The Parable of the Wicked Mammon

WE must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ, for to receive every man according to the deeds of his body. ii. Corin. v. As thy deeds testify of the so shall thy reward be. Thy deeds be evil, then is the wrath of God upon thee and thine heart is evil and so shall thy reward be if thou repent not. Fear therefore and cry to god for grace, that thou mayest love his laws And when thou lovest them cease not till thou have obtained power of God to fulfil them: so shalt thou be sure that a good reward shall follow. Which reward not thy deeds, but Christs hath purchased for thee, whose purchasing also is that lust which thou haste to God's law, and that might where with thou fulfillest them Remember also, that a reward is rather called that which is given freely, than that which is deserved. That which is deserved, ⟨image 62⟩is called (if thou wilt give him his tight name) heir or wages. A reward¹ is given freely to provoke unto love and to make friends. Remember that whatsoever ever good thing any man doeth, that shall he receive of the Lord. Ephes. vi. Remembering that ye shall receive of the Lord the² reward of inheritance, Colossians. iii.

WE muste all appere before the iudgement seate of Christ, for to receyue euery man accordinge to the deades of his body. ii. Corin. v. As thy deades testifie of the so shal thi rewarde be. Thi deades be euyl, then is the wrath of God vpon the and thyne herte is euill and so shall thy rewarde be if thou repente not. Feare therfore and crie to god for grace, that thou maist loue his lawes And whē thou louest them cease not tyll thou haue optayned power of God to fulfyll them: so shalt thou be sure that a good rewarde shal folowe. Whiche rewarde not thye deades, but Christes hath purchaised for the, whose purchasinge also is that lust whiche thou haste to Goddes lawe, and that myght where with yu fulfyllest them Remember also, that a rewarde is rather called that whiche is giuen frely, thē that whiche is deserued. That whiche is deser ued,