Robert Traill (The Lord's Prayer, John 17:24), Works 2:60:
The word speaks of heaven, and the glory to come, to encourage the people of God, and heirs of glory, under all their trials and troubles in this life. If it had not been for this, the Lord might have kept the glory to come, amongst many other secret things that belong to him, Deut. 29:29. But he knew, that through much tribulation his people must enter into the kingdom of God, Acts 14:22; and that the hope of glory was a proper and needful cordial to support their hearts in all their sorrows. And be ye assured of it, that if ever ye be in the depths of distress (and who is secured against them?), ye will find, that nothing short of the believing views and lively hope of glory, will be able to keep you from sinking. I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living, said David, Psalm 27:13.
The word speaks of heaven, and the glory to come, to encourage the people of God, and heirs of glory, under all their trials and troubles in this life. If it had not been for this, the Lord might have kept the glory to come, amongst many other secret things that belong to him, Deut. 29:29. But he knew, that through much tribulation his people must enter into the kingdom of God, Acts 14:22; and that the hope of glory was a proper and needful cordial to support their hearts in all their sorrows. And be ye assured of it, that if ever ye be in the depths of distress (and who is secured against them?), ye will find, that nothing short of the believing views and lively hope of glory, will be able to keep you from sinking. I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living, said David, Psalm 27:13.
