Thus came Faithful to his end. Now
I saw in my dream that Christian went not forth alone, for there was
one whose name was Hopeful--being so made by the beholding of
Christian and Faithful in their words and behavior in their
sufferings at the fair--who joined himself unto him; and entering
into a brotherly covenant, told him that he would be his companion.
Thus one died to bear testimony to the truth, and another rises out
of his ashes, to be a companion with Christian in his pilgrimage.
"And she bare a son, and called his name Seth; for God, saith she,
hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew."
Gen. 4. When Seth comes, then the ground is made good again; then a
living saint is found to stand, and maintain that truth which but
now his brother bled for.
THE FUTURE GLORY OF THE CHURCH.
Thy children shall all be holy or righteous, and "great shall be the
peace of thy children; and the nations of them that are saved shall
walk in the light of it." Surely the Holy Ghost would never have
spoken such a word as this if he had not intended to show us that at
the day of the setting up of this Jerusalem, a great harvest of
sinners shall be gathered by the grace of the gospel. But the truth
is, the Scriptures go with open arms towards the latter end of the
world, even as if they would grasp and compass about almost all
people then upon the face of the whole earth with the grace and
mercy of God: "The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the
glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
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