Robert Traill (The Throne of Grace), Works 1:220:
Who would not venture to pass out of this bad world, to that blessed land, under Christ’s conduct, though sailing through the gulf of death be unpleasant in itself to us? Men for gain will sail from one end of the earth to the other; through heat and cold, and stormy seas and winds, and manifold perils, in the probable hope of advantage. But believers may be assured, that they shall arrive at their port. Never did a believer in Jesus Christ die or drown in his voyage to heaven. They will be all found safe and sound with the Lamb on Mount Zion. Christ loseth none of them; yea, nothing of them, John 6:39. Not a bone of a believer is to be seen in the field of battle. They are all more than conquerors, through him that loved them, Rom. 8:37.
Who would not venture to pass out of this bad world, to that blessed land, under Christ’s conduct, though sailing through the gulf of death be unpleasant in itself to us? Men for gain will sail from one end of the earth to the other; through heat and cold, and stormy seas and winds, and manifold perils, in the probable hope of advantage. But believers may be assured, that they shall arrive at their port. Never did a believer in Jesus Christ die or drown in his voyage to heaven. They will be all found safe and sound with the Lamb on Mount Zion. Christ loseth none of them; yea, nothing of them, John 6:39. Not a bone of a believer is to be seen in the field of battle. They are all more than conquerors, through him that loved them, Rom. 8:37.
