Precious faith considered in its nature, working, and growth

Thirdly, Here the Believer is Justified, but the dust of mortality hangs about him. It may be there is a Stone ready to drop into the Bladder, or an Imposthume ready to break in the Head; Mors latet in mediis abdita viseeribus, in one part of the body or other ⟨p. 230⟩Death is preparing his arrow upon the string, to shoot man down from the perch of this life into the grave. But at that day there shall be nihil corruptibile; Death shall be no more; Diseases, which use to sound an alarm to it, shall be utterly removed; Tears, which are Natures pay to Sorrows, shall be all wiped off; the corruptible shall put on incorruption; Mortality shall be swallowed up of Life. This is a day of redemption indeed.

Thirdly, Here the Believer is Justified, but the dust of mortality hangs about him. It may be there is a Stone ready to drop into the Bladder, or an Imposthume ready to break in the Head; Mors latet in mediis abdita viseeribus, in one part of the body or other ⟨p. 230⟩Death is preparing his arrow upon the string, to shoot man down from the perch of this life into the grave. But at that day there shall be nihil corruptibile; Death shall be no more; Diseases, which use to sound an alarum to it, shall be utterly removed; Tears, which are Natures pay to Sorrows, shall be all wiped off; the corruptible shall put on incorruption; Mortality shall be swallowed up of Life. This is a day of redemption indeed.

Fourthly, Here the Believer is Justified, but his comfort is not always the same. Now the light of Gods Countenance breaks out like a clear Sun upon him, and anon there is a sad eclipse leaving him in darkness; one day a banquet of heavenly Comforts is let down into his heart, and another all is drawn up into heaven again. His Evidences may be blurred; Satan may hold up his pardoned Sins, as it were, in their old guilt; the Arrows of God may stick fast in him, and bring qualms and sick-fits upon his Conscience: But at that day his Comforts shall be unvariable; a nightless Day, and a cloudless Horizon; an eternal feast upon God and all things in him; his Evidences all clear; and, after but this once showing forth, an everlasting possession of the expected Happiness. The Accuser, Satan, shall be struck dumb at the blessed sentence of pardon and acceptance pronounced by God before Men and Angels. God shall never frown or wound him any more, but wrap him up in the arms