And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me,
Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on: Yea,
says the Spirit,
that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.
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Bede
AD 735
labours: As he had said that the ungodly have no rest for ever, so, on the contrary, he shews that the faithful, who are helped by their former works, from henceforth rest, that is, from the time of death. For, "when He has given His beloved sleep, this is the inheritance of the Lord." But "the sluggard would not plough because of the cold, therefore shall he beg in harvest, and there shall not be given to him." THE HARVEST AND VINTAGE OF THE EARTH <a