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 have no hope, but let us remember, that they are not loſt forever; for that will on the reſurrection-day ſummon them and us from the cold bed of death, never to part nor know diſeaſe, pain or trouble any more. "For, if we believe that died and roſe again, even ſo them alſo, who ſleep in, will  bring with him." And if, as we may reaſonably ſuppoſe, we ſhall be known to one-another, with what tranſport of joy ſhall death-divided friends embrace each other, and aſcend with the triumphant Captain of their ſalvation to the manfions prepared for them in his and their Father's houſe! How conſolatory muſt it be to every pious ſoul mourning the loſs of deareſt friends to know, that thus it will be ere long! "For yet a little while and he, that ſhall come, will come, and will not tarry."

the other hand, the reſurrection ſhall prove to the wicked the beginning of troubles; for they too ſhall be raiſed. It will be however, only to endleſs miſery and woe! And to them all the troubles and afflictions, which they may have endured while on earth, are only the ſad forerunners of