in the side of the Lord Jesus, through whom I overcome thee. Also, O
Satan, though I hear thee make a hellish noise, and though thou
threaten me highly, yet my soul shall triumph over thee so long as
Christ is alive and can be heard in heaven--so long as he hath
broken thy head and won the field--so long as thou art in prison and
canst not have thy desire. When I hear thy voice, my thoughts are
turned to Christ my Saviour; I hearken to what he will say, for he
will speak comfort: he hath gotten the victory and doth give me the
crown, and causeth me to triumph through his most glorious conquest.

"And I beheld, and lo, in the midst of the throne stood a Lamb as it
had been slain." Rev. 5: 6. That in the midst of the throne is our
sacrifice, with the very marks of his death upon him, showing to God
that sitteth upon the throne the holes of the thorns, of the nails,
of the spear; and how he was disfigured with blows and blood when at
his command he gave himself a ransom for his people; for it cannot
be imagined that either the exaltation or glorification of the body
of Jesus Christ should make him forget the day in which he died the
death for our sins; especially since that which puts worth into his
whole intercession is the death he died, and the blood he shed upon,
the cross for our trespasses.

Since Christ is an intercessor, I infer that believers should not
rest at the cross for comfort: justification they should look for
there; but being justified by his blood, they should ascend up after
him to his throne. At the cross you will see him in his sorrows and
humiliations, in his tears and blood; but follow him to where he is
now, and then you shall see him in his robes, in his priestly robes,
and with his golden girdle about him. There you shall see him
wearing the breastplate of judgment, and with all your names written