Who shall open the kingdom of heaven for us? Shall we plead our own obedience, as if this would procure us admission? The door would be barred against us; nor can any entrance be obtained but through the sacrifice and intercession of Him, who has returned to those blissful mansions from which he came down. He is gone to prepare a place, not for his Apostles only, but for all who believe in his name. You, therefore, who have fixed your whole dependence upon him, are encouraged to rejoice in his exalted dignity, and the certainty of final salvation. It is your privilege, though you are now despised and afflicted, to look forward with exultation "to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you."

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