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Mount Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter…Movnt Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter…
Mount Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter of the first epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, from the 13th verse, to the end of the chapter, divided into three parts / by Tho. Case ...Movnt Pisgah, or, A prospect of heaven being an exposition on the fourth chapter of the first epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, from the 13th verse, to the end of the chapter, divided into three parts / by Tho. Case ...
London: printed by Thomas Milbourn for Dorman Newman, 1670
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
It may serve as a spur to diligence and activity in the ways of God. It is the very use the Apostle makes of this blessed Doctrine: Therefore, my brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for as much as ye know your labour is not in vain in the Lord. Not in vain? a [Greek or Hebrew], more is to be understood than is expressed, the meaning is, your reward shall be great and glorious: What is that? this motive hath relation to the glorious resurrection treated on in the whole foregoing Chapter, q. d. on the other side of the resurrection, God hath prepared an eternity of glory for you, and therefore bestir your selves in good earnest; do somewhat for God on this side the grave, that may (if possible) bear some proportion with your future expectation; Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might: Labour hard, here's eternal rest after thy labours. 1Blessed are the dead that dye in the Lord, for they rest from their labours, Thou hast but a moment to work in, but an eternity to rest in; be industrious now, and anon thou shalt be glorious. Enter now into thy Lords Vineyard, and soon thou shalt enter into thy Lords Joy. Take pains here, there remains a rest, an eternal rest, not an eternity of being only, but an eternity of well-being; Ever be with the Lord.
It may serve as a spur to diligence and activity in the wayes of God. It is the very use the Apostle makes of this blessed Doctrine: Therefore, my brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, alwayes abounding in the work of the Lord, for as much as ye know your labour is not in vain in the Lord. Not in vain? a 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, more is to be understood than is exprest, the meaning is, your reward shall be great and glorious: What is that? this motive hath relation to the glorious resurrection treated on in the whole foregoing Chapter, q. d. on the other side of the resurrection, God hath prepared an eternity of glory for you, and therefore bestir your selves in good earnest; do somewhat for God on this side the grave, that may (if possible) bear some proportion with your future expectation; Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might: Labour hard, here's eternal rest after thy labours.