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A state of glory for spirits of just men upon dissolution, demonstrated. A sermon…
A state of glory for spirits of just men upon dissolution, demonstrated. A sermon preached in Pauls Church Aug. 30. 1657. before the Rt. Honourable the Lord Mayor and aldermen of the City of London. / By Tho: Goodwin, D.D. president of Magd. Coll. Oxon.A state of glory for spirits of just men upon dissolution, demonstrated. A sermon preached in Pauls Church Aug. 30. 1657. before the Rt. Honourable the Lord Mayor and aldermen of the City of London. / By Tho: Goodvvin, D.D. president of Magd. Coll. Oxon.
London: printed by J.G. for Robert Dawlman, 1657
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First, that the Thing here said to be wrought, is Grace or Holiness; which is a preparation unto Glory. (1.) Grace is the Work. And so, Phil. 1. 6. termed, The good Work. A frame of Spirit, created to good Works: Eph. 2. 10. We are his Workmanship, created unto good Works. The Text here says, Who hath wrought us: There similarly, We are his WORKMANSHIP. And (2.) Secondly, this Work is a preparation to Glory. For, for one ⟨p. 10⟩thing to be first wrought in order to another, is a preparation thereunto. Now saith the Text, He hath wrought us for this thing; and Rom. 9. 23. it is in terminis, The vessels of Mercy, which he had AFORE PREPARED TO GLORY; which was by working Holiness: for it follows, ver. 24. Even us whom he hath called. Likewise. Col. 1. 12. Who hath MADE us MEET to be partakers of the inheritance of the SAINTS in light: Meet by making us Saints. So then, Had prepared, Hath made Meet, is all one with, Who hath wrought us for this thing. Here
First, that the Thing here said to be wrought, is Grace or Holiness; which is a preparation unto Glory. (1.) Grace is the Work. And so, Phil. 1. 6. termed, The good Work. A frame of Spirit, created to good Works: Eph. 2. 10. We are his Workmanship, created unto good Works. The Text here sayes, Who hath wrought us: There similarly, We are his WORKMANSHIP. And (2.) Secondly, this Work is a preparation to Glory. For, for one ⟨p. 10⟩thing to be first wrought in order to another, is a preparation thereunto. Now saith the Text, He hath wrought us for this thing; and Rom. 9. 23. it is in terminis, The vessels of Mercy, which he had AFORE PREPARED TO GLORY; which was by working Holiness: for it follows, ver. 24. Even us whom he hath called. Likewise.