The speedy coming of Christ to judgment represented in a funeral sermon on the…

2. The Reward is complete: for it shall be the issue of final Judgment, with respect to all things done in the Body, whether good or evil. Separate Souls act in their opposite States: the Saints above continually glorify God, and do his Commands: The wicked in Hell continually blaspheme God: but the obedience of the Saints in Heaven is not in order to a Reward, for they are actually possest of it, and complete Holiness is a principal part of their Felicity: and the Sins of the Damned do not incur a new ⟨p. 43⟩Guilt, and expose them to more Severities of Punishment, for they are in the hands of revenging Justice, and their Sin is a principal part of their Punishment. The Rewardableness of Humane Actions is limited to the present Life; and when Men shall appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ, a full Reward will be distributed to them.

2. The Reward is compleat: for it shall be the issue of final Judgment, with respect to all things done in the Body, whether good or evil. Separate Souls act in their opposite States: the Saints above continually glorify God, and do his Commands: The wicked in Hell continually blaspheme God: but the obedience of the Saints in Heaven is not in order to a Reward, for they are actually possest of it, and compleat Holiness is a principal part of their Felicity: and the Sins of the Damned do not incur a new ⟨p. 43⟩Guilt, and expose them to more Severities of Punishment, for they are in the hands of revenging Justice, and their Sin is a principal part of their Punishment. The Rewardableness of Humane Actions is limited to the present Life; and when Men shall appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ, a full Reward will be distributed to them.

Here the faithful Servants of God have some Vails to encourage them in their Work, and to delight in their Duty: and in their various Sorrows and Sufferings they are cheered with some forerunning Beams of Heavenly ⟨p. 44⟩