theEpiflete the ÿalati,rrst. Chap.6. 55S the laf# iudgerncnt is the harucf}; and that as certenly as the husbandman which (owes his feedc!cokes for increafe , fo we for our good workes, a recompence to the full ;0how fruit- full Mouldwe be,how plentif:all,how full ofgood works ? But 5 thecurledroots ofinfidelitie,which is in eucry manby nature doth drievp the fappcofall Gods graces invs,and make vs ei- ther bacl,or barren trees, either to-bring forth fowrc fruits- of fï tne,or no fruit at all , but to become vnprofitablc both toour fclues and others. For the reafon why men are fo cold in their sc liberaGtie, fo fruiticilè, fo vnprofitatz,te,is,becaufe they doe not belecue the prontifes ofGod , that he is true of his word, that whatfoeuer they sine to the p< ore , or the Minif :ers ofhis word, they lend' vac the Lord, and arl 4ticeuer they /yoit lordwillreliore to tbe'z, gairre.Prou. r 9.17. For if they were as IS wel perfwadrdof a recompense at the lair day,asthe husband- man is of a haruetíl, they would be more Frequent in duties of charitie, and more plentiful' in good workes, then commonly theyhe. Further letit he obferuecl,that thoughdeck wordsbe. hut gr. ncra'resrpoirded in the verte folh)wint,where the Apoflk fzith,., He that foweth to thej°el7i, Pallofthefloc% reapcar.tip:ion :be that fátvetb to the í,irir, (.Maid of the fpirit reap life tuerlailing yet arc they more p.rrtic;efarly and dttfinfèly fct clowne elf here in Scripture: as e.Cor,9 6. F-le thatfäw-etlijparingly, fiallrcape .fpa.. aS 'ri:4 1y, andhethat f weth hhcr flr, ¡ha11 reape liberally: that is, the harueff (hall not onely be anfverable to the fecde , and the re- ward toute wortee;4but greater or lefle according to the quan- titie,and grtalitieof the worke. Fer entry man (hall rectise reward accordingtohis properIadottr. r. Cor. ;. R. For the more 30 thehusbandmanfowes,the more he dothvloally reafe(>xcept God blowvpon it, in surfingthe land , as he did the Ifraehres who fowed much,and gatheredhut little) and the leflè he tows the leffe (hall hiscroppe be.Euen fo,thc more plerti`ull eare j in fowing the feedes ofgood workes, the morewe Pall reaps: ; 35 and the more (paring we are, the le% flzall our halueftt he.( Hence 1 gather. Firfl,that there are feucrall degrees of punifh r+ents in Hell, accordingto the greatnes and (-metrics offinnesoc for famePinnes arebut as motes,othersasbeanies, Matth. 7.4d fine as gnats, others as carrells, Match. x 3. z4. and thrreforet fame.Pnall.btbeaten:with ruant':flripes-, famewith few, andit °., fhal111\
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