Manton - BS2785 M35 1651

.I . I " The Epifllt Dediclltwy. tor the ·prefent World, and cannot out-live Time : in the Grave, at the Dayof Judgment, and in Heaven, there are no fuch difrinttions: The Gral'e takethawayall Cil'il Differences; Sculls · ~ear no wreaths andmarksaf Honor: lobJ·•9· 17Je fmaJI and the great are there, and the ferJ1ant il free from his mafter. So at the DayofJudgment; I Jaw the dead bothgreat and fmaO ftand before tbe Lord}~)'. 10~ u .• Nonecan ·beexempted from tryal at Chrifl:s bar : When (il'il'Differences van– Hh, Moral take place. The di£l:inC1:ion then is good andb4d 1 not great and fmaJl. Oh Sir, then you will fee, that there is no fJirtb like that to be born again oftheSpirit,noTenur~ like an interefl in the Covenant, no Eflate liketh~ inheritance of ·. the Saints in light, no Magiflracy like that where... ., , Cor.6.~) ~ by we fit at Chrifl:s right hand, djudging Angels· and Men. ~owwill the Faces of Great Men ga.. ther blacknefs, that now flourHh in the pomp and fplendor of an outward Efrate, but then fh~ll become the fcorn ofGod, and Saints, and Angels? and thofe holy ones ofGod fhal come f~rth,and fay, Lo, this is the man that made not God his flrengt!J; but trufted in tbe .abundance ofhis riches, · 4ndflreng'thtned himftlf.in huwickedneflllPfal. 51.7. :Ah Sir_, Wealth and Power are-ofi nouJe in that ·day',unleis it be to aggravateand increafe J udg.. ment.

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