]40 THE WORLD TO: COME. before the face of Jesus, the Lord and Judge of the whole area+ Lion: They would . fly to the common refuge of slaves, they shrink into the holes of the rocks, and call to the mountains to screen and protect them : And every bond -man, and every free -man, who have not known, nor loved God and Christ, are plunged into extremest distress; but the humble christian is serene and joyful, and lifts up his head, with courage and delight, in the midst of these scenes of astonishment and dismay. " He is come, lie is come, saith the saint, even that Lord Jesus whom I have seen, whom I have known and loved in the days of my mortal life, whom ;I have long waited for in the dust of death; he is come, to reward all my labours, to wipe away all my sorrows, to finish my faith, and turn it into sight, to fulfil all my hopes and his own promises ; he is come to deli- ver me for ever from all my enemies, and to bear me to the place which he has prepared for those that love him and long for his appearance. " O blessed be the God of grace, who bath convinced me' of the sins of my nature, and the sins of my life in the days of my flesh ; who hath discovered to me the danger of a guilty and sinful state, hath shewn me the commission of mercy in the hands of his Son, bath pointed me to the Lamb of God, who was offered as a sacrifice to take away the sins of men, and hash` inclined me to receive him in all his divine characters and offices ;'. and to follow the Captain of my salvation through all the labours and dangers of life. I have trusted in him, I have loved him, I bave endeavoured (though under many frailties) to honour and' obey him, and I can now behold his face without terror : While the mighty men of the earth tremble with amazement, and call to the rocks and mountains to hide them from his face, I rejoice to see him in his robes of judgment, for he is come to pronounce me righteous in the face of men and angels, to declare me a good and faithful servant before the whole creation, to set the crown of' 'victory on my head, to take me to heaven with him, that where he is I may be also to behold his glory ; John xvii. 24. and to par= take for ever of the blessings of his love." Amen. _.
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