The Unsearchable Riches of Christ

The more high and improved a mans graces be, the more that man will do for God; and the more any man doth for God, the more at last shall he receive from God, 1 Cor. 15. last. Therefore my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, ¹always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as you know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. So Gal. 6. He that sows sparingly, shall reap sparingly; but he that sows liberally, shall reap liberally. The more any man hath improved his Grace, the more that man will be able to bare and suffer for God; and the more any man bears and suffers for God, the more glory shall that man have at last from God, Mat. 5. 11, 12. Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake, rejoice and be exceeding glad, or Leap and dance for joy: Why so? For great is your reward in heaven. God is a liberal Pay-master, and no small things ²can fall from so great and so gracious a hand as his. The more excellent any man is in Grace, the more he is the delight of God, Psal. 16. 3, 4. My goodness extendeth not to thee, but to the Saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. Now this is spoken in the person of Christ, for the Apostle applies these words to Christ: Now saith Christ, My goodness reaches not to thee, oh father, ³but to the Saints, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. And doubtless, they that are his greatest delight on earth, shall be possest of the greatest glory in Heaven. If fathers give the greatest portions to those Children in whom they delight, why should not Christ? Is it equity in the one, and iniquity in the other? Surely no: Christ may do with his own as he pleases.

The more high and improved a mans graces be, the more that man will doe for God; and the more any man doth for God, the more at last shall he receive from God,