The four last things viz. death, judgment, heaven, hell, practically considered and applied in…

3. There is no proportion between the best Works of Men, and the excellency of the Reward, much less an equivalence. 'Twas the just and humble acknowledgement of Jacob to God, I am less than the least of all thy Mercies, those that common Providence dispenses for ⟨p. 348⟩the support and refreshment of this temporal Life. But how much less than the glorious Excellencies of the supernatural Divine Life, wherein the Saints reign with God for ever? The most costly, the most difficult and hazardous Services, are equally nothing in point of Merit, with the giving but a Cup of cold Water to a Disciple of Christ, there being no correspondence in value between them and the Kingdom of Heaven. The Apostle tells us, I count the Sufferings of the present Life are not to be compared to the Glory that shall be revealed in us. And suffering is more than doing. God rewards his faithful Servants not according to the dignity of their Works, but his own Liberality and Magnificence. As Alexander having ordered fifty Talents of Gold to be given to a Gentleman in Poverty to supply his want, and he surprised with that immense Bounty, modestly said, ten were enough; He replied, If fifty are too much for you to receive, ten are too little for me to give; therefore do you receive as Poor, I will give as a King. Thus God in the dispensing his Favours does not respect the meanness of our Persons or Services, but gives to us as a God. And ⟨p. 349⟩the clearest Notion of the Deity is that he is a Being infinite in all Perfections, therefore all-sufficient and most willing to make his Creatures completely happy.

3. There is no proportion between the best Works of Men, and the excellency of the Reward, much less an equivalence. 'Twas the just and humble acknowledgment of Jacob to God, I am less than the least of all thy Mercies, those that common Providence dispenses for ⟨p. 348⟩the support and refreshment of this temporal Life. But how much less than the glorious Excellencies of the supernatural Divine Life, wherein the Saints reign with God for ever? The most costly, the most difficult and hazardous Services, are equally nothing in point of Merit, with the giving but a Cup of cold Water to a Disciple of Christ, there being no correspondence in value between them and the Kingdom of Heaven. The Apostle tells us, I count the Sufferings of the present Life are not to be compar'd to the Glory that shall be revealed in us. And suffering is more than doing. God rewards his faithful Servants not according to the dignity of their Works, but his own Liberality and Magnificence. As Alexander having ordered fifty Talents of Gold to be given to a Gentleman in Poverty to supply his want, and he surpris'd with that immense Bounty, modestly said, ten were enough; He replied, If fifty are too much for you to receive, ten are too little for me to give; therefore do you receive as Poor, I will give as a King. Thus God in the dispensing his Favours does not respect the meanness of our Persons or Services, but gives to us as a God. And