Luk. 19.16, 17, 18, 19. We read there of having authority over ten Cities, and five Cities: More is required of the first Servant, and more is given him; and more is required of the first Servant than the second; as we expect an Horse-man should come sooner than a Foot-man. But more particularly to prove that there are degrees of Glory: First, From Scripture. 2 Cor. 9.6. He that soweth sparingly, shall reap sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully, shall reap bountifully. As there is a difference in the kind of the Crop, according to the kind of the seed, Gal. 6.6, 7. so according to the degree; some do well, others do better; so some fare well, others fare better, are more bountifully rewarded: For God will deal more liberally with them who shall accordingly with greater fidelity acquit themselves in well-doing. There is a Proportion observed. Again, the common happiness of the Saints, is, To shine as the Stars, Mat. 13. and Dan. 12.3. yet the Apostle telleth us, that one star differeth from another in glory; so shall it be in the resurrection from the dead, 1 Cor. 15.41. namely, that their Glory shall be according to their inequality in Zeal, Service, and Faithfulness to God. Another place shall be that, 1 Cor. 3.8. Every man shall receive his own reward, according to his own labour; that is, according to the degree; for he speaketh there of degrees of serviceableness in the Church. Every man hath a labour of his own, that is, such a measure and degree of service appropriately his; and so by consequence, hath his own reward, somewhat which doth exactly answer his labour. Some have thought no: That the Saints in Heaven, their Reward is exactly equal: It's true, all shall have enough, but some more than others: So Eph. 6.8. Whatsoever good thing any man doth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free; that is, shall be punctually and particularly considered by God for it; he shall receive the same, not for kind, but quantity and proportion: They shall have in their Reward a particular and appropriate consideration; a Bondman a Bondman's Reward, a Freeman a Freemans Reward; every degree of goodness shall be considered by God: so there seemeth to be a distinction between a Prophets Reward, and a righteous mans Reward, and a Disciples Reward, Mat. 10.41, 42. Add that concerning Zebedee's Children, Mat. 20.21, 22.
Luk. 19.16, 17, 18, 19. We read there of having authority over ten Cities, and five Cities: More is required of the first Servant, and more is given him; and more is required of the first Servant than the second; as we expect an Horse-man should come sooner than a Foot-man. But more particularly to prove that there are degrees of Glory: First, From Scripture. 2 Cor. 9.6. He that soweth sparingly, shall reap sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully, shall reap bountifully. As there is a difference in the kind of the Crop, according to the kind of the seed, Gal. 6.6, 7. so according to the degree; some do well, others do better; so some fare well, others fare better, are more bountifully rewarded: For God will deal more liberally with them who shall accordingly with greater fidelity acquit themselves in well-doing. There is a Proportion observed. Again, the common happiness of the Saints, is, To shine as the Stars, Mat. 13. and Dan. 12.3. yet the Apostle telleth us, that one star differeth from another in glory; so shall it be in the resurrection from the dead, 1 Cor. 15.41. namely, that their Glory shall be according to their inequality in Zeal, Service, and Faithfulness to God. Another place shall be that, 1 Cor. 3.8. Every man shall receive his own reward, according to his own labour; that is, according to the degree; for he speaketh there of degrees of serviceableness in the Church. Every man hath a labour of his own, that is, such a measure and degree of service appropriately his; and so by consequence, hath his own reward, somewhat which doth exactly answer his labour. Some have thought no: That the Saints in Heaven, their Reward is exactly equal: It's true, all shall have enough, but some more than others: So Eph. 6.8. Whatsoever good thing any man doth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free; that is, shall be punctually and particularly considered by God for it; he shall receive the same, not for kind, but quantity and proportion: They shall have in their Reward a particular and appropriate consideration; a Bondman a Bondmans Reward, a Freeman a Freemans Reward; every degree of goodness shall be considered by God: so there seemeth to be a distinction between a Prophets Reward, and a righteous mans Reward, and a Disciples Reward,
