...22, was most comfortable to him ; "that he was going to the innumerable company of angels, and to the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven ; and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the Mediator of the new...

...22, was most comfortable to him; 'that he was going to the innumerable company of angels, and to the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven; and to God the Judge of all, and to (he spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the Mediator of the new...

...origin to the language used in the Hebrews, to denote the complete number of the elect (xii. 23), " The general assembly and church of the firstborn whose names are written in heaven;" and this last expression coincides with that word in the Revelation, " written in the Lamb's book of life.''...

...will build my church." " By the " church is meant," says Gill, on this text, "the elect of " God, the general assembly and church of the First-born, " whose names are written in heaven." When the Psalmist says, " The Lord shall build up Zion,"(r) it does not throw Dr. Gill into a rhapsody...

...and the first-fruits of the Christian scheme in paradise, or, as they are called in Scripture, " the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven," and " the spirits of just men made perfect ;"t these, in some way unknown to us, may enjoy the more visible...

...and living vine; and finally will meet with the church triumphant of his saints and angels, in the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven. My heart is comforted in believing, that the love and mercy of God in Christ Jesus our Lord, extends...

...unto Jesus, the Mediator of the new covenant; and to the spirits of the jnst made perfect; and to the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven." It is in virtue, then, of our union with our divine Head and Saviour by the participation of the ordinances...

...Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, with prophets and apostles, with the noble army of martyrs ; with the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven. Is it enjoyment 1 A man at a feast discharges himself from anxieties, and gives up himself to pleasure...

...them to Mount Zion, and to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven, and to God the judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator of, the new covenant,...

...which the children of men are learning the anthems of the blessed above, and becoming meet to join the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven. Our design will not be completed, until " One song employs all nations, and all cry Worthy the Lamb,...