A Divine Cordial

7. Temptations work for good, as they make the Saints long more for Heaven; there they shall be out of Gun-shot: Heaven is a place of rest, no Bullets of temptation fly there. The Eagle that soars aloft in the air, and sits upon high Trees, is not troubled with the stinging of the Serpent: So when Believers are gotten above into the Empyrean Heaven, they shall not be molested with the old Serpent^*. In this life, when one temptation is over, another comes; this is to make Gods people long till death sound a retreat, and calls them off the field where the Bullets fly so thick, to receive a victorious Crown, where, not the Drum, or Cannon, but the Harp and Viol shall be ever sounding.

7. Temptations work for good, as they make the Saints long more for Heaven; there they shall be out of Gun-shot: Heaven is a place of rest, no Bullets of temptation flye there. The Eagle that soars aloft in the air, and sits upon high Trees, is not troubled with the stinging of the Serpent: So when Believers are gotten above into the Empyraean Heaven, they shall not be molested with the old Serpent^*. In this life, when one temptation is over, another comes; this is to make Gods people long till death sound a retreat, and calls them off the field where the Bullets fly so thick, to receive a victorious Crown, where, not the Drum, or Cannon, but the Harp and Viol shall be ever sounding.

1. *Nullae ibi insidiae Daemonum. Bern.

8. Temptations work for good, as they engage the strength of Christ. Christ is our friend, and when we are tempted he sets all his power on work for us^*: For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted