343 THE END OP TIME. [Disc. 7: ness. You shall see him in himself, and in his Son Jesus, the brightest and fairest image of the Father, and " shall know him, as you are known ;" 1 Cor xiii. 10, 12. There is no more time for temptation and danger : When once you are got beyond the limits of this visible world, and all the enticing objects of flesh and sense, there shall be no more hazard of your salvation, no more doubtingand distressing fears, about your interest in your Fathers love, or in the salvation of his beloved Son. There is no more time nor place for sin to inbabit in you : The lease of its habitation, in your mortal body, must end, when the body itself falls into the dust : You shall feel no more of its powerful and defiling operations, either in heart or life, for ever. The time of conflict, with your spiritual adversaries, is no longer. There is no more warfare betwixt the flesh and spirit, no more combat with the world, and the devil, who, by a thousand ways, have attempted to deceive you, and to bear you off from your heavenly hope. Your warfare is accomplished, your victory is complete, you are made overcomers through him that has loved you._ Death is the last enemy to be overcome ; the sting of it is already taken away, and you have now finished thecon- quest, and are assured of the crown ; I Cor: xv. 56, 57. Thetime ofyour distance and absence from God is no more : The time of coldness and indifference, and the fearfül'danger of backslidings, is no more : You shall be made as " pillars in the temple ofyour God, and shall go no more out : Rev. iii. 12. He shall love you like a God, and kindle the flames of your love to so intense a degree, as is only known to angels, and to the spirits of the just made perfect. There is no more time for you to be vexed with the society of sinful creatures : Your spirit within you shall be no more ruffled and disquieted with the teazing con- versation of the wicked, nor shall you be interrupted in your holy and heavenly exercises by any of the enemies ofGod and his grace. The time of your painful labours and sufferings is no more. Rev. 14. 13. "Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, for they rest from all their labours," that carry toil or fatigue with them: " There shall be no more com- plaints nor groans, no s orrow or crying; the springs of
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