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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62392	The faithful souldier's reward, or, A glimpse of the saints happiness discovered in two sermons, occasioned by the death of that truly vertuous and religious gentle woman, Mrs. Katherine Disney : the former preached at Kirkstead, the place of her last abode here upon the earth, on the 18th day of May, 1690, being the Lord's Day, and the latter at Swinderly, near Lincoln, where she was interr'd the Tuesday following / by William Scoffin.	Scoffin, William, 1655?-1732.	1692 (1692)	Wing S933; ESTC R11432	41,514	126

THE Faithful Souldier's Reward Or a Glimpse of the SAINTS HAPPINESS Discovered in two SERMONS occasioned by the Death of that truly Vertuous and Religious Gentlewoman Mrs. Katherine Disney The former Preached at Kirkstead the Place of her last abode here upon Earth on the 18th Day of May 1690 being the Lord's Day And the latter at Swinderby near Lincoln where she was Interr'd the Tuesday following By William Scoffin Rev. 21.7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things and I will be his God and he shall be my Son Rev. 2.10 Be thou faithful unto Death and I will give thee a Crown of Life LONDON Printed for J. Robinson at the Golden Lion in S. Paul's Church-Yard MDCXCII 2 TIM 4.7 8. I have fought a good Fight I have finished my Course I have kept the Faith Henceforth there is laid up for me a Crown of Righteousness which the Lord the Righteous Judge shall give me at that Day and not to me only but unto all them also that love his Appearing THE deceased Gentlewoman and our honoured Friend whose Death hath occasioned our present Meeting did some Years ago make choice of this Scripture to be preached upon at her Funeral and therefore it was recommended to me by her most affectionate and now sorrowful surviving Husband And had I been left unto my own choice I could not have pitched upon a more suitable Subject considering the Temptations and Conflicts she had more than many other Christians do ever meet with The Life of every sincere Christian is a continual Warfare yet some are exercis'd with sharper Combates than many others ever are amongst whom may be reckoned our deceased Friend being one that was assaulted with many Temptations yet through the Captain of her Salvation she did conquer and overcome So that well might she apply this Scripture to her self and in Humility say with the Apostle St. Paul I have fought a good Fight I have finished my Course I have kept the Faith Henceforth there is laid up for me a Crown of Righteousness c. In which Scripture the holy Apostle asserteth these two Particulars 1. His Faithfulness in his Duty 2. The Reward of his Faithfulness The First for Timothy's Imitation the Second for his Encouragement I shall speak chiefly to the Latter of these but will first consider the Context and the Meaning of the Words and then come to that Point of Doctrine which I purpose to build my present Discourse upon In the three first Chapters of this Epistle the Apostle directs Timothy to several Duties and excites him to the faithful Discharge of the same giving him also to understand what perillous Times there should come and how that Troubles and Persecutions were to be expected and hereupon he further exhorteth him to Constancy in his Duty chap. 3.1 14. Minding him also of his early Knowledg in the holy Scriptures and shewing the Excellency and Profitableness of them ver 15 17. And lest Timothy should be discouraged and grow remiss in his Duty from the Opposition and Persecutions he should meet with from Men the Apostle most earnestly chargeth him as in the Presence of the All-seeing God and as he will answer it to Christ at the great Day of Judgment that he be faithful serious and diligent in the great Work and Duties of the Ministry chap. 4.1 2. And for the further pressing this Charge upon him he lays before him the necessity of it with respect to the Church's Welfare For the time will come saith he when they will not endure sound Doctrine but after their own Lust shall they heap to themselves Teachers having itching Ears And they shall turn away their Ears from the Truth and shall be turned unto Fables ver 3 4. And seeing it shall be so therefore preach the Word be instant in Season and out of Season i. e. Lay hold of all Opportunities for the bringing Persons to the Truth and establishing them in it Reprove rebuke and exhort with all long-Suffering and Doctrine q. d. Suit thy self and Discourse to every one's Case and Condition reprove such as are faulty rebuke gross Sinners and exhort all Men with unwearied Long-suffering and sound Doctrine bearing with their Peevishness Stubbornness c. And in ver 5. he renews his Charge or Exhortation to Timothy saying Watch thou in all things c. q. d. Seeing there will be such a sad Defection as I have shewed thee there shall certainly be therefore be thou the more vigilant and watchful both over thy Self and Flock and endure Affliction and Hardness as a good Souldier of Christ Do the Work of an Evangelist Chap. 2.3 in gathering and confirming Churches make full proof of thy Ministry i. e. perform it thorowly in all the parts of it so as fully to approve thy self to be a faithful Minister of Christ And then he backs his Exhortation with a second Reason and that is the Nearness of his own Dissolution Ver. 6. For I am now ready to be offer'd and the time of my Departure is at hand q. d. Within a while I shall suffer Martyrdom and seal the Truths which I have preach'd with my own Blood Psal 116.15 and shall thereby become an acceptable Sacrifice to God Whether Paul came to know the Nearness of his Death by the Carriage of Nero the Roman Emperor under whom he suffered or whether he had it by Revelation from God is uncertain to us but certain it is that he did know it And thereupon lays it before Timothy as an Argument to enforce his Exhortation upon him q. d. Forasmuch as within a while the Church will be deprived of my Help therefore it will need thy greater Care and Diligence And as to thy self while I am with thee thou hast the help of my Instructions and Exhortations and the Benefit of my Example but seeing I shall shortly be taken from thee therefore thou oughtest to give the more earnest Heed to what I now write unto thee So much as to the Context And now I come to my Text wherein the Apostle doth further excite and encourage Timothy to his Duty 1. By declaring unto him what his own Practice had been I have fought a good Fight c. Shewing hereby that there was no Duty which he had been exhorting Timothy unto but what he had constantly practis'd himself and that with the greatest Diligence and Faithfulness 2. By his shewing the Reward of his great Faithfulness and Diligence Henceforth there is laid up for me a Crown of Righteousness c. q. d. Consider well what my Practice hath been and that I have not fought in vain run in vain nor laboured in vain but shall have an eternal and inconceivable Reward conferr'd upon me And let the Consideration of this encourage thee to the greater Faithfulness and Diligence in Duty The Apostle seems to allude unto the Grecian Games when he speaks of his fighting running and his being crowned I have fought a good Fight q. d.