V IE W OF THIS AND THE OTHER WORLD; WITH THE - STATE OF SAINTS AND SINNERS IN BOTH;. CONTRASTED. PARTICULARLY DESCRIBING THE SOLEMN ENTRANCE WHICH THE SOUL MAKES INTO THE OTHER WORLD AT DEATH. . IN SEVERAL PRACTICAL DISCOURSES. BY THE LATE REV. THOMAS BOSTON, AUTHOR OF THE FOURFOLD STATE, Loc. EDINBURGH: 1799. THE CONTENT S. 1. The state and characters of believers, as they are of God, with their knowledge thereof, illustrated ; and a defcription of the unrege. nerate world lying in wickedness. I John v. 19. And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lietb in wickedness. . Page 5 IJ. The divine call to finners, to come out from among the world lying in wickedness, explain.. I JOHN v. 19. 2 Cor. vi. 17. separate, faith the Lord, and touch not the un clean thing ; and I will receive you. III. The believer's hundred-fold in this life con fidered ; and a view of the reality, parts, in- MARK 8. 30. bouses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and in the world to come, eternal life. . IV. The great care and concern now, that our fouls be not gathered with finners in the other world, considered and improved. PSALM 109 PSALM xxyi. 9. V. The improvement of life in this world to the raising a good name, the best balance for the present, for the vanity and misery of hu. man life; and the good man's dying-day bet- A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death, than the day of one's birth. 231 VI. Christ's special order for gathering his saints to him at the last day; with their distinguish. ing character, as entering into his covenant Gatherny saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.' . 286. VII. The faints lifetime in this world a night. time; their expectation of the day's breaking in the other world, and the shadows fleeing away; and their great concern for Christ's presence till that happy season come. Until the day break, and the fadows flee away; - turn my Beloved, and be thou like a roe, or a - young hart upon the mountains of Bether. 319 VIII. Readiness for our removal into the other world opened up, urged and enforced. THEY ARE OF GOD, WITH THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND LYING IN WICKEDNESS. Several Sermons preached at Etterick, in the end of the year 1728, and beginning of 1729. 1 JOHN V. 19. And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lietb in wickedness. S it was said to Rebekah, Gen. xxv. 23. Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of 2 1 people shall be separated from thy bowels and the elder mall serve the younger; so it may be said of this text. Two manner of people are here, to one of which all of us do belong, viz. Those that are of God, and those that are of the world. The latter is the elder, and shall serve the younger, Pfal. xlix. 14. The upright fall have dominion over them in the morning. 1. There is a people, that though they are in the world, are not of it, but separated from it. And we know that we are of God. Here consider, (1.) The original of that people: They are of God; that is, begotten and born of God, regenerate persons, born again. They are a heavenly people in respect of their extract, born from above, 2 Pet. i. 4. (2.) Who they · are in particular. We are they, we believers in Chrift. A Those we |