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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05349	A treatise tending to unitie in a sermon preached at Droghedah on Whitsunday (being the ninth of Iune 1622.) before the Kings Majesties Commissioners for Ireland. By Henry Leslie.	Leslie, Henry, 1580-1661.	1623 (1623)	STC 15501; ESTC S102368	36,074	58

Christ mentioneth a great faith and a little faith all have not the same measure of sanctification for some are termed perfect in respect of others lastly neyther shall all have the same measure of glorie but some shall shine as the Sunne and others as the Starres in the firmament But notwithstanding this diversitie of gifts that God bestoweth upon his children hee cannot be said to be a respecter of persons for the same reasons that are formerly alledged And besides it was fit it should be so for manie reasons as that everie one might stand in need of anothers helpe The eye cannot say unto the hand I have no need of thee nor againe the head to the feete I have no need of you 1. Cor. 12.21 and especially that by this diversitie the beautie of the whole bodie might be set forth Tota pulchra es amica mea Christs mysticall bodie is all faire Can 4.7 Now beautie consisteth in varietie of colours and in a concine disposition of sundry different parts If all the whole body were an eye where were the hearing if the whole were hearing where were the smelling 1. Cor. 12.17 Finally if yee consider God as the Iudge of the whole world his actions are to give sentence and iudgement upon his creatures not the same sentence upon all but the sentence of absolution unto some the sentence of condemnation against others betweene which two there is as great difference as betwixt life and death and yet no inequalitie farre lesse anie respect of persons In the three former considerations God did not alwayes give alike to them who in themselves were equall but here there is ever an equall distribution towards them who in themselves are alike neither are anie distinguished in their recompence that were not different in their lives He observeth the rule of distributive iustice which is suum cuique tribuere for as the Scripture saith in manie places Ier. 17.10 Psal 62.18 Matth. 16.27 Rom 2 6. Rev. 22.12 He rewardeth every man according to his vvorkes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the particle 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifieth not the merit but the measure and the rule by which the undeserved rewards shall be distributed and the deserved punishments shall be inflicted So it signifieth in other places as Matth. 9.29 According to your faith be it unto you and Matth. 23.3 After their workes or According to their workes doe not And so it must signifie in these places where it is said that God will reward everie man according to his workes for Revel 22.12 this phrase 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is expounded to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 My reward is with me to give everie man according as his worke shall be that is according as the qualitie of it shall be whether good or bad and also according as the quantity of it shall be both for weight and number whether great or small manie or few for God is so iust and unpartiall in his iudgements that he hath respect both to the qualitie and to the quantitie of our worke and accordingly doth apportion a proportionable reward unto them First the qualitie of everie mans workes shall be tryed whether they be good or bad and their reward will be divided accordingly It shall be well with the just for they shall eate the fruit of their workes and wo to the vvicked it shall be evill with him for the reward of his hands shall be given him Esai 3.10 He will render to everie man according to his deeds Tribulation and anguish upon every soule of man that doth evill of the lew first and also of the Gentile But glory honour and peace to everie man that worketh good c. Rom. 2.6.9.10.11 For we must all appear before the judgement seate of Christ that every man may receive the things done in his body according to that he hath done vvhether it be good or bad 2. Cor. 5.10 They shall come forth that have done good unto the resurrection of life but they that have done evill unto the resurrection of condemnation Ioh. 5.29 Againe the quantitie of everie mans workes shall be tryed both their number and their weight and the measure of reward proportioned thereunto For the number hee keepeth an exact record and inventorie of all our workes hee hath a bottle for our teares Psal 56.8 a bagge for our almes Luk. 12.33 and a booke for our good workes as also for the sinnes of the wicked Dan. 7.10 The judgement was set and the bookes opened Revel 20.12 The bookes are opened and the dead are judged of those things which are written in the bookes These bookes are two libriscientiae Dei and conscientiae nostrae the lieger booke of Gods knowledge and the count booke of our owne conscience wherein both the good workes of the godly and the sinnes of the wicked are so particularly written that not anie of our good workes shall be forgotten Heb. 6.10 nor yet anie of the sinnes of the wicked not so much as an idle word but they shall give account thereof in the day of iudgement Matth. 12.36 And as the number of our workes so also the weight shall be scanned for he commeth with a ballance in his hand and in this ballance of iustice will hee poize both the goodnesse of mens workes and the grievousnesse of their sinnes Now from this difference both of the sinnes of the wicked and of the good workes of the godly in their number and weight shall arise different degrees both of punishments in hell and of ioyes in heaven According to the number of mens sinnes shall be the number of their paines Revel 18.7 As much as she lived in pleasures so much give you to her torment and sorrow and according to the grievousnesse of their sinnes shall be the greatnesse of their punishment It shall be easier for Tyrus and Sidon than for Corazin and Bethsaida Luk. 10.14 He that sinneth of ignorance shall be beaten with fewer stripes than hee who sinneth of knowledge Luk. 12.47.48 The like may be said of the ioyes of heaven though all shall receive fulnesse of ioy yet there shall be severall degrees of ioy according to the severall degrees of present grace by which they are diversly capable of future glorie Hee that hath done manie good workes shall receive manie rewards for God is not unrighteous that hee should forget anie of our good workes Heb. 6.10 No not a cup of cold water shall slip unrewarded Matth. 10.42 Hee that soweth plenteously shall reape plenteously 2. Cor. 9.6 And a weightier good done hath a weightier reward given Thou shalt rest stand up in thy lot at the end of the dayes said the Angell to Daniel Dan. 12.13 There is one general lot for all them that be wise to shine as the brightnesse of the firmament but they that turne manie to righteousnesse have a speciall lot to shine as the starres for ever and ever Dan. 12.3 So