HEAVENLY MEDITATION. 295 on incorruption, and this mortal, immortality, and death shall be swallowed up in victory ! O death, where is now thy sting ? O grave, where is thy victory ? The date of my lease will no more expire, nor shall,I trouble myself with thoughts of death, nor lose my joys through fear of losing them. When millions of ages are passed, my glory is but beginning ; and when mil- lions more are passed, it is no nearer ending. Every day is all noon, every month is harvest, every year is a jubilee, every age is full manhood, and all this is one eternity. O blessed eternity ! the glory of my glory ! the perfection of my perfection ! 8. " Ah, drowsy earthly heart ! how coldly dost thou think of this reviving day ! Hadst thou rather sit down in dirt, than' walk in the palace of God? .Art thou now remembering thy worldly business, or think- ing of thy lusts, earthly delights, and merry company? Is it better to be here, than above with God ? Is the company better? are the pleasures greater? Come away ; make no excuse, nor delay ; God commands, and i command thee ; gird up thy loins ; ascend the mount ; look about thee with faith and seriousness, Look not back upon the way of the wilderness, except it be to compare the kingdom with that howling desert, more sensibly to perceive the wide difference. Yonder is thy Father's glory ; yonder, O my soul, must thou remove, when thou departest from this body ; and when the power of thy Lord hath raised it again, and joined thee to it, yonder must thou live with God for ever. There is the glorious New Jerusalem, the gates of pearls the foundation of pearl, the streets and pavements of transparent gold. That sun, which lighteth all this world, will be useless -there ; even thyself shall be as bright as yonder shining sun: God will be the sun, and Christ the light, and in his light shalt thou have light. § 9. " O my soul dost thou stagger at the promise of God, through unbelief? I much suspect thee. Didst thou believe indeed, thou wouldst be more affected with it. Is it not under the band, and seal, and oath, of God? Can God, lie ? Can he that is truth itself be false --
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