576 Chap. 7. An Expofitianupon the Boo&of J O IL Verf. t travel of this life. The hireling labours all-day, but at night he hath his reward, Mat. 2o. Chrift compares beleevers,even in their fpiiitual capacity, unto labourers in a vineyard,to hirelings, who wrought for a penny a day,and at night, they had every one their pay : it is fo in reference to the whole courfeof this life,weare hirelings ; in the evening, we (hall have a penny, verily, There it a rewardfor the righteous, their labour is not in vain in the Lerd, r Cor. 15. And as the righteous have a reward, fo, the wicked (hull have wages. Satans hirelings (hall have full pay,rhough no content, for all their works, The wages offin it death.; there s pay, filch as it is, woeful pay, a black penny. The daies ofman are as thedaies ofan hireling,there is an iffue & a reward for every work. Fourthly, note from the Metaphor, while an hireling is doing his mailers work, he Both his own too, that is, his owne profit. canes in by his own ads, in which he labours for another. It is thus alto in the general (late ofman:above all,Chrifs fervants and hirelings,gaine by the duties ofobedience they perfoime to Chrilr, their own profit comes in, with his honour. A godly roan cannot doe a firoake of.work for God, but he works for himfelf too ; the fervants of God mutt not be felf-feekers & felfworkers,they may not make thetrfelves their end,but as it is with an hirelnig,let him be never fo upright -hearted toward the mailer he fervcs, let him layfelfby in all he Both, yet he bath a (hare of profit in all his labours. God hath fo efpoufed and married his own glory,and the good ofm.an together,that,whofoever really promotes the one,pro- motes both, It is fo likewife with thofe, who work the works ofdarknefs, and doe the lulls of the devil. While his llaves are doing his worke, they are gaining towards dcllrudion, and their owne wages increafes daily, they are treafuring up wrath and judgement againli the day of wrath. As the meafure of their fin fils, Co Both the meafureof their punifntnent. Thus alt.() the daies ofman are as the dales ofan hireling. There are twogeneral obfervations,which I (hall but name,be- caufe they will occurre again. u. The life of nian,it isJhort; As the dales ofan hireling.The fer- vant lothnot abide in the houffor ever,ahireling is but for a time: And it is good for a man, that it is io. Some complain exceeding much,becaufe their lives are foexceeding little.But let themweigh itwell,and they (hall fee cauce to rejoycemuch,bècaufe they live fo little. In fonte raped it is god for wicked men,that their lives are fo
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