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Fifthly and lastly: The Lord Jesus will own all the Services and Offices of Love, done to Himself, or to any of his Members; Clothing, Feeding, Visiting them when Sick, coming to them when in Prison; He will acknowledge all before Heaven and Earth: yea, what they themselves have forgotten, never thought-worthy of their own notice, much less of Christ's notice; Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee; or thirsty, and gave thee drink, &c? Observe (by the way) the difference between Saints and Shadows! Hypocrites can boast of what they never (truly) did, they can own what God will disown! We have fasted, say they; nay, saith God, In the day of your fast, ye find pleasure! ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness, &c. We have, say they, afflicted our Soul; no such thing, saith God; Ye have bowed down the head like a bull-rush for a day; ye have spread Sack-cloth and Ashes under you: Is this a Fast? will you call this, Soul-afflicting? if you will, I will not. I but now, on the contrary, as to true, real Saints, God owneth what themselves dare not own; but though they have forgotten, God is not unrighteous to forget their work and labour of love, which they have showed towards his Name, ¹in ministering to the Saints; but all shall be remembered, even from the Alabaster box ⟨p. 130⟩of costly Spikenard, to the Cup of cold water given in the name of a Disciple; and proclaimed in the Audience of that general Assembly; ²For as much as you have done it to one of these little ones, ye have done it unto me; yea, those very acts of Charity, which have been done so secretly, that the left hand did not know what the right hand did, ³shall be now published upon the house-top (the great house of Heaven and Earth); they were not so closely done, but they shall as openly be rewarded; the book of God's remembrance shall be brought forth and opened, and publicly read, that all the good which any of the Saints of God ever did, may be mentioned to their everlasting praise; and that with a double circumstance of signal honour.

Fifthly and lastly: The Lord Jesus will own all the Services and Offices of Love, done to Himself, or to any of his Members; Cloathing, Feeding, Visiting them when Sick, coming to them when in Prison; He will acknowledge all before Heaven and Earth: yea, what they themselves have forgotten, never thought-worthy of their own notice, much less of Christ's notice; Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee; or thirsty, and gave thee drink, &c? Observe (by the way) the difference between Saints and Shadows! Hypocrites can boast of what they never (truly) did, they can own what God will disown! We have fasted, say they; nay, saith God, In the day of your fast, ye find pleasure! ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness, &c. We have, say they, afflicted our Soul; no such thing, saith God; Ye have bowed down the head like a bul-rush for a day; ye have spread Sack-cloath and Ashes under you: Is this a Fast? will you call this, Soul-afflicting? if you will, I will not. I but now, on the contrary, as to true, real Saints, God owneth what themselves dare not own; but though they have forgotten, God is not unrighteous to forget their work and labour of love, which they have shewed towards his Name,