5156 A Commentary upon the GoP,el Cha . a ç, r o, a Cor. accountofthy Stewardfhip. Cicero could fay, Let us fo frameour courfe as that wereckon upon our laft reckonin¢ Ica vivamur ' p a,&makeacceunt utrationem>io wemull all come toanaccount. And, becaufe often-reckonings bisreddendam keep long- friends, Villicttt rationem cum `Domino cre6rè putet, {with arbitreniur, Cato, Let us beoft dealingwith our felves, andfetting things to Fic.inVert. rights, betwixt God and our own fouls : fo (hall we have the leffc todo at Taft call. Sparing a littlepains at frrR, doublct1h it in the end: as ha who will not cat} up his books, his books will cast uphim at length. Verfe ao. He that had received five] He was firf} called to an account,and if four, or but one of his five talents had llin dead and unoccupied, he had been doomed for his ill-hrsbandry. Sec that ye receive not any grace ofGod in vain : neither envy, thofe that have much : a proportion is expected, Non tantsc,rr, etiofi, feel cunHatoresple fentur, Thou idle, and therefore evilJeY- vant, verf.26, Verfe 2 r. Thou haft teen faithfull over a fre things] So the Lord calleth the greater} meafure of grace here attatnabl °, irr comparifon of heavens holineffe and happinefle, Ne donis vcl 6onie neflris eferamar. What's a (park to the Sunne,. a drop to tha Ocean? Enter thou into the joy ofthy Lord] A joy too big to eater into us, we muff enter into it. A icymore meet far the Lord than t Yet fuck a Lord do we ferve, as will honour his fervan!s with fuch a joy. Amongft men it is otherwife, Luk t 7. 2,3. t ICins. tt.28,40. Vail'. 22. Lord, thou dclivcredff ante me two talents] l t is wi,h Cbritiians as with planets.TheMoon goes her courfet;ra,tronrtl,, the Sun its a year, the reff not but in many years, yet at leu th they finifh. Let us be doing as we can, and our reward is fore with God. Covetrather grac:s then gifts ; as to pray more fer- vently , though lefl': notionally or cicquently. Sïammerirg tltdefes tnuft pray, rather then rock- fpoken e,,faron, The Corinthi. Odra came behinde inno gift, t Cor. t.7. yet were bebes and carnal!, ChaP,3.2,3. Vtrfc 23. welldone goodandfaithi/11ervaet ] Though this f:- rondhad the fame good acceptance as the former, yet it follows not that they were bothalike rewarded;but had a different degree, as of grace, foofglory. Vtrio 24. Lordf k aew that than Wert, &c.] Iavalidom orme notoria Seneca.
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