A Body of Practical Divinity

Secondly. And that brings me to the Second part of the Text, [Greek or Hebrew], and to Dye is Gain.

Secondly. And that brings me to the Second part of the Text, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, and to Dye is Gain.

Doct. To a Believer Death is great Gain. A Saint can tell what his Losses for Christ are, but he cannot tell how great his Gains are at Death: To me to dye is Gain. Death to a Believer is Crepusculum gloriae, the Day-break of Eternal Brightness. To show fully what a Believers Gains are at Death, were a task too great for an Angel; all Hyperboles fall short; the Reward of Glory exceeds our very Faith. Only let me give you the [Greek or Hebrew] some dark views and imperfect Lineaments of that infinite Glory the Saints shall gain at the Hour of Death: To me to Dye is Gain.

Doct. To a Believer Death is great Gain. A Saint can tell what his Losses for Christ are, but he cannot tell how great his Gains are at Death: To me to dye is Gain. Death to a Believer is Crepusculum gloriae, the Day-break of Eternal Brightness. To shew fully what a Believers Gains are at Death, were a task too great for an Angel; all Hyperboles fall short; the Reward of Glory exceeds our very Faith. Only let me give you the 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 some dark views and imperfect Lineaments of that infinite Glory the Saints shall gain at the Hour of Death: To me to Dye is Gain.

1. Believers at Death shall gain a Writ of Ease from all Sins and Troubles; they shall be in a state of Impeccability: Sin expires with their Life. I think sometimes what an happy state that will be, never to have a sinful Thought more. And they shall have a quietus est from their Troubles. Here David cried out, My Life is spent with Griefs and my Years with Sighing,