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26 The Larger Catcheſim. which the Members of the inſible Church enjoy in this Life! A. The Members of the inviſible Church have communicated to them in this Life, the Firſt-Fruits of Glory with Chriſt, as they are Members of him their Head, and ſo in him are intereſted in that Glo- ry which he is fully poſſeſt of z; and, as an earneſt thereof, enjoy the sense of God's Love, Pence of Conſcience, enjoy in the Holy Ghoſt, and Hope of Glory b, As on the Contrary, the ſenſe of God's revenging Wrath, Horror of Conſcience, and a fear- ful Expectation of Judgment, are to the Wicked the Beginning of their Torments which they ſhall endure after Death e. Eph. ii. 5. 6. Rom. 5. with 2 Cor. i. 22. b Rom. v. 1, 2. & xiv. 17. c Gen. iv 13. Mat. xxvii, 4. Heb x. 27. Rom. ll. 9, Mark ix. 44. Q. Shall all Men die ? a. Death being threated as the Wages of Sin d, it is appointed unto all men once to die for that all have ſinned d Rom. v. 23. Heb. ix. 27. f Rom. v. 12. Q. Death being the ages of Sin, why are not the Righteous delivered from Death, ſeeing all their Sins are forgiven in Chriſt ? 4. The Righteous ſhall be delivered from Death itſelf at the laſt Day, and even in Death are deliver- ed from the Sting and Curſe of it g; ſo that although they die, yet it is out of God's Love h. to free them perfectly from Sin and Miſery i, and to make them capable of further Communion with Chriſt in Glory, which they then enter upon. 8 1 Cor. xv. 26, 55, 56, 57. Heb. ii. 15. h Iſa. lvii. 1, 2. 2 Kings xxii 20 i Rev. xiv. 13. Eph. v. 27. k Luke xxii. 43. Philp. i. 33. Q. What is the Commotion in Glory with Chriſt, which