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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
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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.
Secondly, This implies a bringing of God's people out of this scattered condition; it is a gathering of the righteous out of this world into another, from a sinful persecuted world, into a sinless glorious world, from diversity of dwellings on earth, to dwell altogether in one heaven; it is a gathering out of the reach of men and devils: a gathering them not only to the gracious, but to the glorious presence of God and Christ, and to the souls of just ⟨p. 7⟩men made perfect, and to the general assembly of the first born, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, where they shall live together, never to be scattered again. To understand this the better, let me offer 3 things to you, showing you that the godly are gathered to God 3 ways: In this life, at death, and at the day of judgment.
Secondly, This implyes a bringing of God's people out of this scattered condition; it is a gathering of the righteous out of this world into another, from a sinfull persecuted world, into a sinles glorious world, from diversity of dwellings on earth, to dwell altogether in one heaven; it is a gathering out of the reach of men and divels: a gathering them not only to the gracious, but to the glorious presence of God and Christ, and to the souls of just