A25291:1585
The Marrow of Sacred Divinity
The marrow of sacred divinity drawn out of the Holy Scriptures, and the interpreters thereof, and brought into method / by William Ames ... ; translated out of the Latin ... ; whereunto are annexed certain tables representing the substance and heads of all in a short view ... as also a table opening the hard words therein contained.The marrow of sacred divinity drawne out of the Holy Scriptures, and the interpreters thereof, and brought into method / by William Ames ... ; translated out of the Latine ... ; whereunto are annexed certaine tables representing the substance and heads of all in a short view ... as also a table opening the hard words therein contained.
London: printed by Edward Griffin for Henry Overton, 1642
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
19. Hence in the works of the regenerate there is not that respect of merit whereby any reward is obtained by Justice.
19. Hence in the workes of the regenerate there is not that respect of merit whereby any reward is obtained by Iustice.
20. Yet that reward which is imputed not of debt, but of grace, Rom. 4. 4. is sometime assigned to those imperfect endeavours, Mat. 5. 12. Because although all our blessedness is the mere gift of God, Rom. 6. 23. ⟨p. 240⟩Yet the fruits of grace abounding in us, are put upon those accounts whereby we do get the certainty of that gift. Phil. 4. 17. I require that fruit abounding which may be put on your accounts.
20. Yet that reward which is imputed not of debt, but of grace, Rom. 4. 4. is sometime assigned to those imperfect indeavours, Mat. 5. 12. Because although all our blessednesse is the meere gift of God, Rom. 6. 23. ⟨p. 240⟩Yet the fruits of grace abounding in us, are put upon those accounts whereby we doe get the certainty of that gift.