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The high esteem which God hath of the death of his saints. As it…
The high esteem which God hath of the death of his saints. As it was delivered in a sermon preached October 7. 1683. Occasioned by the death of the Worshipful John Hull Esq: who deceased October 1, 1683. / By Samuel Willard teacher to a church in Boston. ; [Four lines of quotations]
printed by Samuel Green for Samuel Sewall, 1683
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.
1. Because God hath chosen and separated them for himself, and his own service: Psal. 4.3. Know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: He hath taken them out of the World, and consecrated them to an higher and more noble Employment than such as the rest of Man-kind are engaged in: now whatsoever is devoted to any special service of God, is therein said to be Sanctified; for to sanctify, is to separate from common, and dedicate to special, divine use and services: upon this account the Tabernacle and Temple, the Altar, the Vessels, the Priests, the Levites, the People of Israel were accounted Holy, and the more separated they were, the more holy were they reputed to be.
1. Because God hath chosen and separated them for himself, and his own service: Psal. 4.3. Know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: He hath taken them out of the World, and consecrated them to an higher and more noble Imployment than such as the rest of Man-kind are engaged in: now whatsoever is devoted to any special service of God, is therein said to be Sanctified; for to sanctifie, is to separate from common, and dedicate to special, divine use and services: upon this account the Tabernacle and Temple, the Altar, the Vessels, the Priests, the Levites, the People of Israel were accounted Holy, and the more separated they were, the more holy were they reputed to be.
2. Because they stand nearly related to Christ's Holiness; not only Christs Righteousness, as it stands to answer the Law for them in way of Justification, is imputed unto them; but his Holiness also is imputed unto them for Sanctification; there is a relative Sanctity upon every true Believer; and hence Christ is said to be made unto them Sanctification, 1 Cor. 1.30. the precious Priests Robes of their elder Brother are put upon them. In the Ceremonial ⟨p. 6⟩