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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.
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.
2dly, The righteous are scattered in the world one from another, and that two ways: 1. They are scattered by their different habitations; for the godly are forced to separate one from another, as Lot from Abraham. 2. They are scattered one from another by the cruel persecution of wicked men; and therefore you read Acts 8. that at that time when there was a persecution against the Church at Jerusalem, that they were all scattered abroad.
3dly, The godly are scattered in this life from the glorious presence of God in Heaven; indeed they are never scattered from the gracious presence of God, but sometimes they are scattered from the comforting presence of God; and as long as we live in this World, we shall be scattered from the glorious presence of God; for while we are in the body, we are absent from the Lord.
3dly, The godly are scattered in this life from the glorious presence of God in Heaven; indeed they are never sattered from the gracious presence of God, but sometimes they are scattered from the comforting presence of God; and as long as we live in this World, we shall be scattered from the glorious presence of God; for while we are in the body, we are absent from the Lord.