prosp. de vocat. Gent. lib. 1. ap. 3.