Now observe:1 First, As a man sows so shall he reap; Though he shall reap more than he sows, yet he shall reap in the same kind; if he sows wickedness, he shall not reap mercy; but he that sows righteousness, he shall reap mercy. It is a mocking of God, for men to think that though they sow wickedness yet they shall reap mercy,2 therefore saith the Apostle in Gal. 6. 7. As a man sows, so shall he reap. God is not mocked, if thou thinkest to reap mercy when thou sowest wickedness, thou mockest God to his very face; If a man should go and sow Tares and say, I shall have a good crop of Wheat, would not you think that man mad, or he should think you a fool to tell you so and you believe him? So for you to think that either God or man should believe that you should have mercy when you sow not righteousness (I say) it is to mock God, and know, God is not mocked, for what a man sows, that shall he also reap, and they fruit shall be another manner of fruit, Thou shalt rent that which shall be bound in bundles, and thou bound together with it, and cast into unquenchable fire: But those that sow righteousness, there's never a seed of theirs shall be lost, they shall be recompensed for all their pains,3 & labour, & sufferings, for so saith the Lord, Ps. 126. 6. That those that sow in tears, they shall reap in joy, there shall be ⟨p. 451⟩an assuring fruit to those that sow in Righteousness, for Righteousness it is the most precious thing in the world,4 if it be true Gospel Righteousness, it is (I say) more worth, one right act is more worth than Heaven and Earth; God will not lose that seed, it's precious seed, there is more of God in one righteous Act of a Godly man than there is in all the works of Creation and Providence, (except Angels and Saints) than in all the whole frame of Creation.
Now observe:1 First, As a man sows so shall he reap; Though he shall reap more than he sows, yet he shall reap in the same kind; if he sows wickedness, he shall not reap mercy; but he that sows righteousness, he shall reap mercy. It is a mocking of God, for men to think that though they sow wickedness yet they shall reap mercy,2 therefore saith the Apostle in Gal. 6. 7. As a man sows, so shall he reap. God is not mocked, if thou thinkest to reap mercy when thou sowest wickedness, thou mockest God to his very face; If a man should go and sow Tares and say, I shall have a good crop of Wheat, would not you think that man mad, or he should think you a fool to tell you so and you beleeve him? So for you to think that either God or man should beleeve that you should have mercy when you sow not righteousness (I say) it is to mock God, and know, God is not mocked, for what a man sows, that shall he also reap, and they fruit shall be another manner of fruit, Thou shalt rent that which shall be bound in bundels, and thou bound together with it, and cast into unquenchable fire: But those that sow righteousness, there's never a seed of theirs shall be lost, they shall be recompenc'd for all their pains,3 & labor, & sufferings, for so saith the Lord, Ps. 126. 6. That those that sow in tears, they shall reap in joy, there shall be ⟨p. 451⟩an assuring fruit to those that sow in Righteousness, for Righteousnss it is the most pretious thing in the world,4 if it be true Gospel Righteousness, it is (I say) more worth, one right act is more worth than Heaven and Earth; God will not lose that seed, it's precious seed, there is more of God in one righteous Act of a Godly man than there is in all the works of Creation and Providence, (except Angels and Saints) than in all the whole frame of Creation.
- 1Obs. 1.
- 2Gal. 6. 7.
- 3Ps. 126. 6.
- 4Gospel-Righteousness the most precious thing in the world▪Gospel-Righteousnesse the most precious thing in the world▪
