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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29247	Apostolick charity, its nature and excellence consider'd in a discourse upon Dan. 12. 3, preached at St. Pauls, Decemb. 19, 1697 at the ordination of some Protestant missionaries to be sent into the plantations : to which is prefixt, A general view of the English colonies in America, with respect to religion : in order to shew what provision is wanting for the propagation of Christianity in those parts / by Thomas Bray, D. D.	Bray, Thomas, 1658-1730.	1698 (1698)	Wing B4285; ESTC R6508	16,290	44

People And therefore except we shall bestir our selves very much they will far out-strip us in the Persuit of Eternal Glory In short Those who shall make such a lasting Provision for the Instruction and Conversion of any considerable part of Mankind may in so doing be very well look'd upon as a sort of Apostles to those Parts of the World And if so we may conclude a great deal concerning the Degrees of Glory wherewith such shall be recompenc'd from that Promise of our Saviour to his Apostles Matt. xix 28. Verily I say unto you When the Son of Man shall sit on the Throne of his Glory ye also shall sit upon Twelve Thrones judging the Twelve Tribes of Israel For tho' we are not to conclude from these Words that any besides the Twelve shall be exalted to the highest Degrees of Happiness yet from hence we may clearly gather that proportionably as Persons shall approach nearest to the Apostles in Evangelizing Mankind they shall be placed nearer and nearer to them upon the several Ascents to the highest Stations in the Kingdom of Heaven Not that I would lessen the Hopes of Glory to you my Brethren who shall labour in this Great and Glorious Work of Gaining Souls to God No but rather give me leave with the great Apostle to the Gentiles Rom. xi 13. to magnifie to you your Office who are entring to day upon the Sacred Ministry and some of you in order to a Blessed Mission And you have this Advantage of all other Professions of Men that whereas others by a due discharge of the Duties of their proper Calling can only become Righteous themselves you in the due Exercise of your Ministry will Turn many to Righteousness So that whilst other Christians can expect only the common Rewards for well-doing you may promise your selves upon the Performance even of the ordinary Duties of your Function to be extraordinarily recompenc'd And the Reason is this because the Good that you will do is doubly and trebly beneficial for you will not only consult thereby your own Happiness but will render your selves Benefactors to Mankind and what is above all will enlarge the Bounds of Christ's Kingdom I say you will render your selves Benefactors to Mankind For why the Religion you are to propagate and promote is of such a Nature and Tendency that were it heartily embrac'd the most Wild and Savage of Men would become Innocent Kind and Sociable to one another they would not hurt nor destroy in all the Holy Mountain And it is Prophecy'd that this will be the Fruits of Christianity when the Earth shall be full of the Knowledge of the Lord Isai xi 9. And you will also by a diligent Application to the Duties of your proper Calling pull down the Kingdom of Satan and enlarge the Bounds of Christ's Kingdom or at least-wise encrease the Number of his faithful Subjects This will indeed engage you in great Conflicts with the Powers of Darkness and the Difficulties and Oppositions they and their Agents the wicked Men of the World shall give you will call forth all your Courage and Prudence to resist But the greater are the Dangers and Difficulties the more noble is the Vertue and the greater the Vertue the more glorious will be the Reward And therefore I cannot forbear to bless that Providence which calls both you and me into the Service of those darker parts of the Church where we shall have occasion to do more Good than here we could be able to contest with greater Difficulties and thereby to entitle our selves to the chiefest Rewards For a bad as it is to be Ambitious after Earthly Honours it is nobly Vertuous and Christian-like an Emulation to excell in the Favour of God and in those Stations of Glory which he will bestow upon such as shall exert themselves in his Service And to be Instrumental in bringing Light to them that sit in Darkness and in the Shadow of Death whether we consider the Service or the Recompence has enough in it to satisfie the most pious Ambition To conclude therefore in the Words of St. Paul 1 Tim. vi 12. Fight the good Fight of Faith that is maintain and propagate the Gospel against all Opposition and live according to it lay hold on Eternal Life nay strive to excell in those Achievements that shall entitle you to the chiefest Glories of it for this is that whereunto you are called and are now to profess this good Profession at an Holy Ordination before many Witnesses FINIS ADVERTISEMENT A Short Discourse upon the Doctrine of our Baptismal Covenant being an Exposition upon the Preliminary Questions and Answers of our Church Catechism proper to be read by all young Persons in Order to their Understanding the whole Frame and Tenor of the Christian Religion and to their being duly prepared for Confirmation With Devotions Preparatory to that Apostolick and Useful Ordinance To which is added An Appendix being a Method of Family Religion By Tho. Bray D. D. Printed for W. Hawes at the Sign of the Rose in Ludgate-Street