Four books on the eleventh of Matthew

Sixthly: A great deal of ease must needs be in Gods ways, because that a gracious heart▪ is continually receiving his wages in all his work: Now that is a very easy work, ye shall not need be working all the day and receive no wages at night, but a Godly man is receiving his wages continually while he is working. In 1 Pet. 9. Receiving the end of your Faith, the Salvation of your Souls, Receiving the end of your Faith, he doth not say, that ye shall hereafter receive the end of your Faith, but ye are now receiving, every moment in every Duty ye perform, you are receiving the end of your Faith, there is no holy action but there is somewhat of the Glory of Heaven in it, and the Soul doth receive somewhat of the Glory of Heaven in every holy action, so that he shall not need to stay for Heaven hereafter, that indeed were enough one would think to make any of the ways of God easy, the believing the Glory we shall hereafter have in Heaven, it were enough to make any journey easy, that we shall have a Crown at the end of it, but it is not so with the Saints, they have not ease because they know that they shall have Glory hereafter, but they have a Heaven while they are doing their holy Duties, therefore are easy in regard of their end, as many things may be easy in regard of that that comes afterwards, and so may be good in regard of the good which is to come, but the actions of Religion are part of the happiness, and of the Glory of the Soul, and if we were well principled in this, it would be a great means to help us to go on with a great deal of ease in the duties of Religion: That it is the happiness and Glory of our Souls, and the perfection of holiness is our highest end, the Angels have no higher end than the perfection of Holiness. In Hosea 10. ver. 11.

Sixthly: A great deal of ease must needs be in Gods waies, because that a gracious heart▪ is continually receiving his wages in all his work: Now that is a very easie work, ye shal not need be working all the day and receive no wages at night, but a Godly man is receiving his wages continually while he is working. In 1 Pet. 9. Receiving the end of your Faith, the Salvation of your Souls, Receiving the end of your Faith, he doth not say, that ye shal hereafter receive the end of your Faith, but ye are now receiving, every moment in every Duty ye perform, you are receiving the end of your Faith, there is no holy action but there is somwhat of the Glory of Heaven in it, and the Soul doth receive somwhat of the Glory of Heaven in every holy action, so that he shall not need to stay for Heaven hereafter, that indeed were enough one would think to make any of the waies of God easie, the beleeving the Glory we shal hereafter have in Heaven, it were enough to make any journey easie, that we shal have a Crown at the end of it, but it is not so with the Saints, they have not ease because they know that they shal have Glory hereafter, but they have a Heaven while they are doing their holy Duties, therefore are easie in regard of their end, as many things may be easie in regard of that that comes afterwards, and so may be good in regard of the good which is to come, but the actions of Religion are part of the happiness, and of the Glory of the Soul, and if we were well principled in this, it would be a great means to help us to go on with a great deal of ease in the duties of Religion: That it is the happiness and Glory of our Souls, and the perfection of holiness is our highest end, the Angels have no higher end than the perfection of Holiness. In