Yet this is not all the profit of Holiness here, (though I shall pass to the next) much less in the other World. As I said before, a positive Holiness shall have a positive Heaven. The Christians avoiding what is evil, through the blood of Christ, shall be recompensed with a freedom from Hell; and the Christians doing what is good through the same meritorious cause, shall be rewarded with the fruition of Heaven. The two Servants that had (not hid their Talents in a Napkin, as the negative Christian doth, but) traded according ⟨p. 347⟩to his trust, and improved his stock faithfully in doing good, as he had opportunity; is commended by his Master for a good and faithful Servant, and honoured with his Masters own happiness. Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. No less will content his large liberal heart than his own joy for his holy Ones, a joy so great that it cannot enter into them; their narrow Vessels can never hold such an Ocean, therefore they must enter into it, and be immersed and swallowed up as it were in this vast Sea of Pleasure and Solace. But, Reader, consider in this Chapter before the Text, vers. 34. What will be the profit of this sort of Piety, how infinitely the gains will exceed the pains, were they ten thousand times more than they can be. Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the Foundation of the World; For I was hungry, and ye gave me meat, &c. How doth every word speak Love and Life, every syllable drop Myrrh and Mercy. In which we may observe the welcome those that are fruitful Christians shall find from Christ in the other World. ⟨p. 348⟩We have, 1. The estate they shall be invested with, and that is a Kingdom. 2. Their Title to it, and that is by Inheritance from their Father; Ye blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom. 3. Its preparation for them, Prepared for you from the Foundation of the World. 4. Their formal introduction into it; Come ye blessed of my Father. 5. The qualification of the persons that shall inherit this Kingdom, (I was hungry, and ye fed me,) such as feed the Hungry, and clothe the Naked. 1. Observe, Reader, for thine encouragement, to mind positive Holiness, the estate thy loving and bountiful Father hath provided for thee, when thou comest to age. It's no less than a Kingdom; thou shalt be a King now (and enjoy a Kingdom then, He hath made us Kings and Priests unto God, Rev. 1.6.)
Yet this is not all the profit of Holiness here, (though I shall pass to the next) much less in the other World. As I said before, a positive Holiness shall have a positive Heaven. The Christians avoiding what is evil, through the blood of Christ, shall be recompenced with a freedom from Hell; and the Christians doing what is good through the same meritorious cause, shall be rewarded with the fruition of Heaven. The two Servants that had (not hid their Talents in a Napkin, as the negative Christian doth, but) traded according ⟨p. 347⟩to his trust, and improved his stock faithfully in doing good, as he had opportunity; is commended by his Master for a good and faithful Servant, and honoured with his Masters own happiness. Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. No less will content his large liberal heart than his own joy for his holy Ones, a joy so great that it cannot enter into them; their narrow Vessels can never hold such an Ocean, therefore they must enter into it, and be immerst and swallow'd up as it were in this vast Sea of Pleasure and Solace. But, Reader, consider in this Chapter before the Text, vers. 34. What will be the profit of this sort of Piety, how infinitely the gains will exceed the pains, were they ten thousand times more than they can be. Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the Foundation of the World; For I was hungry, and ye gave me meat, &c. How doth every word speak Love and Life, every syllable drop Myrh and Mercy. In which we may observe the welcome those that are fruitful Christians shall find from Christ in the other World. ⟨p. 348⟩We have, 1. The estate they shall be invested with, and that is a Kingdom. 2. Their Title to it, and that is by Inhetance from their Father; Ye blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom. 3. Its preparation for them, Prepared for you from the Foundation of the World. 4. Their formal introduction into it; Come ye blessed of my Father. 5. The qualification of the persons that shall inherit this Kingdom, (I was hungry, and ye fed me,) such as feed the Hungry, and cloath the Naked. 1. Observe, Reader, for thine encouragement, to mind positive Holiness, the estate thy loving and bountiful Father hath provided for thee, when thou comest to age. It's no less than a Kingdom; thou shalt be a King now (and enjoy a Kingdom then, He hath made us Kings and Priests unto God, Rev. 1.6.)
