JO 77;7 \erft6. fob intends here a Period, not a paufe of his labours. Hence Ohferve, Firft, The life of man is 4 labourioua 1i(e. He muff accomplifh his dayes as a Hireling : He is a Labourer, not a Loiterer. Sin brought pain intoour Labor, but the duty of Labour was before Sin. Secondly Note, ehave but a day of Labour. A Hireling.othnot thinkmuch of it, it is but a day, and if Come have a longer day thenothers, yet ftill'ris but a day : This daywill end, and it will be as.if it had never begun, we(hall for- get all our forrows. Awoman in Travel hath great forrow, but when thework is over, The forgets all her forrow, for joy that a man is born into the World : When we come to the wifhed ac- complifhment of our Labours, we fhall forget that we were in labour. As our Labours are little regarded by the World here,fo we (hall as little remember them our felves hereafter, we fhall lay them all under our Pillows, whenwe go to the Grave, and talk no moreof them. Thirdly Note, This lifemuff be accounted for, or, there is a reckoning to come about this life. Every man accomplifheth asa.Hireling his day ; a Hireling hath his work viewed before his Wages are paid : Every man :wul give an account of himfelf to God. Evil workers fhall be Paid with Death : They who do good fhall receive the Free gift of Eternal life : Our labour thall not be invain, either in deLord or out of the Lord ; all that we do ¡hall be confider- fed : Wicked men ¡hail have their pay for what they havedone, and the Saints (hall receive their reward ; Their works fhall follow them: They fhall not receive Wages for their Work, but they fhall receive benefit by their work, worth more then their WorkTen Thoufand times told. ThoughSaints are not merci- nary they work, not asHirelings for Pay) yet in theiffue they thanhave better then Pay for all their Works. They fhall receive More for the leaft work, then the beft works can deferve. A Cupof coldWater fhall have a reward,. Rivers of Oyl have no Merit. It were not worth while to be as an Hireling, or to fet our Hand to the Nobleft Works among men, if all the return were to come through the Hands of Men : But as whatfoever we do
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