to t·he E PHE S I AN S. SERMON XI. E P H E S. t. 1(). That in the difpenfation of the fulnefl _!f time, he might gather together inane all .things in ~·hrift, botb.wh~cb are in Heaven, and whtch are on Earth,even tn bun. THe Coherence of thefe \Vords I have formerly /hewed you,to be a relation unto whatisfaid jufi before, He had pt1rpojed ill himfelf. What was it he purpofed in himfelf, but this (as the words may be rruly read) toga– ther together itz o1u a!J.thmgs m Chn(l? ~ told you my thoughts were, that the Apofile did here, (havm~ ipoken of Gods decrees,of Etecho11 m Chrijl?and Re– demption itt Chrijl,~c.) .m the conclufion of .the DoCtnnal part of hiSdifcourfe, give you the fum of.all God's pu.rpofes m hurtfelf, both towards Chnfr and us; and he expreffeth it m this, that it was to gather aU thwgs m otte, zn ChrJfi, both which are in Htavm, andwhtehar~on Earth. . The great thing to be opened,(which I have made entrance into) is, what is meant here bygathermg together 111 one, Which feemeth to be the adequate de– ti~n and projeCt of Gad's hearttowards Chnfi and us for ever 1 and comprehentiliely to contain all under it. . . 1That by .AU thill[,s in Fl_eaven and a!J thi11gs ott Earth, Angtls ~nd f!/t" are nleant, I /hewed the lafl time. I told you the word.£,-=~'"""'"=&"' impheth fir!t 1 a'{ttmming up of many tmm6ers i11to one. I gave you an account of this. ' God intending to fum up a!J things itz Heavw and itz E•rth, in Chri(l,he fum– meth up lirfl all tliirigs in Heaven and in Earth in Chrifl's Pcrfon,as the foundation of the other fumming up of a myflical Body too. All forts of divifions God fummed up in Chrilt. God and the Creature firfl, he cafl them up into one fum; for he made God and the Creature one Perfon. He takes, in the Second place, (whereas he had two reafonable Creatures;AII– gtls arid MeN) the Nature of a man and uniteth it unto God; and the condition of an Angel, (for that is his due too.) That Man, (if he be united unto God.) is called, Tht Hecivmty man; he is not an Earthly man, nor to be an Earthly man, though for ottrji11s he took frail flefh; but that which is his due, is to be a Man, and like ail Angel for condition. He fummeth up the condition of thi11gs in Hea– vm, and the Nature of Men on Earth, in his own Perfon. Then come dowii to Earth, and there you have .few and Genti!t; he fum'd up both in Chrijl, for Cluifl: came of both. .!ew and Gmtile, •ll the World, Chriit and all, had the very fame Great Grand.fathers, thofe Ten men that were from .Adam toNoah. Thus he fummed up all in his Perfon. When he had done, he fummeth up of all a Body to him anfwerablc to his Per• fon; or rather a.Church, aCity of the livitl[, God, a Family to him, (as the Scri– pture exprdfeth it.) He takes of all thin~s ;, Heavm,and of a!J thi;zgs i1t Earth, and be makes them up unto Chrifl, as a Head, one Body. 'That Chnfl was the Head ofAu~els,I /hewed in the lafl difcourfe:That there is an Affociation betweenA~~~els and the Saints, I il1ewed likewife; and this,umlcr Chnfl, as a Head. All thefe particulars I have largely opened; I il1all not !land to repeat them. Only there is oce thing, which I added not in the !ail difcourfe, concernmg that of Angels; and that is this,Why it is faid all tbmgs in Reavm? You know, when we fay all thi11gs o>J Earth, it is all forts of Men, all ranks of Men upon Earth. Is there any feveral forts of A11gels in Heaven? V My 145 ~ Serm. XI. ~
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