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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46315	Abraham's death, the manner, time, and consequent of it opened and applied in a funeral sermon preached upon the death of the Reverend Mr. Thomas Case ... June 14th, 1682 : with a narrative of his life and death / by Thomas Jacomb ...	Jacombe, Thomas, 1622-1687.	1682 (1682)	Wing J111; ESTC R11297	37,227	59

Abraham's being gathered to his People to his Soul and from thence assert the Existence and Immortality of it And whereas some affirm that in all the Books of Moses there 's nothing said to prove the Soul's Immortality * In Loc. Cajetan confutes them from this very Text And many † Vatab. Pererius in Gen. 25 Tom. 4. Disp 8. pag. 789 c. Ainsworth Theodoret Q. 109. in Gen. others concur with him therein 2. The Advancement and Felicity of the Soul upon its Separation from the Body which consists in this that it is presently joyned with and admitted into the Society of the glorified Souls that are with God in Heaven I must not engage in the discussing of these Heads in brief take this Observation That whenever the Godly die immediately they are translated unto the Society of the glorified Saints in Heaven We cannot ground this merely upon the Phrase of Abraham's being gathered to his People but we must also take in the Grace and Holiness of the Subject It 's said of Ishmael here ver 17. He was gathered to his People but how not as Abraham was because he was a bad Man The Sence of the Words must be stated according to the * Ad foelicitatem per se ●on pe●tiner sed tantum pro Subjectorum ra io●e intellecta Rivet Subject to whom they are applied When the Wicked die they are gathered to their People i. e. they are thrown into the Company of the Damned in Hell But when the Godly die they are gathered to their People i. e. taken up into the Company of the glorified Saints in Heaven It 's foretold and promised Mat. 8.11 That many shall come from the East and West and shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven Hebr. 12.22 23. But ye are come unto Mount Sion and unto the City of the living God the heavenly Jerusalem and to an innumerable Company of Angels to the General Assembly and Church of the First-born which are written in Heaven and to God the Judge of all and to the Spirits of just Men made perfect And to Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant and to the Blood of sprinkling that speaketh better Things than that of Abel The first Intendment of the Apostle in this Scripture was to describe the Gospel-Church as 't is here on Earth in the Glory and Priviledges thereof One of which is this that under the Gospel Saints on Earth have Communion with the Saints in Heaven all making up but one Body or one Assembly But yet so as that the Things here spoken have their fullest Accomplishment in the Church triumphant When any are taken up into that Church they go indeed to the City of the living God the heavenly Jerusalem an innumerable Company of Angels the Church of the First-born the Spirits of just Men made perfect And this is the Portion of all that fear love and obey God whenever Death removes them hence Luke 16.22 And it came to pass that the Beggar died and was carried by the Angels into Abraham's Bosom And is it thus Vs 1. then 1. What an incentive is this to Godliness Abraham died in a good old Age an old Age which succeeded a pious and well-spent Life what followed upon it he was gathered to his People admitted into the Society of the Blessed in Heaven Now as we desire to partake of his happy End we must conform to his holy Course Let us shew our selves to be his Children by the doing of his Works Joh. 8.39 Let us believe obey live as he did and then we shall be Heirs with him of this and all that other Blessedness which he now possesses To be with all the glorified Saints in Heaven much more to be with the blessed God there what Tongue can express what Heart can conceive how great a Thing this is But how is this to be attained only by being good and doing good Heb. 12.14 Without Holiness no Man shall see God nor any who are with God Oh let the Age be what it will old or young see that it be good and gracious and then this happy Gathering will follow upon it but otherwise 't is not to be hoped for Pray tell me you that live as Antipodes to the Saints on Earth can you hope to be imbodied with those in Heaven You that hate and persecute the Saints on Earth can you hope ever to be joined with them that are in Heaven You that are all for the Society of Sinners below can you expect to be admitted into the Society of Saints above surely you cannot so grosly impose upon your selves At death there is a sorting of all Men into their several Companies the Wicked go to the Wicked the Godly to the Godly the former to their Predecessors and Companions in Sin the latter to their Predecessors and Companions in Sin the latter to their Predecessors and Companions in Grace and Holiness Oh let the Consideration hereof prevail with us to put away Sin and to engage in all serious Piety Be Followers of them who through Faith and Patience inherit the Promises Heb. 6.12 that you may be gathered to them when you die psal 125.5 and not rank'd amongst the Workers of Iniquity 2. It may be improved Vse 2. to support against the Fear of Death How are many through this Fear all their Life Time subject unto Bondage Hebr. 2.15 But if ye be Abraham's Seed and Children why should it be thus with you Here are in the Words of my Text three notable Antidotes against this Fear 1. What is Death 't is but the giving up of the Ghost the expiring of the Breath and that 's all to the Sanctified and holy And is this a Thing so much to be feared Every Breath that comes from thee is a kind of Death when 't is the last Breath then it's Death there 's all the Difference ● Thess 4.14 Isa 57 2. 2 Cor. 5 4. phil 1.23 Elsewhere 't is but a Sleep a lying down in Bed an uncloathing a Departing Oh what mollifying Expressions doth the Scripture set forth Death by and all to keep down our inordinate Fear of it 2. All sooner or later are subject to it 'T is not we alone that die all are Companions with us in this The Patriarchs Prophets Apostles nay Christ himself all died and shall we be afraid to walk in that Path which so many have trod before us When Phocion saw one who was to die with him afraid to die What says he art thou not glad to fare as Phocion does Plutarch in Apoth So when Abraham gave up the Ghost and died with innumerable others shall we be overwhelmed with Fear when it shall be our turn to die 3. After the Dying comes the Gathering That Death that breaks our Company below advances us to far better Company above It takes the Key of Heaven as it were and lets us into