.~6> I - - ---\ . ~gence.is required, and is proper to them·; they ftilllooke to themfelues,.lea!l: they lofe that . which they ..hauewrought, left th~y: f!Jould not receiue a full :reward: for, though .they ·Can- A"iekedman · notlofe their reward alrogcther~ yet they m~y · loCet_h~ll.;a 1~fe a ·.part ofi:h~ir ·reward; as you fee, D a":' id · ~;~~::t'::r dtd,-becaufe he dtd not looke narrow!yto qtmhi's reward. felfe, he did not follow hard to the marke(for · in fome things they may faile, though it be their propcnic to looke to themfelues; that J . exprdfe royoul)y the way: I fay, part of their · reward theymay lofe, for )the Sword departed · not from his Houfe; if, like thofe builders, 2. 1 Cor~~~u; Cor. 3. You build hay and jfubbte, you Jbafl bee · foved, ( ifyour hearts be upright) ytt as hy fire: that 'is, you fh~llbe fcorched by the fire,it fhall haue fomeimpreffion upon you, fomething or other upon your name, or fome other judge– ment;fomewhat you !ball haue; but this is their . propertie,They.J~ufe ro themfelues, that they loft . · not the things they hatfe w,rottght, 6ut that t6ey . may receiue afu!l reward: For fiillthey are apt R~afon r. to t11l backe from the degree they haue attai- . ned; And againe, the linfulllu!l;s they thought · Re if. z! they had mortified, are rtaClie to retu·rne.: now .; he that is perft_S> is thtu m'inded,he .not o~eiy I aymes at th~ ut moft) but from day tb day; he makes up the defectsthat he findes inhis heart, and againe, laf;Jours to ,bring .downe, and to . mortifie tho[t'Jufis that are renewed, and be· ginne togather anew firength, and to budforth · againe;thisis theirproperde: fo,Ifay, if thou ~-t:~: c; ;l. .. t ' ·~ ·. • • <· . X 2 wouldefr i
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