...love, in his lower courts, thereby making them a heaven upon earth ; and cause you at last to join the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven. This is the hearty, unfeigned, and constant prayer of him, who is with great esteem and affection,...

...gospel. You have the prospect of becoming a kind of " first fruits of his creature," of joining " the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven," — a primogeniture whose privileges far surpass those of the son of Isaac : a birth-right which comprehends...

...whole of those who are redeemed from among men will, with the holy angels, eventually constitute the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven. This appears to me to be perfectly conclusive, and to leave no ground for rational controversy, whether...

...large ; but into union and agreement with it—into oneness of judgement and of feeling with " the general Assembly and Church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven." And if we duly considered this, we should not be desirous of finding out or .devising anything new, but...

...compared to the mountains of Sion, to churches established in this and that place, yea I will add to the general assembly and church of the first-born whose names are written in heaven. God commands the blessing upon such families, even life for evermore. And to them our salutations should...

...passed away from this state of probation, to join with the "spirits of just men made perfect," — "the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven.:""' He died on the Hth day of the 4th month, 1790, aged thirty-two years, three months and seventeen days:...

...angels," as well as to " the spirits of just men made perfect :" and the whole together, he calls " the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven." The Apostle speaks of all this family, as " named" from one head — one common Father — " of whom...

...coming to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, they are come to an innumerable company of angels, and to the general...the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. Remember Paul's learning as well as his talents. A powerful intellect, when not disciplined by education,...

...could not see then, how God could " put you among the children, and give you a goodly heritage," in the General Assembly and Church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven, and whose mansions are near the throne. You would have counted it "joy unspeakable and full of glory" for...

...could not see then, how God could "put you among the children, and give you a goodly heritage, in the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven, and whose mansions arc near the throne. You would have counted it "joy unspeakable and full of glory" for...