Chap. 36. an expofïtios ttpo: the $:s,, of J o.$. Verf, ¡4. 273. pi ace, he went Like an Apofile,or cot an Apottle ; but that was not hiscwne place ; he was an hypocrite, and when he dyed then he went ro cis owns place,to that place whic'n was proper to him. Iti this life good and bad are mingled together in the to+ne place the hypocrites and the fincere may be in one Houfe,inone Con lega- tion, in oneChurch, in the purefi Church on earth there may be hypocrites in heart as well as fincere ; but when hypocrites die they {hall be divided from all chofe with whom they were never truly,or inhearr,united. If it werepoffcble,all the godlyor fincere thauldbe in one place as to fpirituals here ( that's m&i comely andde(irable,though not attainable) yet we cannot make the fella- ration perfe6 in this life ; but at death it will be done perfectly ; deathwill not leaveone hypocrite among the fincere, not a weed among the herbs,nor a chaff in the floor ; death will make perfea feparation; after death all the holy (hall be gathered together in- toone fociety, and all the unholy into another Society by them - felves. It is faid of Abrahamhe war gathered to his people (Gen, a 8. ) Not only tohis kindred, in the fleth,but toall chofe that were ofhis faith.Death will gather all to their proper place and com- pany. Godly7efah was gathered to his fathers ( 2 Chron. 34. 28.) and the wicked are faid ( Pfal 49. 19,) togotothegenera. ti.nsf theirfather:,where they fhall never fee light. Death will fend everyone tohis owner The hypocrite (hall no more fhu(fie him - felf among the righteous, nor Satan himfelf, nor any of his Sons, a- mong theSons of God;everyman thall be for ever amonghis likes Further note ; Thefmootheft -facedand clofefi hypocrite in theworld frail fare as bador no better then thefonlef and debey,%fe.h jinner; They (hall die with the vile, and be taken away among the un- clean. The faire(} hypocrite, (hall have no more elleem with God, then the foulefi Sodomite that ever was in the world. Chriff faith, ifany refufe to receive the Gofpel, it (hall be worfe with them then withSodom, the cry of whole fins went up to heaven; nor (hail it be anywhir betrer,but rather worfe,with themwho re- ceive the Gofpel of Chrifl only in (hew, their hearts not being right ,with him. Howwoful is their prefenr condition,who daily heap up wrath, who (in the fenfe opened ) die in or with youth, and whofelife ( after death) is among the unclean ! Nn JOB
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