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...much tribulation" he inherits eternal life ;<— yet " there is hope in his end, saith the Lord;" " his light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for him a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;" he is not forgotten of his God; in a few years all his labours are ended, and he enters...

...through the wilderness of sin and suffering, he beholds the promised land bright before him, and knows that " his light affliction, which is but for a moment,...worketh for him a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." Oh, brethren! what must be the power and blessedness of the religion of Christ, that can...

...much tribulation" he inherits eternal life ; — yet " there is hope in his end, saith the Lord ;" " his light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for him a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory j" he is not forgotten of his God ; in a few years all his labours are ended, and he enters...

...be compared with the glory which shall be revealed, knowing that his present light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for him a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. The shortness of his abode here, and the nearness of his departure hence, give his hope great...

...with blackness, and works the waters into fury ? None of these things move him ; for hope assures him that his " light affliction, which is but for a moment,...worketh for him a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." Is it death, which, advancing in it» awfulness, would beat down his confidence, and snap...

...cause, he faints not ; but though his outward man perish, the inward man is renewed day by day. For his light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for him a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory ; while he looks, not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen ;...

...much tribulation he inherits eternal life ; ' yet ' there is hope in his end, saith the Lord ; ' ' his light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for him a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory ; ' he is not forgotten of his God ; in a few years all his labors are ended, and he enters...

...conqueror through him that loved us."t He is no where told that he shall not have afflictions ; but that his "light affliction, which is but for a moment,...Worketh for him a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory."* He cannot look to escape tribulations ; but for his comfort is written that sublime passage...

...with blackness, and works the waters into fury ? None of these things move him; for hope assures him that his " light affliction, which is but for a moment,...worketh for him a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." Is it death, which, advancing in its awfulness, would beat down his confidence, and snap...