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The righteous mans death lamented. A sermon preached at St. Austins, London, Aug.23. 1662…
The righteous mans death lamented. A sermon preached at St. Austins, London, Aug.23. 1662 at the funeral of that eminent servant of Jesus Christ, Mr. Simeon Ash late minister of the gospel there. By Edmund Calamy, B.D.
London : s.n., printed in the year 1662
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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 second Doctrine is this, That the perishing of a righteous man, is nothing but a gathering of him to God, Christ, and the blessed Society of Saints and Angels in heaven.
This is contained in the second expression, Merciful men are taken away; the word in the Hebrew is colliguntu•, they are gathered; it is exegetical of the former; they ⟨p. 6⟩did not perish, but they are gathered to God and Christ; there is a great deal of excellency, & a magazine of sweetness in this expression, they are gathered; It implies two things:
First, That the righteous are in a scattered condition while they are in this World, and that three ways:
First, They are scattered among the wicked and ungodly of the World, as Sheep among Wolves, as Lambs among Lions, rent and torn in pieces, forced to wander up and down in sheep-skins and Goat skins.