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The resurrection asserted in a sermon preached to the University of Oxford on Easter-day, 1679 / by John Wallis ...
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Wallis, John, 1616-1703.
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as Parents Children Masters Servants Husbands VVives Friends Enemies Neighbours Strangers Pastors People Princes Subjects Societies and Combinations Not of single Persons onely in a meer Personal Independent Capacity I adde also That on this account No sins of Societies could ever be Pardoned For it not Societies but single Persons that are Regenerate and do Beleeve in Christ without which there is no Remission VVe say therefore That as Societies are but made up of single Persons so the Acts of Societies and of persons Related in such Relative capacities whether Sinfull or Virtuous are indeed and in Gods account the Acts of Particular Persons in such Relations and Societies And are in those Persons punished and rewarded according to their deserts both in this World and in that which is to come And thus the Cities of Sodome and Gomorrha with those about them are sayd to suffer the Vengeance of Eternal Fire when indeed it is the Persons of those Cities that so suffer 'T is true that in this World God doth many times punish the Sins of men in a way sutable to those capacities wherein they are committed the Sins of a Father by loss of Children or by a disobedient Child or unhappy Children the Sins of a Prince by loss of his Dominions or Rebellion of his Subjects the sins of a Nation by a common Calamity wherein the Innocent do many times Suffer with the Guilty God by this means pointing out the Sin in the Affliction or Punishment But he doth not Allwayes do so the Sins of a Parent may be sometimes punished by the hand of the Magistrate and the sins of a Prince by the hand of a Traitor whom he had not offended much less is he Obliged so to do And when he doth so He doth not Therefore do it because he cannot otherwise reach them Nor is this the adequate Punishment of those sins but onely a part of it The greatest part of their punishment even for these sins being that of another VVorld And though the Sins of men combined in societies are in the Judgement of Men accounted as one Joint Act wherein the Innocent are oft involved with the Guilty and suffer accordingly Yet the Judgement of God is according to Trueth He will distinguish between the Innocent and Guilty in a mixt Society and Spare the one or but Afflict thâ—m for their good while he doth properly Punish the other And as Abraham speaks not destroy the Righteous with the Wicked And those that are Guilty each according to the Proportion of his Guilt Not alwayes in this World where some times all things Fall alike to all and One event to the Righteous and to the Wicked or where sometimes it happeneth to the Righteous acording to the Work of the Wicked and to Wicked according to the Work of the Righteous But at lest at that Day At the day of the revelation of Gods righteous Judgement when he shal render to every man according to his deeds when he shall bring every Work into Judgement and every Secret thing In that day the sentence of Goâ— ye Cursed for I was Hungry and yee gave me no Meat I was Sick and ye Visited me not VVill as well reach the sins of Societies in not providing for the Sick and Needy as of those Persons who do not Relieve them It is a Righteous thing with God sayth St. Paul to recompense Tribulation to them which trouble you whether they be Societies or single Persons in that day when the Lord Jesus shall be reveiled from Heaven in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God and that obey not the Gospel who shall be punished with Everlasting destruction And St. Jude tells us expressely that Sodome and Gomorrha and the Cities about them as well as single Persons do suffer the vengeance of Eternal Fire And our Saviour upbraiding the Cities wherein most of his mighty workes were done tells us of Chorazin and Bethsaida of Capernaum and the Cities against which the Disciples should shake off the dust of their feet upon refusal to receive them That it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon for Sodome and Gomorrha in the Day of Judgement than for those Cities And thou Capernaum which art exalted unto Heaven shall be cast down to Hell And what is sayd of Cities may be equally understood of Kingdomes Nations Towns Families and other Societies There be many Practical Uses which be proper Consequents from this Doctrine of a Glorious Resurrection to Eternal Life As that of St. Peter Seing all these things must be dissolved what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godlynesse Looking for and hasting to the coming of the day of God And that of St. Paul Having these Promises dearly beloved let us cleanse our selves from all Filthyness of flesh and Spirit perfecting Holyness in the Fear of God And that in the close of this Chapter Wherefore beloved brethren be ye Stedfast and Vnmovable allways abounding in the work of the Lord For as much as yee know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. But of these things I shal say nothing at present that I may not anticipate the following Discourses on subjects of this nature Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God even our Father who hath raised up Christ from the dead who hath loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope through Faith Confirm and stablish us in every good Word and Work And preserve us blameless unto his Heavenly Kingdome and to the Glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ Who shall change our vile Bodies and make them like unto his Glorious Body according to the working whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself To whom be Glory for ever and ever Amen FINIS Arati Phaenomena Initio 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ............. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ERRATA REad pag. 5. l. ult of its p. 14. l. 21. as if it had p. 16. l. 26. to a. p. 29. l. 9. might be In English thus BEgin we first of all with God on high Men as we are By no means passe him by His Presence fills all places far and near Where ever Men Assemble Hee is there The Sea is full of Him and Havens Wide And all Mankind His Influence abide Need his Assistance All in Every thing His Progeny Wee are from Him we Spring Hee 's Kind to Man affording Seasons good He stirs them