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The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easy draught of the Christian…The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easie draught of the Christian…
The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easy draught of the Christian catechism in LII lectures on chosen texts of Scripture, for each Lords-day of the year, learnedly and perspicuously illustrated with doctrines, reasons, and uses / by that reverend and worthy labourer in the Lord's vineyard, William Ames ...The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easie draught of the Christian catechisme in LII lectures on chosen texts of Scripture, for each Lords-day of the year, learnedly and perspicuously illustrated with doctrines, reasons, and uses / by that reverend and worthy laborer in the Lord's vineyard, William Ames ...
London: printed by T. Mabb for Thomas Davies, 1659
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Ans. That reward is not of our merit, but of God's free grace and favour. For there is a reward of servants and a reward of sons; the reward of servants looks not to the person, but to the merit, or desert of the work; but the reward of sons look• ⟨p. 164⟩at the person chiefly▪ and so is given of grace and good will to the person of the worker, more than to the merit of the work. For the Father in his Son crowns that with reward, which in it self deserves no such thing for the most part: Otherwayes he were unjust not to reward it so in servants likewise.
Ans. That reward is not of our merit, but of God's free grace and favour. For there is a reward of servants and a reward of sons; the reward of servants lookes not to the person, but to the merit, or desert of the work; but the reward of sons look• ⟨p. 164⟩at the person chiefly▪ and so is given of grace and good will to the person of the worker, more than to the merit of the work. For the Father in his Sonne crownes that with reward, which in it self deserves no such thing for the most part: Otherwayes he were unjust not to reward it so in servants likewise.
Use, Of Admonition, that we never glory in our selves or our own works before God, but always acknowledge, when we have done all that we can; that we are but unprofitable servants, as our Lord himself teacheth us to do; and that we depend wholly on the grace of God▪ putting no trust in our own works.
Use, Of Admonition, that we never glory in our selves or our own workes before God, but alwayes acknowledge, when we have done all that we can; that we are but unprofitable servants, as our Lord himself teacheth us to do; and that we depend wholly on the grace of God putting no trust in our own works.