But Christ has redeemed the believer from this malediction, he has set him out of the power of hell and danmation. To an inheritance. The heavenly inheritance is irradiated with light. To an inheritance incorruptible. It does not moulder away or suffer dissolution.
Eternity is written upon the frontispiece of it.
The Greek word for undefiled alludes to a precious stone called Amiantus , which cannot be blemished. It fadeth not away. The Greek word is the name of a flower, Amarantus , which keeps a long time fresh and green, as Clement of Alexandria writes. And that which is the diamond in the ring, the glory of this inheritance, is the eternal sight and fruition of the blessed God. It is comfortable to see God showing himself through the lattice of an ordinance, to see him in the Word and sacrament.