misery upon us, to make us know for what we are beholden, to mind us of what we should else forget, to be serviceable to his wise and gracious designs, and advantageous to our full and final recovery. Grief enters at every sense, seizes every part and power of flesh and spirit. What noble part is there, that suffereth its pain or ruin alone? But sin and flesh, dust and pain, will all be left behind together. O the blessed tranquillity of that region, where there is nothing but sweet, continued peace! O healthful place, where none are sick! O fortunate land, where all are kings! O holy assembly, where all are priests! How free a state, where none are servants, but to their supreme Monarch! The poor man shall no more be tired with his labors: _No more hunger or thirst_, cold or nakedness: No pinching frosts or scorching heats. Our faces shall no more be pale or sad: No more breaches in friendship, nor parting of friends asunder; no more trouble accompanying our relations, nor voice of lamentation heard in our dwellings: _God shall wipe away all tears from our eyes_.[179] O my soul, bear with the infirmities of thine earthly tabernacle; it will be thus but a little while; _the sound of_ thy Redeemer's _feet is even at the door_.—We shall also rest from all _the toil of duties_. The conscientious magistrate, parent, and minister, cries out, "O the burden that lieth upon me!" Every relation, state, age, hath variety of duties; so that every conscientious Christian cries out, "O the burden! O my weakness, that makes it burdensome!" But our remaining rest will ease us of the burdens.—Once more we shall rest from all those troublesome afflictions which necessarily accompany our absence from God. The trouble that is mixt in our desires and hopes, our longings and waitings, shall then cease. We shall no more look into our cabinet, and miss our treasure; into our hearts, and miss our Christ; no more seek him from ordinance to ordinance; but all be concluded in a most full and blessed enjoyment. [Footnote 165] Dr. John Preston. [Footnote 166] Psalm lxxvii, 2, 3. lxxxviii, 7. [Footnote 167] Isaiah liv, 9. [Footnote 168] Matthew iv, 1, 5, 8. [Footnote 169] Revelation vi, 9, 10. [Footnote 170] 2 Timothy iii, 12. [Footnote 171] Romans viii, 17. [Footnote 172] Matthew x, 22. [Footnote 173] 2 Thessalonians i, 10. [Footnote 174] 1 Corinthians iv, 9, 13. [Footnote 175] Luke, vi, 22. [Footnote 176] Luke xxi, 19. [Footnote 177] 2 Thessalonians i, 6, 7. [Footnote 178] Isaiah lx, 20, 21. [Footnote 179] Revelation vii, 16, 17.