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The four last things viz. death, judgment, heaven, hell, practically considered and applied in…
The four last things viz. death, judgment, heaven, hell, practically considered and applied in several discourses / by William Bates.
London: printed for Brabazon Aylmer, 1691
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And according as the Saints have excelled in Fidelity & Zeal in God's Service, they shall be rewarded with a more excellent Glory. The Stars of the supreme Heaven are of a different brightness and greatness, as the Stars of the visible Firmament. Indeed all are perfectly happy, without *jealousy, that any is equal or superior to them in that Kingdom. But God will crown his own Graces as the Saints have improved them. Our Saviour valued the Widow's two Mites, as transcending all the magnificent Gifts of others, because of the degrees of Love in the Giver. There was a richer Mine of Affection in her Heart, Gold of a more noble Vein, more pure and precious than all their Riches. This was of greater price in God's Account, who weighs the Spirits in his Balance. God will accept and reward according to what a Man has, and not according to what he has not. 2He that improves but two Talents with his best skill and diligence, shall have a greater Reward than another that had ⟨p. 204⟩ten Talents, and was remiss and less careful to employ them for his Master's Profit. The Rule will be exactly observed, He that sows bountifully, shall reap bountifully; and he that sows sparingly, shall reap sparingly.
And according as the Saints have excel'd in Fidelity & Zeal in God's Service, they shall be rewarded with a more excellent Glory. The Stars of the supreme Heaven are of a different brightness and greatness, as the Stars of the visible Firmament. Indeed all are perfectly happy, without *jealousy, that any is equal or superior to them in that Kingdom. But God will crown his own Graces as the Saints have improved them. Our Saviour valued the Widow's two Mites, as transcending all the magnificent Gifts of others, because of the degrees of Love in the Giver. There was a richer Mine of Affection in her Heart, Gold of a more noble Vein, more pure and precious than all their Riches. This was of greater price in God's Account, who weighs the Spirits in his Ballance. God will accept and reward according to what a Man has, and not according to what he has not. 2