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Fifthly, if there be such a glorious recompense of reward for the people of God; this should then encourage ¹such as are looking towards, and such as are walking in the ways of God.

Fifthly, if there be such a glorious recompence of reward for the people of God; this should then encourage ¹such as are looking towards, and such as are walking in the ways of God.

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First, it may encourage to begin betimes in Gods ¹ways: It is your wisdom to begin to work at the first hour, seeing God will reward so richly. If you were to work for another, and you knew he would give you a great sum of money for every hour you wrought, you would be sure to be betimes at work that day: You that are young, you are deferring, and putting off your repentance; what a sottish delusion is this? What do you lose, you lose a great ⟨p. 641⟩deal of the reward you might have: Therefore you little ones, as soon you come to know any thing of the ways of God, embrace them, for you shall be rewarded abundantly for every minute of an hour: Therefore the losing the time of youth, yea, the losing of any opportunity of doing any gracious action, is an eternal loss: for if God reward every one according to his works, then the loss of an opportunity to do a good work, is an eternal loss; they that have neglected opportunities, let them consider what they have lost, and you that have your time before you, begin betimes; if a man were working, and knew not when he should be paid, or how he should get his wages, he would come late to work, and would be negligent, but God would not have you come into his vineyard upon those terms, but promises he will reward you, and therefore begin betimes.