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True saints, when absent from the body, are present with the Lord. A sermon…
True saints, when absent from the body, are present with the Lord. A sermon preached on the day of the funeral of the Rev. Mr. David Brainerd, Missionary to the Indians, from the Honourable Society in Scotland for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge, and Pastor of a church of Christian Indians in New-Jersey; who died at Northampton, in New-England, Octob. 9th. 1747, in the 30th year of his age, and was interred on the 12th following. : Containing some account of his character, and manner of life, and remarkable speeches and behaviour at death. / By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Northampton. ; [Five lines from Psalms]True saints, when absent from the body, are present with the Lord. A sermon preached on the day of the funeral of the Rev. Mr. David Brainerd, Missionary to the Indians, from the Honourable Society in Scotland for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge, and Pastor of a church of Christian Indians in New-Jersey; who died at Northampton, in New-England, Octob. 9th. 1747, in the 30th year of his age, and was interred on the 12th following. : Containing some account of his character, and manner of life, and remarkable speeches and behavior at death. / By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Northampton. ; [Five lines from Psalms]
printed by Rogers and Fowle for D. Henchman, 1747
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No more have the Saints done with CHRIST'• Kingdom on Earth, when they leave the Earth, and ascend into Heaven. CHRIST came (i. e. ascended) with Clouds of Heaven, and came to the Ancient of Days, and was brought near before him, to the very End, that He might receive Dominion, and Glory, and a Kingdom, that all People, Nations and Languages should serve him, (Dan. vii.13, 14.) Which shall be eminently fulfilled, after the Ruin of Antichrist; which is especially the Time of CHRIST'S Kingdom. And the same is the Time when the Kingdom, and Dominion, and Greatness of the Kingdom under the whole Heaven, shall be given to the People of the Saints of the most high GOD. (As Ver. 27. in the same Chapter) It is because they shall reign in, and with CHRIST, the most High; as seems intimated in the Words that follow; whose Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, and all Dominions shall serve and obey him. This Verse is true not only of the Saints on Earth, but also the Saints in Heaven. Hence the Saints in Heaven, having respect to this Time, do sing▪ in Rev. v.10. We shall reign on the Earth. And agreeable hereto 'tis afterwards represented that when the forementioned Time comes, the Souls of them that in former Ages had suffered with CHRIST, do reign with CHRIST; having as it were given to them, new Life and Joy, in that spiritual blessed Resurrection, which shall then be of the Church of GOD on Earth, and thus it is that it is said, Mat. v 5. The Meek (those that meekly and patiently suffer with CHRIST▪ and for his Sake) shall inherit the Earth: they shall inherit it, and reign on Earth with CHRIST. CHRIST is the Heir of the World; and when the appointed Time of his Kingdom comes, his Inheritance shall be given him, and then the meek, who are joint Heirs, shall inherit the Earth▪ The Place in the Old Testament, whence the Words are taken, leads to a true Interpretation of them; Psal. xxxvii.11. The Meek shall inherit the Earth, and shall delight themselves in the Abundance of Peace. That there is Reference in these latter Words, The Abundance of Peace, to the Peace and Blessedness of the latter Days, we may be satisfied by comparing these Words with