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But we sit and think, it will be a long, a long, a very long time that they shall be in their Graves, and no man knows how long, and for this Sorrow fills our Hearts: Doth it? think again when they shall be raised. How long shall they be with the Lord? a long, a long, a very long, not time, but Eternity, and no Man can conceive how long it will be. And when you have thought of as many years ⟨p. 198⟩as you may imagine they may be in their Graves, all of them will not amount to so much as one hour, if compared with that Eternity in which they shall be with the Lord. Concerning their being in the Grave, you may see an end, for an end of their being there will be: Concerning their being with the Lord, you can conceive no end, for there is no end to be conceived, for they are to be with him for ever; in the Grave for a time, and after that with the Lord of Glory in a State of Glory for ever! For ever! O blessed word! shall they come forth of their Graves after a while, and be with the Lord for ever? O happy, happy, for ever happy are their saved Souls above, that shall live in the presence of their Lord for ever. Blessed are the Dead that die in the Lord, for when they shall live again (which sh•ll surely be) in their Bodies united to their Souls, they shall be with the Lord for ever: This will be the Joy of their Joy, that they shall enjoy their Lord for ever: This will be the Life of their Life, that with their Lord they shall have everlasting Life: This shall be the Crown of their Crown, that it shall be Incorruptible, as they then shall be both in Body and Soul: It will be the Hell of Hell, that the Damned must be there for ever: It will be the Heaven of Heaven, that their being with the Lord therein shall be for ever; without this their Joy would not be ⟨p. 199⟩pure Joy, but mixed with fears of losing of it; without this their Joy would not be full, for the Thoughts, it would not always last, would diminish their Joy, and if diminished, it could not be full; without this their Joy would not be constant Joy, but there would be stops, and gaps, and intermissions in their Joy, and they would have their fits of Sorrow, and turns of Grief.

But we sit and think, it will be a long, a long, a very long time that they shall be in their Graves, and no man knows how long, and for this Sorrow fills our Hearts: Doth it? think again when they shall be raised. How long shall they be with the Lord? a long, a long, a very long, not time, but Eternity, and no Man can conceive how long it will be. And when you have thought of as many years