z:18 · .A ·SAlnt br tt Brute.· . · Part ·II~ faith, and not bJ fight) we areconfident !fay af1d willing, rather · to be ~tbf'nt from the body and pre[ent with the Lord, 2 Cur. 5; I,::!., 8, 9. Though the abode of the godly in. the fiefh is nf~wlly more: needful to thofe about them, yet to themfelve£ their death u g"1in, . and therefore they have C<iufe to dcfire to depart, and be with · Ohrift, M being far better; Phi!. 1.21, 2 3,24. For fin which i$ the · fiing of death ts mortified, and rhe curfe of the Lawwhich is rhe firength of it, is relaxed or nt1llified to us by the Gofpel: fo tbat the Believer may triumph and fay, 0 death "rffhere u thy fling ? 0 grave where i.J thy viffory ? I Cor. 15. 55, )6. and to give thankJ to God thn.t giveth M the vitlerJ, thr~ugh our L erd refuJ . Chrift, ver(. 57· Verily I would not exchange my part (though alas too fmall or dark <1 part) in this one priviledge of true Be· · liever .r, for all rhe wealth and dominions on earth. .0 the face of Death will foon make the Glory of Ztll your greatnefs to vanifb, . and the beautyof your flourifhing dl:ates to wither ; .and all that you now glory in, to appear as nothing. And then how glad would you be to'change Portions with the holy fer vanes of · the Lord, whom you now defpife ! When once you hear, [Thou foe!, thu night /ball they require thy foul! and whofe thm · gre all tho(e things th;zt thou haft provided?] Luk,f 12. 20. then in a moment you will change your minds, and cry out of the: world . as nothing worth, and wi(h you had bufled your hearts and hands in laying up abetter treafure. This is one difference , 0 · ungodly wretch, between' a holy fervant ofGod and thee! Death . cannot ttndo him, hut 1t will undo thee. It cannot rake his RicheJ · from him; for hisGod, hrs Chrift;sis Holinefs,- the Premi(es are · his Riches : bmt it will fepara.tc thee and thy we;!lth for ever. It will put an end to all his troubles, and fears, and griefs : and ic:· will put an endw all thy profperity , and to ·al.l thy mirth, and hope, for ever. Agodly man dtllrc die; or if .he ignorantly fear it, yec fhall it be the end of all his feArs: but thou dareft nJt die, and yet thou mufl : or if thou ·ignorantly hope of a happincfs · t.fter ir, yet will it neverrhelefs end all thy hope$•. o what a mer- (;'j is it to be ready to die ! j • • • 1 o~ Bur the great unfpeakable Riches of the s~tr'its I~ lt1 ~h_e ' 'Life to come. We have here the Hope.and t~e farc-tll~e; but ~r :s – only there that we !hall have,eur Port~on. l: ou fee what a poor · Ohnfiian is according to his outward appearance. But yon ~ee not wh&t.he wi./J be to eternity~ . Tkrrc. is the Kinggom.for wh1ch we : . - . . . - - -- --. . . -- ·-- - h~p~·, '
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