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An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on…An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on…
An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reverend divine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his own hand ...An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reuerend diuine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his owne hand ...
London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for John Bartlett, 1630London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for Iohn Bartlett, 1630
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2. Suppose we did all that God requires; yet we merit not, sith all is but our duty: Luk. 17.10. yea, Adam if he had continued in his integrity, and full performance of the whole Law of God, yet had he not thereby merited Heaven, it being but his duty so to do: then much less we, whose righteousness ⟨p. 59⟩is as a filthy clout: Isaiah 64.6.
2. Suppose wee did all that God requires; yet we merit not, sith all is but our duty: Luk. 17.10. yea, Adam if hee had continued in his integrity, and full performance of the whole Law of God, yet had he not thereby merited Heauen, it being but his duty so to doe: then much lesse we, whose righteousnesse ⟨p. 59⟩is as a filthy clout: Esay 64.6.
3. All our works are imperfect, and so cannot merit: for if we our selves can find many imperfections in the best of them, God can find much more; Job 9.15, 30, 31. Yet is life eternal attributed to our works, as they are signs and evidences of the soundness and truth of our Faith in Christ, by whom we obtain the same. And secondly, there is a twofold reward; the one of debt, the other of favour, called the reward of inheritance.
3. All our workes are imperfect, and so cannot merit: for if wee our selues can finde many imperfections in the best of them, God can finde much more; Iob 9.15, 30, 31. Yet is life eternall attributed to our workes, as they are signes and euidences of the soundnesse and truth of our Faith in Christ, by whom we obtaine the same. And secondly, there is a twofold reward; the one of debt, the other of fauour, called the reward of inheritance.