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earth, appearing with boldness at his throne, and ask 

 ing any thing he needs ; being endued with humility, 

 by acknowledging his great crimes and offences, and 

 that he deserveth nothing but severe punishment. 



30. He believes his soul and body shall be as full 

 of glory as them that have more ; and no more full 

 than theirs that have less. 



31. Relives invisible to those that see him, and 

 those that know him best do but guess at him ; yet 

 those many times judge more truly of him than he 

 doth of himself. 



32. The world will sometimes account him a 

 saint, when God accounteth him a hypocrite ; and 

 afterwards, when the world branded him for an 

 hypocrite, then God owned him for a saint. 



33. His death makes not an end of him. His 

 soul which was put into his body, is not to be per 

 fected without his body ; yet his soul is more happy 

 when it is separated from his body, than when it 

 was joined unto it : And his body, though torn in 

 pieces, burnt to ashes, ground to powder, turned to 

 rottenness, shall be no loser. 



34. His Advocate, his Surety shall he his Judge ; 

 his mortal part shall become immortal ; and what 

 was sown in corruption and defilement shall be 

 raised in incorruption and glory ; and a finite crea 

 ture shall possess an infinite happiness. Glory be 

 to God. 



