ry$$ NO NICHT 1N--HEAVE2:: [Disc. vIt.. to any manifestations of his face and favour.. And, therefore, it is often called " outer darkness, where there is weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth." There is no holiness, there is no comfort, there are no benefits of the création, no blessings of grace ; all are forfeited and gone for ever. It is everlasting night andblackness ofdarkness in thatworld : Horror ofsoul without a beam of refreshment from the face of God, or .the Lamb for ever. The devils are - now " reserved in everlasting chains under darkness to the judgment of the great day," Jude verse 6. But then their confinementshall be closer, and their darkness, guilt and sorrow, shall be more over- whelming. Is it lawful for me in this place to mention the description which Milton, our Englishpoet; gives of their wretched habitation ? " A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace, flani'd; yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible, Serv'donly to discover sights of woe ; Regions of sorrow ! doleful shades 6 where peace And rest can never dwell ! hope never comes, That comes to all: But torture without, end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsum'd ! Such place eternal justice had prepar'd For rebel angels; here their pris'u ordaind, In utter darkness; and their portion set As far remov'd fromGod, and light of heaven, As from the centre thrice to ti' utmost pole.' Totbis the poet adds, O howunlike the place from whence they fell!" How unlike to that heaven, which I have beendescrib ing, in which there is no night; and all the evils of dark-. ness, in every sense, are for ever secluded from that happy region, where knowledge, holiness and joy are all inse- parable and immortal. Remark II. Whatever kind of light we are. made partakers of here on earth,- let us use it with holy thank- fulness, with zeal and religious improvement." Hereby we may be assisted and animated to travel on through the mingled stages and scenes of light and darkness in this world, till we arrive at the inheritance of the saints inper- fect light. It is a glorious blessing to this darkworld, that 4
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