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Fifthly, if there be such a glorious recompense of reward, then let us labour to be faithful with God, because ¹we have such a good Master, that is so good and gracious to us. Princes make account they engage the hearts of their subjects that are about them, to be faithful with them by their great rewards, and by keeping of them in expectation of great things: The great things that God hath prepared for us, ⟨p. 644⟩do lay more engagements upon our hearts to be faithful with him: Let us not be false to such a God as this is; God expects we should be faithful upon this ground, Isaiah 63. 7, 8. There are large expressions of the goodness of the Lord unto his people; and what follows, Surely they are my people, children that will not lye: As if he should say, These are a people that I expect should be satisfied with me. In Psal. 36. 5. there God joins his mercy and his faithfulness both together: As Gods mercies and faithfulness are joined together, so let the hope of Gods mercies to us, and our faithfulness unto God, be joined together. It was an argument of God unto Abraham, I am God All-sufficient, and I am your exceeding great reward, walk before me, and be upright: As if he should say, You need not go and shark unto any other creature, you have reward enough in me, therefore walk before me, and be upright: So by all that which God hath revealed unto you concerning this glorious reward of his people, God says, You need not go and seek any thing else, you need not be sharking up and down after the creature, Is there not enough in me to satisfy any creature living? The ground why any depart from God in a way of unfaithfulness, is because they have distrustful thoughts, and think there is not enough to be had in God, but they had need shift for themselves another way: If we understand this glorious reward, and our hearts close with it, this temptation could not have power to draw our hearts from it: Therefore God is so plentiful in the manifestation of his goodness, because his people should not have any shifting thoughts; there is enough in God, ⟨p. 645⟩and in the treasures of his grace to make up all.