The first Proposition.
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The first Proposition.
Even in this present Life, Laborious PIETY will see some Good Reward of its Labour: In the midst of the Sufferings of this present Time, we shall Reap some Harvest of our PIETY! Before we Die, we may see some First Fruits; and our PIETY may have some Consequences, which may be some Compensations to us, for all the Difficulties which have distressed it. In the Work of PIETY we may have those things done for us, which may be a sort of Roasting Ears to entertain us, by way of Earnest and Essay, towards the Fulfilment of that Word; Eph. VI. 8 Whatsoever Good Thing any Man does, the same shall he receive of the Lord. More particularly.
Even in this present Life, Laborious PIETY will see some Good Reward of its Labour: In the midst of the Sufferings of this present Time, we shall Reap some Harvest of our PIETY! Before we Dy, we may see some First Fruits; and our PIETY may have some Consequences, which may be some Compensations to us, for all the Difficulties which have distressed it. In the Work of PIETY we may have those things done for us, which may be a sort of Roasting Ears to entertain us, by way of Earnest and Essay, towards the Fulfilment of that Word; Eph. VI. 8 Whatsoever Good Thing any Man does, the same shall he receive of the Lord. More particularly.
First. If we lose any Temporal Enjoyments, in and for the work of PIETY, we shall even in This World, Reap an Harvest of Spiritual Enjoyments, wherein our Work will be Well-Rewarded. The Spiritual Enjoyments, of a Soul improving in PIETY; growing in the Grace and Knowledge of our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST; having the Unsearchable Riches of CHRIST, more sensibly communicated unto it; The Spiritual Enjoyments of GOD bringing Home His Electing, and Redeeming, and Pardoning Love, in the precious Tokens thereof unto the Soul; The Spiritual Enjoyments of a SAVIOUR saying to the Soul, I am thy Salvation: These will be enough to make a Rich Amends, for all that can be undergone in the Work of PIETY. Soul, Thou are yet in thy Sins, if thou art not persuaded