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SECT.
13.1
'THE CONO.CEST
OVER DEATH.
301
I
would
address myself
to
the younger branches
of
the
mourning
house,
and
say,
bave
ye
had such
a noble
ex_.
ample
of
victory over
Mn
and
death
in
vain
?
Will ye
basely
submit
to
the slavery
of
the
flesh,
and
yield tamely
to the
oppositions
of
this world, which were
so
bravely
resisted
by be
who
is
gone
before
ye
?
Will
ye love
this
world, which
is
at
enmity
with
God, and has ever been
at
enmity
with all
the
saints?
Are
ye
content
to
have
your
names
for
ever excluded from
that
honourable
list
of
con-
querors,
where the names
of your
ancestors
shine before
the throne
of God,
and
are recorded
with
honour
in
the
memory of
his
churches? think
how
dreadful
a
Moment
that
will
be,
when
you shall look
death
in
the
face,
if
ye have
not
begun to
wage
war
with sin
and Satan
before!
Bow
dreadful
to
have many
enemies
at
once
assaulting
you
!
the lusts
of
your
own
heart, raging
desires
after
the enjoyments of
this world, the
horrors
of
conscience,
the
buffetings
of
the
devil,
and
the pangs
of
death.
What,
will ye do
in
the day
of
such a
Ni,itation
?
And remem-
ber,
that
though death
be
the
last
enemy
of
the saints,
it
is
not
thus
with
sinners
;
it does
but transmit
them
into
the
world
of
damned
spirits, where enemies
multiply
up-
on
them,
and grow more
outrageous.
Besides the
bitter
anguish
of
their
own
conscience,
they have the wrath
of
.a
God
whom
they have long
provoked, and
the malice
of
evil angels
their tormentors,
to
conflict with
to all
eter-
nity.
`°
But
we
hope
better
things
of
you,
and things
that
accompany
salvation,
though
we
thus speak ;"
Ileb.
vi.
9.
Reflection
II.
What
divine
comfort
is
there
in my
text
for
aged
christians and dying saints,
who have
been
watchful and vigorous
in
their
war
with
sin,
and gained
many victories over this world and Satan,
who
is
called
the God of it
!
What
a
delightful
view
such persons
.have,
when
upon the borders
of
life
!
Bear up
with
di-
vine boldness ye heirs
of
glory,
for
you
have
but
one
ad-
versary more to fight
with
;
Let your
faith
and patience,
and
holy
courage, hold
out
a
little
longer,
and victory
and
triumph are yours
for ever.
There
is no
enemy
lies
in
ambush behind the
tomb;
when you have
passed thq
bars
of
death,
you
are out
of
the reach
of
all
adversaries.
Beyond the grave the
coast
is
all
clear for ever: The
country
flows with
rich
and untasted
,Measures; every