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Apples of gold for young men and women, and a crown of glory for…Apples of gold for young men and vvomen, and a crown of glory for…
Apples of gold for young men and women, and a crown of glory for old men and women. Or, The happiness of being good betimes, and the honour of being an old disciple Clearly and fully discovered, and closely, and faithfully applied. Also the young mans objections answered, and the old mans doubts resolved. By Thomas Brooks preacher of the gospel at Margarets new Fishstreet-hill.Apples of gold for young men and vvomen, and a crown of glory for old men and women. Or, The happiness of being good betimes, and the honour of being an old disciple Clearly and fully discovered, and closely, and faithfully applyed. Also the young mans objections answered, and the old mans doubts resolved. By Thomas Brooks preacher of the gospel at Margarets new Fishstreet-hill.
London: printed by R.I. for John Hancock, 1657
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.
Seventhly, An Old Disciple, an old Christian, 1shall have a great reward in heaven, Old Christians have done much, and suffered much for Christ, and the more any man doth, or suffers for Christ here, the more glory he shall have hereafter. Twas the saying of an old Disciple upon his dying bed, he is come, he is come (meaning the Lord) with a great reward for a little work. Agrippa having suffered imprisonment for wishing Cajus Emperor, the first thing Cajus did when he came to the Empire, was to prefer Agrippa to a Kingdom; ⟨p. 74⟩he gave him also a chain of Gold as heavy as the chain of Iron that was upon him in prison; And will not Christ richly reward all his suffering Saints? Surely he will, Christ will at last pay a Christian for every prayer he hath made, for every Sermon he hath heard, for every tear he hath shed, for every morsel he hath given, for every burden he hath born, for every battle he hath fought, for every enemy he hath slain, and for every temptation that he hath overcome. Cyrus in a great expedition against his enemies, the better to encourage his soldiers to fight, in an oration that he made at the head of his Army, promised upon the victory, to make every foot soldier an horseman and every horseman a Commander, and that no Officer that did valiantly, should be unrewarded, 2but what are Cyrus his rewards, to the rewards that Christ our General promises to ⟨p. 75⟩his, Rev. 3.21. To him that overcometh, will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my father in his throne. 3As there is no Lord to Christ, so there is no rewards to Christs, his rewards are the greatest rewards, he gives Kingdoms, Crowns, Thrones, he gives grace and glory, Psal. 84.11. It is said of Araunah that noble Jebusite, renowned for his bounty, that he had but a subjects purse, but a Kings heart, but Jesus Christ hath a Kings purse, as well as a Kings heart, and accordingly he gives.