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Having considered what the work is, now let us consider and admire at the Reward: And before we come to show what Reward it is, take notice of a distinction or two.

Having considered what the work is, now let us consider and admire at the Reward: And before we come to shew what Reward it is, take notice of a distinction or two.

First, There is an Essential Reward; and that is, The enjoyment of God in full Assurance and Delight. This, all that work for God are sure to have. All that are made happy, have the same God, and the same Christ. They all agree in this. The dwarf and the giant are both equal in this, as the Apple of the eye in a Child, as well as in a grown man, is able to see the same great Mountain.

First, There is an Essential Reward; and that is, The enjoyment of God in full Assurance and Delight. This, all that work for God are sure to have. All that are made happy, have the same God, and the same Christ. They all agree in this. The dwarf and the gyant are both equall in this, as the Apple of the eye in a Child, as well as in a grown man, is able to see the same great Mountain.

Secondly, There is an Accidental Reward; and that is, Some Degrees of Glory: Because of greater labour and sufferings for Christ, one may partake of more Glory then another. For, though all the glorified Saints are compared to Stars, yet as one Star differeth from another in Glory; so it's here. In Justification, all the godly are equal, though some men have more sins pardoned then others; yet, the acceptation of them through Christ, is equal. So that intensively, though not extensively, all are alike justified. But in salvation, there are Thrones prepared for some above others. Neither in that ambitious Petition of the Mother of Zebedee's Children did our Saviour deny, there were chiefer places then other in his Kingdom, but he rebuked their carnal apprehensions about such things,