The fight of faith crowned, or, A sermon preached at the funeral of that…

2. Our work is not yet done, we have not finished the faith; the labourer doth not receive his pay till his work be done. Christs reward was deferred till he had perfected his work, Joh. 17. 4, 5. I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do, and now O father glorify me. The Lord doth not think it meet that we should have our pay before hand; when we have arrived at the end of our faith, then comes salvation, 1 Pet. 1. 9.

2. Our work is not yet done, we have not finished the faith; the labourer doth not receive his pay till his work be done. Christs reward was deferred till he had perfected his work, Joh. 17. 4, 5. I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do, and now O father glorifie me. The Lord doth not think it meet that we should have our pay before hand; when we have arrived at the end of our faith, then comes salvation, 1 Pet. 1. 9.

Br. 1. See then there is nothing lost by solid piety; ¹after fighting the good fight of faith, comes the Crown of righteousness. When we hear of the severe part of Religion, steeping our souls in the brinish tears of repentance, mortifying our complexion-sin, we are ready to grumble and mutiny, but do we serve God for nought? will he not compensate our labours with a Crown? yea, such a Crown which as far exceeds our thoughts as it doth our deserts. No man can say without wrong done to God that he is an hard master. The Lord gives double pay, he gives great veils in his service here, inward joy and peace, and afterwards he refresheth us with the delights of Paradise which are without intermission and expiration: ⟨p. 17⟩