'DISCOURSE X. 291 God the Father shall say to our Lord Jesus, "Well done, any best of servants, my Son, my first-beloved ; thou hast kept all those whom I gave thee to keep, and brought them safe into my presence; they shall be thy glory and thy eternal crown." And every saint shall as it were, echo to the voiceof the Father, and say, " my first-beloved, my Lord, and my best offriends, thou hast kept me through all the days of my infirmity and flesh, ever since I gavemyself up to thykeeping ; and thou hast brought me safe tothy Father's house ; the glory and thecrown be thine for ever ! O the unknown transports of this hour ! Theunspeak- able joyand glory of this day ! Faith is even astonished at this delightful distant prospect, and longs till the Lord appear. T2
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