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  THE JOY OF CHURCH FELLOWSHIP RIGHTLY ATTENDED
  by Edward Taylor
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the joy and singing of the Saints in
Christ's Coach as they journey to Glory.

Topics: "Church Fellowship", "Heavenly Worship"
Scripture References: Psalm 34:1, Psalm 47:6, Psalm 100:2, Psalm 150:6

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Edward Taylor preaches about the joy and praise of the saints who are on
their journey to Heaven in Christ's Coach, singing sweet melodies of
worship and offering their hearts in divine acts. Those who are not in
the Coach yet are like travelers on foot, tracing the road to eventually
join in the heavenly singing and ride to glory.

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In Heaven soaring up, I dropt an Eare

On Earth: and oh! sweet Melody!

And listening, found it was the Saints who were

Encoacht for Heaven that sang for Joy.

For in Christs Coach they sweetly sing,

As they to Glory ride therein.

Oh! joyous hearts! Enfir'de with holy Flame!

Is speech thus tasseled with praise?

Will not your inward fire of Joy contain,

That it in open flames doth blaze?

For in Christs Coach Saints sweetly sing,

As they to Glory ride therein.

And if a string do slip by Chance,

They soon Do screw it up again: whereby

They set it in a more melodious Tune

And a Diviner Harmony. For in Christs

Coach they sweetly sing,

As they to Glory ride therein.

In all their Acts, publick and private, nay,

And secret too, they praise impart.

But in their Acts Divine, and Worship, they

With Hymns do offer up their Heart.

Thus in Christs Coach they sweetly sing,

As they to Glory ride therein.

Some few not in; and some whose Time and Place

Block up this Coaches way, do goe

As Travellers afoot: and so do trace

The Road that gives them right thereto;

While in this Coach these sweetly sing,

As they to Glory ride therein.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/edward-taylor/the-joy-of-church-fellowship-rightly-attended/
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