"
Paul was as great a maintainer of the doctrine of God's free grace,
and of justification from sin by the righteousness of Christ imputed
by grace, as any one that ever lived in Christ's service from the
world's beginning till now; and yet he was for this doctrine: he
expected himself, and encouraged others also to look for such a
reward for doing and suffering for Christ, which he calls "a far
more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." Surely, as Christ says
in a case not distant from this in hand, "If it were not so, he
would have told us."
Wherefore a reward I find, and that laid up in heaven; but what it
is I know not, neither is it possible for any here to know it any
further than by certain general words of God, such as these:
"Praise, honor, glory, a crown of righteousness, a crown of glory,
thrones, judging of angels, a kingdom, with a far more exceeding and
eternal weight of glory."
Wherefore, though in the day of judgment thou shouldst there slight
all thou didst on earth for thy Lord, saying, "When, Lord, when did
we do it?" he will answer, "Then, even then when ye did it to the
least of these my brethren, ye did it unto me."
SINNERS JUDGED.
"There shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and
unjust.
Pages:
574
575
576
577
578
579
580
581
582
583
584
585
586
587
588
589
590
591
592
593
594
595
596
597
598