To be with Jesus, in the rest which remaineth for the people of God, is a cheering hope indeed, and to expect this glory so soon is a double bliss. Our griefs cannot mar the melody of our praise; we reckon them to be the bass part of our life’s song. All alterations and amendments of the Lord’s own Word are defilements and pollutions. Christian, meditate much on heaven; it will help thee to press on, and to forget the toil of the way. The nearer a man lives to God, the more intensely has he to mourn
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