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APPEARANCE BEFORE
GOD
[SERA!.
XIe'.
ing
;
no trifles
there
to
divert
us,
and separate
one
tart
of
our
worship from the
other: there
all
the
powers and
faculties
of
nature
shall
perpetually
be
engaged
in
the
business
and
blessedness
of that
state. Glorious
wor-
ship, arid blessed wor
hippers
!
fit for the
presence
of
the
Ma
of
heaven
I
might
say,
e
come with very
little
comfort, and
any discouragements, to
appear
before
God
on
earth
;
but
there
with
everlasting consolation: We
corne now
to
the
word,
and
we
go
away again,
hardly hearing the
voice
of
God
in his word,
or
seeing
his
countenance,
but
there
we
shall
be
for ever
near him;
no,
wall
of
flesh,
or
of
sin,
to
divide
us.
.
.
Now
we
are
defiled
with guilt,
and
ashamed to lift
up
our
faces towards heaven,
and
blush
even when
our
hearts are
ever
so
sincere
;
but
there
we
shall come
near
to
God,
even
to
God
in
glory,
and
not
be
afraid
of
him
;
there
we
shall
see
a God
undefiled, ourselves also
being undefiled
;
a
God
of
spotless purity,
and
our.
selves
without blemish before
the
throne; our
garments
washed
white in
the
blood
of
the Lamb,
and
never,
never
to
be
defiled
again; that
is
the glory
and pleasure
.
of
a christian.
Then
we
shall
appear without
spot, or
wrinkle,
or
any such
thing;
without
guile in
our
mouths,
or
vanity
in
our
hearts;
without fault
before
God,
and
therefore without
pain
;
without sorrow, and without
fear
for
ever, even
though
we
stand before
God
in all his
majesty;
for
we
.are assured
of
his mercy.
Now
we
worship with prayers
and
tears, because
of
many and
heavy burdens,
sorrows,
and sins; but then
with
ever-
lasting songs and
joy
on
our
heads,
Is.
xxxv.
10.
If
we
had a
painful and
living,
sense
of
these things,
of
the
wanderings,
temptations, burdens, and
defilements,
that
Mingle with
our
worship here,
we
shou
d
cry
aloud,
and
say,
"
How
long,
.0
Lord;
how
long
6.
Lastly, Now we
appear
And
depart
again,
but
then
we shall
abide
with
God
for ever.
Now
we go
down
from
the mount
of
converse
with
God, into
the world
of
temptation, and
sin,
and
business,
and
care:
We ap
-.
pear
upon
mount Horeb, or
Pisgah,
and
we
take
a
little
view
of
the promised land
;
but
we.go down
again
as
the
children
of
Israel
did, to fight with
the
Canaanites,
the
giants
that
aré
in
the
valley,
our
mighty
sins,
our
strong
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