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THE fiAPPIKE55
Or
StPARATE sPIR125.
.[DISC.
Ir
!
spiritual
glory
in
the
state of separate
spirits,
when the
recompence of their labours
is
begun.
So,
1Cor.
iii.
8.
Ike
that
planteth, and
he
that
Wa-
Steréth
are
one,
and
every
naan
shall
receive
his own
re-
ward
according to
his
own...
labour.
If
all be
rewarded
dike,
the apostle
would
net
have said, each
wan
shall
_receive
according
to
his
own
labour.
Surely
siñcethere
is
a
distinction of
labours,
'there
will be
a
distinction of
:rewards too.
And
it
is
with
this
view
that
the saine
apostle exhorts
the
Corinthians,
1
Epist.
xv.
58.
Therefore,
'my
beloved
brethren,
be
ye
stedfst,
unmoveable;
alzea
s
abounding
in the
work,
of
-the
Lord,
for
as
much
asp
ye
-knozo
that
Your labour
is
i
of
in
vain
in
the Lord.
Now
that great
labour
and
diligence,
that
stedfastuess
in proféssioni
and that
zeal in
practice,..to
which the
apostle exhorts
them, might
seem
to
be in vain,
if
those who
were
far
less
laborious,
less
zealous,
and
less
strdfast,
should
obtain
an
equal
recompence.
It
is-upon
the same
principle that
he
encourages
them
to holy patience
under
afflictive
trials;
2
.Cor.-
iv. 17.
when he
says,
our light
affliction which
is
but
for
n mo-
went,.
xi-orketh
for
us
á
far
more
e,tweed
ng
and
eternal
height
of
glory ;
While we look
not
to the
things
that
are
seen,
and
.temporal,
but
to the things invisible and
eter-
nal.
Now
if
the saint,
who was called to heaven
almost
as soon
as
he was
made
a christian; and
went through
no
sufferings,
should
possess-,
the same weight
of
glory
with the martyrs
and
.confessors,
under
the long and te-
dious
train
of
cruelties
which
they sustained from men,
or
painful-
trials
from the hand
of
God
;
I
cannot
see
bow
their
afflictions could
be said
to
work-for
them a
far
more exceeding
weight
of
glory.
He
urges them also;to
great
degrees
of
liberality
from
the
same motive
;
2
Cor.
ix.
6.
This
I
say,:
he
that
soweth
sparingly, shall reap
also
sparingly and
he
which
soweth
bountifully, shall
also
reap bountifully,
Which. words
may
reasonably
be
construedto
signify
the
blessings
of
the
life to
come,
as well as
the
blessings
of
the. present
life
;
for
this
apostle, speaking
of
the
sarnee
dut'
of
liberality, 'expresses the same
encouragement
under the
same
metaphors;
Gal.
vi.
6,
7,
8,
9.
Let
him,
itat
is
taught
in
the
word,
communicate'
to him
that