The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

This reward cometh from Gods free and undeserved goodness: for what can the Creature deserve at the Creator's hands, doing nothing but that which the Law of his Creation bindeth him unto? Wherefore our Saviour, Luke 17. 10. doth admonish, when we have ⟨p. 224⟩done all things that are enjoined us, we must say, we are unprofitable servants: for we have done nothing else but that we ought to do.

This reward commeth from Gods free and vndeserued goodnesse: for what can the Creature deserue at the Creatours hands, doing nothing but that which the Law of his Creation bindeth him vnto? Wherefore our Sauiour, Luke 17. 10. doth admonish, when wee haue ⟨p. 224⟩done all things that are inioyned vs, we must say, we are vnprofitable seruants: for we haue done nothing else but that we ought to doe.

And therein lieth a main difference between the reward and punishment: for the punishment is in Justice, and sin hath indeed a merit belonging to it, the merit of Gods heavy wrath and indignation as it is said, ^dHe that doth things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten, &c. And again, The ^ewages and due desert of sin is death. From this reward it followeth, that the exact observation, of the Law of God, hath always a good conscience joined with it.

And therein lyeth a mayne difference betweene the reward and punishment: for the punishment is in Iustice, and sinne hath indeed a merit belonging to it, the merit of Gods heauie wrath and indignation as it is said,