Moses his choice with his eye fixed upon Heaven, discovering the happy condition of…

Let us make use of this argument, and not look upon the greatness of our sufferings, to think my sufferings are greater then others, but rather let us look up on high to our God, and the greater things that are prepared for us. As St. Augustine speaking to ¹a Christian that was to suffer, Do not so much attend what punishment thou hast, what share thou hast in the whip, or in correction, but what thou hast in the Testament, in Gods Word, what is revealed there for thy encouragement. And labour to have the light within you, or else all will never do; though many things have been revealed to your eyes, and so you may have ⟨p. 623⟩light outwardly; yet if you have not the inward light, this outward light will never strengthen you to hold out: And labour for faith to put life in all these arguments that have been spoken of; unless faith come and breathe the breath of life upon them, they will all lie dead. Labour that nothing be between your eye and Heaven, and if any thing of the world, or vain reasonings shall come between your eye and Heaven, labour to remove it, keep all clear, that upon the turning of your eye you may see beyond the veil; and be not only thinking of these things, and make them lively by faith, but let your conversation be much in heaven, sending up your spirits to heaven, and opening your hearts to receive the influence of heaven, and then you will be able to endure what God calls you to: Who knows what God will call us to? God is stirring in the world, as if he intended to do some great things in the world, and therefore we had need of strong arguments to keep our hearts close to him, when many thousand hypocrites shall fall. And thus we have finished four things in the opening of this point: First, that there is a reward for Gods people. Secondly, how far they may have respect to this reward. Thirdly, what the reward is. Fourthly, wherein the power of having respect to this reward lay to undergo any suffering. Now the fifth thing that remains, is, the Application of all that hath been said.

Let us make use of this argument, and not look upon the greatness of our sufferings, to think my sufferings are greater then others, but rather let us look up on high to our God, and the greater things that are prepared for us. As St. Augustine speaking to ¹