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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65287	The Christian's charter shewing the priviledges of a believer by Thomas Watson.	Watson, Thomas, d. 1686.	1654 (1654)	Wing W1113; ESTC R27057	106,135	340

of him for joy O what trembling now among the devils what triumph among the Angels CHAP. XVII The last Prerogative Royal. THE last Priviledge to come is God will make a publick and honourable mention of all the good which the Saints have done This I ground upon three Scriptures Matth. 25.21 Euge bone serve Well done thou good and faithful servant The world maligns and censures when we discharge our conscience they say ill done but God will say well done thou good and faithful servant he will set a trophy of honour upon his people Matth. 25.35 I was an hungred and ye gave me meat I was a thirsty and ye gave me drink I was a stranger and ye took me in naked and ye cloathed me c. King Ahashuerus had his book of Records and when he did read in his book he took notice of Mordecai's good service and caused him to have publick honour Be assured God hath his book of Records and will openly take notice of all the good service you have done and he himselfe will be the Herald to proclaim your praises 2 Cor. 4.5 Then shall every man have praise of God I speak this the rather to encourage you in Gods service Perhaps thou hast laid out thy selfe for the Cause of God and thou seest Providence blows upon it and thou beginnest to think it was a desperate venture all is lost No thy Faith and Zeal is recorded thy Name is taken in Heaven and God will shortly give thee a publick testimonial of honour Well done thou good and faithful servant What a whetstone is this to duty how should it adde oyl to the flame of our devotion thou perhaps hast prayed a great while and watered this seed with thy teares be of good comfort thy tears are not lost God bottles them as precious wine and it is not long before he will open his bottle and this wine which came from the winepresse of thy eyes shall sparkle forth in the sight of men and Angels Nay God will not only take notice of what we have done for him but what we would have done David had an intention to build God an house and the Lord did interpret it as if he had done it 1 King 8.18 Whereas it was in thy heart to build an house unto my Name thou didst well that it was in thine heart Intentional goodness is recorded and it shall adde to our Crown What a good God do we serve who would ever change such a Master it were one would think enough that God should give us wages for our work especially seeing he gave us ability to work but that God should applaud us Well done Think how sweet it will be to heare such a word from God how amazing and ravishing when he shall say openly These are the servants of the most high God these are they that have feared an Oath that have wept in secret for that which it was not in their power to reform these are they that have kept their garments pure that have valued my favour above life that did rather choose to honour me then humour men These are they that were willing to wash off the staines from the face of Religion with their blood and to make my Crown flourish though it were in their ashes Well done good and faithful servants enter into the joy of your Lord. Thus shall it be done to them whom God delights to honour These are those glorious things which are to come I have led you up to the top of the mount and given you a prospect of Heaven I have shewn it you at the little end of the Perspective I shall say of this glory of heaven as once the Queen of Sheba of Solomons pomp and magnificence The half of it hath not been told the Angels here must be silent CHAP. XVIII The first Inference drawn from the Proposition IT shews us what an high valuation and esteeme we should set upon the godly They are we see men greatly in favour with God as the Angel once proclaimed to Daniel and they are invested with glorious Priviledges they are of an heavenly descent borne of the Spirit and they are very 〈◊〉 for they are Heires of the Kingdome God hath not onely laid out some parcels of land or divided heaven to them as Canaan was divided to Israel by lot The Tribe of Iudah to inhabit in one Countrey the Tribe of Reuben another c. God I say doth not parcel out heaven thus to the Saints no heaven is theirs with all its Perquisites with all its Royalties There are no enclosures or Land-marks in heaven There can be no confinement where every thing is infinite Oh what an high value and estimate then should be put upon the Saints they are heirs How doth the world respect great heirs What honour then should we give to the godly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 They are adopted into all the stately priviledges of heaven It is true an heir in his young age may be kept short but how rich is he when he is possessed of the inheritance how rich shall the Saints be when God shall poure out of his love and shall empty all the treasures of glory into them The Saints are jewels but their worth and riches is not known therefore they are trampled upon by the world It doth not yet appeare what they shall be all things are theirs CHAP. XIX The second Inference drawn from the Proposition IT shews us a maine difference between the godly and the wicked the godly man hath all his best things to come the wicked man hath all his worst things to come as their way is different so their end Thou in thy life-time receivedst thy good things The wicked have all their good things here they have not only what heart can wish but They have more then heart can wish their worst things are to come Why what is to come the Apostle answers 1 Thes. 1.10 wrath to come And here I shall briefly shew you the wicked mans Charter which consists in five things §. I. 1. The awakening of Conscience this is to come Conscience is Gods deputy in the soul his viceroy a wicked man doth what he can to unthrone conscience and put it out of office Conscience is Gods Echo and sometimes it is so shrill and clamourous that the sinner cannot endure the noise but silenceth conscience and at last by often sinning conscience begins to be sleepy and seared having their conscience seared with an hot iron 1 Tim. 4.2 this conscience is quiet but not good for the dumbnesse of conscience proceeds from the numbnesse of it It is with him as with a sick patient who having a confluence of diseases upon him yet being asleep is insensible of the pain The conscience of many a man is like the body of Dionysius so grosse and corpulent that though they did thrust needles into his flesh he