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For in this we groan, i. e. in this tabernacle (for this is earthly) earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house, which is from heaven; the reason is, because that house is eternal in the heaven: A Saint looks out of the windows of this earthly Tabernacle, and crieth out (as the Mother of Sisera) Why stay the wheels of his Chariot thus long? When shall I be carried to those eternal ⟨p. 142⟩Mansions, where I shall ever be with my Lord and Bridegroom?

For in this we groan, i. e. in this tabernacle (for this is earthly) earnestly desiring to be cloathed upon with our house, which is from heaven; the reason is, because that house is eternal in the heaven: A Saint looks out of the windows of this earthly Tabernacle, and cryeth out (as the Mother of Sisera) Why stay the wheels of his Chariot thus long? When shall I be carried to those eternal ⟨p. 142⟩Mansions, where I shall ever be with my Lord and Bridegroom?

Is any thing sweeter than life? Yes, death to a believer: That of Solomon holds best in this case, the day of death is better than the day of birth: It is transcendently so to a Child of God, who is conveyed by death into his Fathers presence, where he shall dwell for ever: The passage is dark, ¹but it shall be quick and speedy; Thou wilt show me the path of life; the path of life lieth through the grave, but Christ hath gone it already, and will take the believer by the hand, and lead him through it into the Presence-chamber of the King of glory, where he shall hear the Bridegrooms voice, and his joy shall be fulfilled; then tremble thou not believer at the approach of death, but go forth and meet him with this friendly salutation, Come in thou blessed of the Lord; Art thou come to fetch me to my Father? Welcome death! thou art my best friend next to Jesus Christ: Death is only my passage into a blessed eternity. Death is Joseph's Chariot, not to carry the Saints down into Egypt, but up into Canaan, and how quickly doth he carry a believer thither? It is but winking, and he is at home; as soon as the eye of the body is closed here, the eye of the soul is open there (O blessed vision!) to behold at once all the glories of eternity! Say then (with Jacob) Jesus, my Lord and Redeemer, is yet alive, and seated on the Throne at the right hand of the Majesty on high, there proclaiming in the cars of all his trembling followers,