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The fourth (and last) volume of discourses, or sermons, on several scriptures
The fourth (and last) volume of discourses, or sermons, on several scriptures by Ezekiel Hopkins ...The fourth (and last) volume of discourses, or sermons, on several scriptures by Exekiel Hopkins ...
London: printed by H. Clark for J. Robinson, 1696
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Fourthly,1 You shall then rest from your Labour in working against Satan's Temptations; who is now buffeting of you while you are here upon Earth, but in ⟨p. 136⟩Heaven the evil One shall not approach near to touch you. There you shall no more trouble your selves to know how to distinguish between the Injections of Satan and the Ebullitions of your own Corruptions, for you shall know neither there; you shall then stand no more upon your own Guard and keep Sentinel to your own Soul, nor conflict with any of Satan's Temptations, but shall forever triumph in Victories and Conquests over them.
Fourthly,1 You shall then rest from your Labour in working against Satan's Temptations; who is now buffeting of you while you are here upon Earth, but in ⟨p. 136⟩Heaven the evil One shall not approach near to touch you. There you shall no more trouble your selves to know how to distinguish between the Injections of Satan and the Ebolitions of your own Corruptions, for you shall know neither there; you shall then stand no more upon your own Guard and keep Centinel to your own Soul, nor conflict with any of Satan's Temptations, but shall forever triumph in Victories and Conquests over them.
- 14. Saints in Heaven are free from Satans Temptations.
This is that blessed Rest that you shall shortly possess if you will but now Work. And what is it that comforts the painful Labourer but this, that tho' his Work be hard and difficult, yet the Evening will soon shut in, and he shall then betake himself to quiet Rest and Repose? What is it that comforts the wearisome Traveller, but this? Every Step of his long Way brings him nearer to his Home, where he shall enjoy a longer Rest: And shall not the same encourage and support you in your Way and Work? What though the Work be painful and laborious? yet it will not be long before you shall lie down in the Bed of the Grave, and sweetly sleep