punishments for men's works, and that absolutely nothing, good or
bad, shall be overlooked, but that there is reserved a requital
for words, deeds and thoughts, is plain. The Lord saith,
'Whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a
cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, he shall in no
wise lose his reward.' And again he saith, `When the Son of man
shall come in his glory, and all the holy Angels with him, then
before him shall be gathered all nations, and he shall separate
them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the
goats. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the
goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his
right hand, `Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was an
hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me
drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothed
me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came
unto me.' Wherefore saith he this, except he count the kind acts
we do unto the needy as done unto himself? And in another place
he saith, `Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I also
confess before my Father which is in heaven.'

"Lo, by all these examples and many more he proveth that the
rewards of good works are certain and sure. Further, that
punishments are in store for the bad, he foretold by parables
strange and wonderful, which he, the Well of Wisdom most wisely
put forth. At one time he brought into his tale a certain rich
man which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared
sumptuously every day, but who was so niggardly and pitiless
toward the destitute as to overlook a certain beggar named
Lazarus laid at his gate, and not even to give him of the crumbs