. 2 Cor. 5:2-4. Rev. 21:27. [2.] Freedom from pain, and all
evil. Rev. 21:4. [3.] Exercise of holy affections. 1 John 4:16. [4.] The
company of holy beings. Heb. 12:22-24. [5.] The immediate presence of
God, and such communion and fellowship with him as will make us like
him. Ps. 17:15. Isa. 33:17, f.c. 1 John 3:2. [6.] The presence of Jesus,
as our Redeemer, to whom we are indebted for all this glory. John 17:24.
1 Thess. 4:17. Rev. 5:9. (4.) The employments of heaven. [1.] The
contemplation of the infinite perfections of God, and the glories of his
moral government. Rev. 19:1, 2. [2.] Rendering cheerful obedience to his
will. Ps. 103:20, 21. Matt. 6:10. 22:30. [3.] Singing his praises. Rev.
5:9. [4.] And we may suppose holy conversation. (5.) Contemplate this
state as existing forever, with the continual increase of the capacity
for enjoyment, and the discoveries of the divine character, his
government and works.

12. _The Resurrection._ (1.) What signal will usher in the glorious
morn. 1 Cor. 15:52. 1 Thess. 4:16. (2.) What will follow. 1 Thess. 4:16,
l.c. (3.) What will come to pass in regard to the saints which shall
then be alive on the earth. 1 Cor. 15:51. 1 Thess. 4:17. (4.) With what
bodies the saints will arise. 1 Cor. 15:42-44, 50, 53, 54. (5.) To whom
the saints will ascribe their victory and triumph, in that day. 1 Cor.
15:57. (6.) How the wicked will rise. Dan. 12:2.

13. _The Judgment._ (1.) This awful ceremony is to take place at a
certain time, fixed in the councils of eternity. Acts 17:31. (2.) It
will come suddenly and unexpectedly. Matt. 24:36-39. (3.) Who will be
the judge. Matt. 25:31. Rev. 20:11. (4.) Who will stand before him to be
judged. Rom. 14:10. Rev. 20:12. (5.) In respect to what they will be
judged. Eccl. 12:14. Matt. 12:36. Rom. 2:16. 2 Cor. 5:10. (6.) By what
rule they will be judged. John 7:21. Rom. 2:2. (7.) How any will be able
to stand this awful test. 1 John 2:1, 2. (8.) What separation will be
made. Matt. 25:32. Consider this in its application to friends, and
those who have in any way come under our influence. (9.) The final award
of the righteous. Matt. 25:33-36. (10.) What state of feeling is
indicated by their answer. Matt. 25:37-39. (11.) The final sentence of
the wicked. Matt. 25:41-43. (12.) What state of feeling is indicated by
their answer. Matt. 25:44.

14. _The World of Woe._ Contemplated for the purpose of arousing the
attention to the condition of the impenitent. (1