Secondly, God will take the Believer from the state of a Mourner here. There are many and mighty Temptations, which now cause us to vex, as Rebeckah did at her Annoyances, in Gen. 27. 46. I am weary of my life! Yea, but when thy life is expired, they shall never weary thee any more. God will take us from all seducing Temptations, and remove all Evil Counsellors from our presence for ever. The fiery Darts of the Devil shall not reach us and wound us as heretofore. We shall not be put upon saying, Get thee behind me, Satan; for Satan shall be far enough below us. The time will come, when we shall march as Conquerors thorough these Territories of the Prince of the Power of the Air; and at the utmost Borders thereof, we shall give such a triumphant Shout, Adieu, foul Fiend, adieu! The Son of David will never let me come into thy devouring Jaws again. We shall go likewise from the Entanglements of the World. The things of this World, we shall turn our backs upon, as upon poor Trifles, poor Nothings, and miserable Comforters; and we shall say, To the Fire I leave you all. The Men of this World, we shall be no more flattered or terrified withal; but laugh at all the Favour and all the Fury of those ⟨p. 30⟩poor Worms, and say, as our Saviour to the Jews, Whither I go, you cannot come. God will take us from all afflicting Temptations too. As for our Spirits, we shall not weep as we do now, under our Doubts and our Fears, nor any more say, God counteth me for his Enemy. As for our Bodies, we shall drop them; and all the Ails, and all the Pains of them, as Elijah did his Mantle of old. As for our Names, we shall be gone from the scourge of the Tongue; there shall be no Shimei to curse us in the New-Jerusalem which we go unto. No Losses, no Crosses will then affect us; nor Cain's Club of Persecution ever lay a blow upon us any more.
Secondly, God will take the Believer from the state of a Mourner here. There are many and mighty Temptations, which now cause us to vex, as Rebeckah did at her Annoyances, in Gen. 27. 46. I am weary of my life! Yea, but vvhen thy life is expired, they shall never weary thee any more. God will take us from all seducing Temptations, and remove all Evil Counsellors from our presence for ever. The fiery Darts of the Devil shall not reach us and wound us as heretofore. We shall not be put upon saying, Get thee behind me, Satan; for Satan shall be far enough below us. The time will come, when we shall march as Conquerors thorough these Territories of the Prince of the Power of the Air; and at the utmost Borders thereof, we shall give such a triumphant Shout, Adieu, foul Fiend, adieu! The Son of David will never let me come into thy devouring Jaws again. We shall go likewise from the Intanglements of the World. The things of this World, we shall turn our backs upon, as upon poor Trifles, poor Nothings, and miserable Comforters; and vve shall say, To the Fire I leave you all. The Men of this World, vve shall be no more flattered or terrified vvithal; but laugh at all the Favour and all the Fury of those ⟨p. 30⟩poor Worms, and say, as our Saviour to the Jews, Whither I go, you cannot come. God will take us from all afflicting Temptations too. As for our Spirits, we shall not weep as we do now, under our Doubts and our Fears, nor any more say, God counteth me for his Enemy. As for our Bodies, we shall drop them; and all the Ails, and all the Pains of them, as Elijah did his Mantle of old. As for our Names, we shall be gone from the scourge of the Tongue; there shall be no Shimei to curse us in the New-Jerusalem which we go unto. No Losses, no Crosses will then affect us; nor Cain's Club of Persecution ever lay a blow upon us any more.
