82. Queft. What is the Communion in Glory which th Members of the Invifible Church have with Chrift? Anfw. The Communion in Glory which the Mem ber's of the Invifible Church have with Christ, is in this Life, immediately after Death, and at la perfected at the Refurrection and Day of Judgment

83. Queft. What is the Communion in Glory wi Chrift, which the Members of the Invifible Church en in this Life?

Anfw. The Members of the Invifible Church ha communicated to them in this Life,the firft Fruitse Glory with Chrift as they are Members of him the Head,and foin him are interested in that Glory which he is fully poffeffed of; and as an Earneft thereof enjoy the Senfe of God's Love,Peace of Confcience Joy in the Holy Ghoft,and Hope of Glory b. As o

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be removed, but my kindness fhall us together with Chrift, (by gra not depart from thee, neither fhall ye are faved) v. 6. And hath raife the covenant of my peace be reus up together, and.made us fitto moved, faith the Lord that hath gether in heavenly places, in Chrif mercy on thee. Jefus.

82. W 2 Cor. 3 18. But we all with open face, beholding as in a glafs, the glory of the Lord, are changed into the fame image, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

* Luke 23.43. And Jefus faid unto him, Verily I fay unto thee, To day fhalt thou be with me in paradife.

y 1 Thef. 4. 17. Then we which are alive, and remain, fhall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air and fo fhall we ever be

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• Rom. 5. s. And hope make not afhamed, because the love of God is fhed abroad in our hearts by the holy Ghoft which is given unto us. Compared with 2 Cor. 1.2 Who hath alfo fealed us, and g ven the earnest of the Spirit in o hearts.

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Rom. 5.1. Therefore being ftified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jefus Chri v. 2. By whom alfo we have a cefs by faith into this grace where in we ftand, and rejoice in hopef the glory of God. Rom. 14. 17. F the kingdom of God is not mea and drink, but righteoufnels, an peace, and joy in the holy Ghoft.

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the contrary, Senfe of God's revenging Wrath, Hor or of Confcience, and a fearful Expectation of Judgment, are to the Wicked the Beginning of their Torments which they fhall endure after Death . 84. Queft. Shall all Men die?

Anfw. Death being threatned as the Wages of in, it is appointed unto all Men once to die * ; or that all have finned f.

85. Queft. Death being the Wages of Sin, why are ut the Righteous delivered from Death, Seeing all their ins are forgiven in Chrift?

Anfw. The Righteous fhall be delivered from Death it felf at the Laft Day, and even in Death re delivered from the Sting and Curfe of it; fo hat although they die, yet it is out of God's Love",

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Gen. 4. 13. And Cain faid unto e Lord, My punishment is greater an I can bear. Mat. 27.4. Saying, have finned, in that I have betrayI the innocent blood. And they id, What is that to us? fee thou to at. Heb.10.27. But a certain fearil looking for of judgment, and ery indignation, which fhall de our the adverfaries. Rom. 2. 9. ribulation and anguifh upon every jul of man that doth evil, of the firft, and alfo the Gentile. Mark 44. Where their worm dieth not, heart; and merciful men are taken id the fire is not quenched,

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my that fhall be deftroyed, is death.

v. 55. O death, where is thy fting? O grave, where is thy victory? v. 56. The fting of death is fin, and the ftrength of fin is the law. v. 57. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jefus Chrift. Heb. 2.15. And deliver them who through fear of death, were all their life-time subject to bondage. h Ifa. 57. 1. The righteous perifheth, and no man layeth it to

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away, none confidering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. v. 2. He all enter into peace, they shall reft in their beds, each one walking in his uprightnefs. 2 Kings 22. 20. Behold, therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace, and thine eyes fhall not fee all the evil which will bring upon this place.--

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to free them perfectly from Sin and Mifery, an to make them capable of further Communion with Chrift in Glory, which they then enter upon.

86. Quelt. What is the Communion in Glory w Chrift, which the Members of the Invifible Church eng immediately after Death?

Anfw. The Communion in Glory with Chri which the Members of the Invifible Church enjo immediately after Death, is in that their Souls a then made perfect in Holinefs', and received int the higheft Heavens ", where they behold the Fa of God in Light and Glory "; waiting for the f

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Rev. 14. 13. And I heard a voice 6. Therefore we are always con from heaven, faying unto me, Write,, dent, knowing that whilft we at Bleffed are the dead which die in the home in the body, we are abia Lord, from henceforth: Yea, faith from the Lord. the Spirit, that they may reft from their labours; and their works do follow them. Eph. 5. 27. That he might prefent it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any fuch thing; but that it fhould be holy, and without

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Luke 23. 43. And Jefus faid unto him, Verily I fay unto thee, Today fhalt thou be with me in paradife. Phil. I. 23. For lamina ftrait betwixt two, having a defire to depart, and to be with Chrift; which is far better,

86. Heb. 12.23. To the general affembly and church of the firstborn which are written in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the fpirits of juft men made perfect. m 2 Cor. 5. 1, For we know, that if our earthly houfe of this tabernacle were diffolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens, y.

fident, I say, and willing rather be abfent from the body, and to prefent with the Lord. Phil. 1 For I am in a ftrait betwixt two, ving a defire to depart, and to with Chrift; which is far better. ( pared with Acts 3.2 1. Whom the hea ven muft receive, until the times reftitution of all things, which hath spoken by the mouth of prophets, fince the world beg And with Eph. 4. 10. He that fcended, is the fame alfo tha cended up far above all heave that he might fill all things.

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edemption of their Bodies, which even in Death ontinue united to Chrift P, and reft in their Graves s in their Beds till at the Laft Day they be again nited to their Souls ". Whereas the Souls of the Wicked are at Death caft into Hell, where they remain in Torments and utter Darkness; and their odies kept in their Graves as in their Prisons, till he Refurrection and Judgment of the Great Day 87. Queft. What are we to believe concerning the Reurrection?

Anfw. We are to believe, That at the Laft Day here fhall be a general Refurrection of the Dead, oth of the Juft aud Unjuft: When they that are hen found alive, shall in a Moment be changed;

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cried and faid, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and fend Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. Acts 1.25. That he may take part of this miniftry and apoftleship, from. which Judas by tranfgreffion fell, that he might go to his own place, Jude 6. And the angels which kept not their firft eftate; but left their own habitation, he hath referved in everlasting chains under darkness, unto the judgment of the great day. v.7. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are fet forth for an example, fuffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

Luke 16.23. And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and feeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bofom. v. 24. And he

87. Acts 24.15. And have hope towards God,which they themselves. alfo allow, that there shall be a refurrection of the dead, both of the juft and unjust.

and the self fame Bodies of the Dead which were laid in the Grave, being then again united to their Souls for ever, fhall be raifed up by the Power of Christ. The Bodies of the Juft, by the Spirit of Chrift, and by Virtue of his Refurrection as their Head, fhall be raised in Power, fpiritual, incorrup tible, and made like to his glorious Body w: And the Bodies of the Wicked fhall be raised up in Difhonour by him as an offended Judge *.

88. Queft. What shall immediately follow after the Refurrection?

Anfw. Immediately after the Refurrection, fhall follow the general and final Judgment of Angels

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W I Cor. 15. 21. For fince by man came death, by man came alfo the refurrection of the dead. v. 22. For as in Adam all die, even fo in Chrift fhall all be made alive. v. 23. But every man in his own order: Chrift the first-fruits, afterwards they that are Chrifts, at his coming. v.42. So alfo is the refurrection of the dead. It is fown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption: v. 43. It is fown in dishonour, it is raised in glory: itis fown in weakness, it is raised in pow er: v. 44. It is fown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. Phil. 3. 21. Who fhall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to fubdue all things unto himself.

1 Cor. 15. 51. Behold, I fhew done good, unto the refurrection of you a mystery; We fhall not all life; and they that have done evil, fleep, but we shall all be changed, unto the refurrection of damnation. v.52. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump (for the trumpet fhall found) and the dead fhall be railed incorruptible, and we fhall be changed. v. 53. For this corruptible must put on incorruprion, and this mortal must put on immortality. I Theff.4.15. For this we fay unto you by the the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord, fhall not prevent them which are asleep. v.16.For the Lord himself shall defcend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Chrift shall rise firft: v. 17. Then we which are alive, and remain, fhall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and fo fhall we ever be with the Lord. John 5.28. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in, the graves fhall hear his voice, v.29. And hail come forth, they that have

* John 5. 27. And hath given him authority to execute judgment alfo, because he is the Son of man. v. 28. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that