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[ 545] The reward of Heaven will make amends for all

A Man in his journey sees afar off some great mountain,* 1.1 so that his very eye is weary with the foresight of so great a distance, yet his comfort is, that time and patience will overcome it, and that every step he takes, sets him nearer to his journies end, and being once there, he shall both forget how long it then seemed, and please himselfe in looking back upon the way that he hath measured: It is just thus in our passage to Heaven,* 1.2 our weak nature is ready to faint under the very conceit and length of the journey, our eyes do not more guide than discourage us; Ma∣ny must be the steps of grace and true obedience, that must insensibly bring us thi∣ther, onely let us move and hope, and Gods good grace will perfect our salvation: And when we are once come to the top of that holy Mount, meminisse juvabit, all the weary steps, and deep sloughs that we have past through, all the pangs that we have

felt, all the sorrowes that we have undergone, all the difficulties that we have met with in the way, shall either be forgotten, or contribute to our happinesse in the re∣membrance of them.

Notes

• * 1.1

  B. Halls Ocoas▪ Medita.
• * 1.2

  Omne opus leve fieri solet &c.