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cause_n	good_a	know_v	work_n	2,986	5	5.9689	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10033	The patriarchs portion or, the saints best day Deliuered in a sermon at the funerall of Sir Thomas Reynell of Ogwell in Deuon. Knight, Aprill. 16. 1618. Wherein may be seene, 1 The shortnesse of mans life. 2 A Christians combat against 1 Sathan. 2 The world. 3 The flesh. 4 Sinne. 3 A preparation to die well. 4 The reward of glory after warfare. By Iohn Preston, preacher of Gods word at East-Ogwell, in Deuon.	Preston, John, minister of East Ogwell.	1619 (1619)	STC 20282.3; ESTC S114305	28,466	80

help doth come they will cut off our hands that wee shall not lift them vp in prayer vnto God as the Apostle exhorteth They will pull out our tongues that we shall not speake to God in prayer and they will binde vs hand and foot that we shall not be able to helpe our selues or goe to other to seeke for helpe Thus wee haue seene the quality of mans daies how they are sharpe The second generall point notes the quantity of our dayes that they are short in these words Are not his dayes as the daies of an hireling The Christians Crowne of glory after warfare ARe not his dayes as the dayes of a ●ireling an hireling hath a time appointed and limited how long hee shall labour and then to haue his wages so man hath a time appointed to warre and fight and then to haue his reward which is promised by him that di● neuer deceiue any the grand Captaine Christ Iesus who will confesse such as serue him before his Father and before the holy Angels an hireling looketh and waiteth when his day will end that hee may haue his hire so the godly desire to bee dissolued and to bee with Christ that they may receiue the Crown of glory prepared for thē Many profitable points might hence bee collected but the time will not giue me leaue to stand vpon all onely this I will briefly vrge That man shall then receiue his rewarde when hee hath ouercome when he hath done his worke God will not denie his wages this rewarde is not carnall but spirituall not earthly but heauenly not mans but Gods not merited but giuen of mercy This reward is layd vp and it is a Crowne not of thornes as on Christs head nor of gold as on earhly Kings heads but a Crowne of righteousnesse so Paul cals it a Crowne of life so Iames names it a Crown of glory so Peter stileth in yea a Crowne incorruptible and euerlasting When thou hearest of a Crowne conceiue a triumph for Crownes are layde vp for them that after victory triumph ouer the enemy There is no garland where there is no gole to runne to there is no victory where there is no enemy there is no hire where there is no labour and there is no happinesse where there is no tryall by temptation and rather then such as fight the Lords battels against sin and Sathan the world and the flesh shall want either Credit or Comfort God himselfe shall be their Crown In that day shall the Lord of hostes be for a Crowne of glory and for a Diadem● of beauty vnto the residue of his people Esa. 28 5. So runne that you may obtaine this Crowne Such as wrastle or runne in a race will diet themselues before hand and endure much when they come to fight or runne euen sweate and pant and blow and bleed how much more should Christians in this course conflict of Christianitie especially considering the enemies with whom wee are to fight and wrastle are farre mightier for they wrastle but with men made of the same mould and mettall that wee are wee with principalities and powers and wicked spirits the time that we are to fight is farre longer they but for an houre or two but we al the daies of our life the Crowne for which wee striue is farre better they did wrastle for the applause and commendation of men or for a garland of flowers which did fade in a day we for an incorruptible Crowne of glory which God shall giue vs in his kingdome Let no man looke for his reward in this world but in the end of the day that is after death then the wages shall bee paid when wee rest from our worke As L●…ch called his sonne Noah because he should comfort him and make all his labour and sorrow to eease and end Euen so all iust and righteous men may call death their Noah the sonne of their rest and end of there labours and sorrowes and sicknesses and sinne and shame for then these and all other miseries shall bee done away and shall neuer be againe and then shall hee be crowned that hath ouercome This may serue to let Christians see what a gracious Master they serue who will not see their worke vnrewarded The wicked indeed in a pow●ing and repining humour will say as Iob settes it downe VVhat is the Almighty that we should serue him and what profit should we haue of we pray vnto him But the Christian will gladly confesse that their wages is farre beyond their worke for if wee ouercome the Crowne is not due of debt heauen is no purchase of ours but a free inheritance giuen to the godly for Christs sake Eternall life it the gift of God through Iesus Christ our Lord Euery man shall receiue according to his workes but not for the worth and merit of his workes The Crowne is of mercy not of merit and where there is need of mercy as what man doth not need it there is no standing vpon merit The Apostles reason in this point is plaine If saluation bee of grace it is no more of workes for else were grace no more grace and if it be of workes it is no more of grace for else were workes no more workes But saluation is of grace as the same Apostle hath plainely deliuered By grace are you saued through faith and that not of your selues it is the gift of God not of workes least any man should boast Indeed we are created in Christ Iesus vnto good workes that wee should walke in them as it followes in the same place that we should walke in them not that we may merit by them For good workes are the way wherin wee must walke to the Kingdome of Heauen but they are not the cause that wee are Crowned when wee come there Good workes wee all know proceed from the grace of God and therefore God cannot any way be indebted to vs for his owne which he giues vs. Doth not Dauid say all things come of thee and of thine owne hand we haue giuē thee Who hath giuen vnto him first and hee shall be recompenced We are borne to doe good and our whole course must be to walke in Gods commandements and a speciall commandement is to bee fruitfull in good works As hirelings are busied all day so must wee as long as we liue here exercise our hands vnto good works These are the best apparell of Christians and their most durable riches and treasures What one point doth God more presse vs vnto then this duty of doing good workes bring forth workes worthy amendment of life Be zealous of good workes And this wee cannot be till we be in Christ without me saith our Sauiour ye can doe nothing As a graft can bring forth no fruit which is not set into a stocke so no man can possibly turne his hand to any thing that is truely and