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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60385	Ergon pseudous kai misthos alētheias, or, The wicked mans sad disappointment and the righteous mans sure recompence being a sermon preached the 17th day of October, 1661, at the solemn funerals of the Right Worshipful Sir Abraham Raynardson, Knight, late alderman of London / by George Smalwood.	Smalwood, George, 1604-1679.	1661 (1661)	Wing S4006; ESTC R10143	27,597	40

hid treasure but that is all the good they must expect they have all their happiness if it may be so called which is but a Prologue to endless misery in present possession they have none in reversion for the future It is said of them they have their reward that which they desired which they preferred and chose which they loved and liked which they sought after and labored for above all other things above God above Jesus Christ the Lord of Life and Glory above the Holy Spirit and his Graces and Comforts above the Heavenly Jerusalem the City of the Living God and all its glorious enjoyments they have their good things already and they must look for no more good to come not one moment of comfort after their departure from hence not one glimpse of light not so much as a drop of cold water to refresh them not the least minute of rest but woe and misery and darkness and torment for ever this shall be the portion of their cup and they may thank themselves they chose the pleasures of sin for a season they would have their heaven upon earth they would have murmured if it had been denied them they would not be perswaded to make a better choise therefore they must expect nothing for the future but to feel the worm that will gnaw their hearts to eternity But he dealeth otherwise with the righteous he many times cuts them shorter of earthly comforts and keeps them for the most part to a more scanty allowance that hereafter they may enjoy a greater fulness he suffers them to mourn here that they may rejoyce hereafter to mingle their drink with weeping that hereafter he may wipe all tears from their eyes and remove all sorrow and sadness from their hearts their portion is to come their Crown of Righteousness is laid up in flore their inheritance is teserved in the heavens they have a blessed estate in reversion for to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward It is not now but it shall be hereafter that 's the futurity of it 2. The certainty of it it is a sure reward according 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Septuagint to the Hebrew Text it is a true or faithful reward or a reward of truth so the Septuagint render it The Chaldce and Syriach traslations read it veritas erit merces ejus truth shall be his reward intimating to us that as truth it self is most true and cannot lye nor deceive so to him the reward shall be most certain It is no fancy nor delusion but a certain truth Lahan could not finde his images among Jacobs stuff for Jacob was a righteous man and as Non erat apud cum image sed veritas Ambrose St. Ambrose observes well there was not with him the image but the Truth it self not a deceitful likeness but solid substance of blessedness so it is with the righteous man his reward is not the image of blessedness but blessedness in truth a solid certain true reward The reward of the righteous is accompanied with a fivefold certainty 1. It hath certitudinem beneplacit● the certainty of Gods good will and pleasure of his mere mercy and free grace he hath purposed and decreed from eternity to reward therighteous he hath wi●led it and resolved upon it Our Saviour saith to His Disciples Fear not little Clock for it is your Fathers good pleasure to give you a Kingdom Luke 12. 32. Now what is Gods will and pleasure must be performed for he never willeth in vain the pleasure of his will shall most certainly be fulfilled and all his counsel shall stand 2 It hath certitudinem precij the certainty of Christs purchase he hath purchased a reward for the righteous and that at a dear rate with the expence of his own life and blood it is called the redemption of the purchased possession Ephes 1. 14. Now Christ will not lose that which he hath purchased with the price of his precious blood Having by his own blood entred in once into the holy place and obtained eternal redemption for us he will not suffer us to be defeated of our inheritance but as he entred into Heaven for us as our forerunner so he sits in Heaven as our Head keeping possession for us his Members till we shall ascend thither after him 3 It hath certitudinem promissi the certainty of Gods promise God hath promised to reward the righteous Jam. 2. 5. Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him Christ saith The righteous shall go into life eternal Matth. 25. 46. Now all Gods promises are Yea and Amen in Christ that is doubly certain what he hath promised he will undoubtedly perform 4 It hath certitudinem juramenti the certainty of an Oath which for confirmation is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an end of all strife Heb. 6. 16. Ged hath sworn by himself because he could swear by no greater that he will reward the righteous vers 17. 18. God welling more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of prowise the immutability of his counsel confirmed it by an Oath that by two immutable things in which it was impossible for God to lye we might have strong consolation who are fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us That is the reward hoped for which is most certain and cannot deceive because God hath sworn to bestow it and he will not he cannot break his Oath God hath sworn and shall it not come to pass We may better say that the Covenant of the day and night shall be broken Therefore the righteous mans hope of reward is an anchor of the soul both sure and stedfast and which entreth into that within the vail vers 19. The word is doubled Sure and stedfast to shew the certainty of it It is such a sure Anchor that it will hold fast the soul in the midst of the greatest storms which makes the Psalmist conclude peremptorily A man shall say that is every man if he be endued with right reason That Verily there is a reward for the righteous verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth Psal 58. 11. 5 The reward of the righteous hath certitudinem Sigilli the certainty of Gods Seal he hath set his own mark upon them for his Sheep to whom he will give eternal life he hath set his own Seal upon them to distinguish them from all others The Apostle saith In whom after that ye believed ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise which is the earnest of our inheritance Ephes 1. 13 14. Now they whom God hath sealed with his own Privy Seal cannot miss of the promised reward For the foundation of God standeth sure having this Seal The Lord knoweth them that are his 2 Tim. 2. 19. God will know them and own them for his therefore they must needs be saved Thus the reward of