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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

doubting

and 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

the

con-

quest, and are assured

of the

crown

;

I

Cor:

xv. 56,

57.

The

time

of

your 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

of

your 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

of

God

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