Chap. 42. An EVy9fition opon the Bo>í` ó,* J o S. Ve: f> 3g. 953 honourable and commendable ink felf, (hail receive double.- What double ? As by fbame we are co.undertfand any evil fuffertd, fo by double any good promiíed as a reward for 'fufrering that evil , efpecially fuch good as (bands in dire& oppofition-to that evi'-_ As if it had been laid, ye thatl have doublehonour for fhame, and double riches for poverty, and double health for ficknefs,and and double liberty for imprifonment and captivity. fis much to have double reparation of any lofs; yet this doubling is a poor matter to what ispromifed in another place, to thofe who lofe for God. We have Qbritìs word, with an afleverarion for it (Mat. 19. 2S, 29.) Verily l fay unto you, that ye which haze followed mein the regeneration, when the Son of man Mallfit in the throneof bis glory, ye alfo (hall fit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Ifreel : Andevery one that bath farfa en knifes!, or brethren, orfillers, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my namefake, (here are great fufferings, but behold a greater reward followesh not like fobs,twofold,but an hundred,- fold ; fo faith that Text) pall receive an hundred-fold, and (which is ten-thoufand- fold more than that) ¡hall tuberit everlaflinglife Be not afraid to lofe for God. fob had double, who loll by God, and fo may you ; but if ye lofe for God, here is an hundred- fold for you. But force may fay, this hundred -fold is great way off, in the next Life. I anfwer, If it be fo, yet do not think ye (ball be1ofers ; for if ye fhould never fee good day more in this world, yet if ye are allured of everlalling life in-the world to come, is not that enough ? What pitiful fpirirs have they, that are not willing to take their hundred-fold in the life to come Yet mark ir, Jefus Chrif 'doth not put us off fo neither ; there- fore another Gofpel expreffeth the promife fully, to meet with thisobje6tion(Markro.29, 3o.) when force told Chriff, they had left all to follow hire, f efoss anfwcredand fail, Verily 1 fay unto you, there is no man thatbath left hhofe, or brethren, orfzflerr, orfather, or motber, or wife, or children,or lands,for myfake andthe Gófpeis,, but be (hall receive an hundred-fold, now in this time, houfes, andbrethren, and [fers, andmethers, and children, and lands,withperfocutions ; and in the world tocome,eternallife. Jefus Chrifa 4ives prefent recompences,as well as future ; in this times aswell as in the ,ime, or rather eterniry,tocome. And that there is akindof Synchronifm, or neer joynings in time of payment Ffffff and
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