DISCOURSE 1: GI so valued time, as not to let it run off in trifles, but have ob- tained treasures more valuable than that time, which is gone, even the riches of the covenant of grace, and the hopes of an: eternal inheritance in glory. Happy such souls, indeed, when time is no more with them Their happiness begins, when the duration of their mortal life is finished. Let us survey this their happiness in a few particulars. The time of their darknesses and difficulties is no longer : The time of painful ignorance and error is come to an end : You shall wander no more in mistake and folly ; you shall behold all things in the light of God, and see-him face to face, who is 'the original beauty, and the eternal truth. You shall see him with- out veils and shadows, without the reflecting glass of his word and ordinances, which, at best, gives us but a faint glimpse of him, either in his nature or wisdom, his power or goodness You shall see him in himself, and his Son Jesus, the brightest and fairest image.of the Father, and shall know hint, as you are known ; 1 Cor. xiii. 10, ¿le. 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 Father's love, or in the salvation of his beloved Son. There is no more time nor place for sin to inhabit in you The lease of its habitation in your mortal bòdy, must end, when the body itself falls into the dust : You shall feel no mote 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 thou- sand ways, have attempted to deceive you, and to bear you oti from your heavenly hope. Your warfare is accomplished, your victory is complete, you are made overcomers through hint 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 ; 1 Cor. xv. 56, 57. The time of your distance and absence from God is no more: The time of coldness and indifference, and the fearful danger of backslidings, is no more : You shall be made as pillars in the temple of your God, and shall go more out: 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.
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