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

2. You who are the heirs of Glory, be exhorted to work with all your might for God: Love and serve God more intensely than others, who hath laid up such things for you, as eye hath not seen, nor can it enter into mans heart to conceive, 1 Cor. 15. 58. Always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing your labour is not in vain in the Lord—immensum gloria calcar habet—St. Paul had a spirit of activity for God, 1 Cor. 15. 10. I laboured [Greek or Hebrew] more abundantly than they all. St. Pauls obedience did not move slowly, as the Sun upon the dial, but swiftly as the Sun in the firmament; whence was this, his eye was upon the Crown, Henceforth is laid up for me a Crown of Righteousness: The recompense of reward may add wings to duty, and oil to the flame of zeal. What are we that God should encircle us with happiness, and not others? that he should (as Jacob) cross his hands, lay his right hand upon us, and his left hand upon others; O discriminating grace for ever to be adored, how can we serve God enough? If there could be tears shed in Heaven, it would be for this that we have been so lame in our duty, and have brought no more revenues into the Heavenly Exchequer.

2. You who are the heirs of Glory, be exhorted to work with all your might for God: Love and serve God more intensly than others, who hath laid up such things for you, as eye hath not seen, nor can it enter into mans heart to conceive, 1 Cor. 15. 58. Always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing your labour is not in vain in the Lord—immensum gloria calcar habet—St. Paul had a spirit of activity for God, 1 Cor. 15. 10. I laboured 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 more abundantly than they all. St. Pauls obedience did not move slowly, as the Sun upon the dial, but swiftly as the Sun in the firmament; whence was this, his eye was upon the Crown, Henceforth is laid up for me a Crown of Righteousness: The recompence of reward may add wings to duty, and oyl to the flame of zeal. What are we that God should incircle us with happiness, and not others? that he should (as Jacob) cross his hands, lay his right hand upon us, and his left hand upon others; O discriminating grace for ever to be adored, how can we serve God enough? If there could be tears shed in Heaven, it would be for this that we have been so lame in our duty, and have brought no more revenues into the Heavenly Exchequer.