Death is an outlet and an inlet to a holy man.
Death is an eternal outlet to all his sins,
to all his sorrows,
to all his shame,
to all his sufferings,
to all his afflictions,
to all his temptations,
to all his oppressions,
to all his confusions,
and to all his vexations.
Death is an eternal inlet into the clear, full, and constant enjoyment of God,
the sweetest pleasures,
the purest joys,
the highest delights,
the strongest comforts,
and the most satisfying contentment's.
Death is the funeral of all a holy man's sins and miseries and the perfection of all his joys, graces, and spiritual excellencies.
Death is not the death of the man but the death of his sin.
Death is a Christian's discharge from all trouble and misery.
Death came in by sin and sin goes out by death.
Death cures all diseases:
the aching head, and the unbelieving heart;
the diseased body, and the defiled soul.
Death will cure the holy man of all natural and spiritual afflictions.
Death is God's gentle usher to conduct us to Heaven!
Death to a holy man, is nothing but the changing of his grace, into glory;
his faith, into sight;
his hope, into fruition;
and his love, into eternal rapture!
Oh, who would not go through death to Heaven,
to eternal life,
to immortality and glory!
Death to a Christian, is a welcome guest,
a happy friend,
a joyful messenger!
[Thomas Brooks]
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Philippians 1:21-23 ... For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
1 Corinthians 15:54 ... So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. ❤
