2. The order that is between Christs work and reward is far different from ours, and of another nature, for that is an order of merit and causality, but ours only of antecedency,1 and by a promise: Therefore when Christ looks for his glory it's upon far other grounds then when Paul expects his Crown of glory; for Christ looks for his glory upon his work, as a cause and a merit, it being fully perfect, and more then he was bound unto, if absolutely considered, though when once he became our Surety it behoved him to perform all, so that Christ had his glory by the Title of justice and desert, though in respect of the personal Union he had always a right to all glory; But Paul and all the godly have it by mere grace and favour, for when the Children of God have done all they can, yet such is their imperfection that they need a pardon, and so their salvation and glory is of mere grace; Therefore though there be a similitude between Christs work and his glory, and ours, yet there is not an equality, The one is of justice and merit, the other of grace and favour; The more inexcusable then are all these Popish doctrines that would puff up a man to such a conceit of himself and Christ together, of his free-will and grace together▪ not Christ and grace alone, that hence they will plead their Title to heaven, Christs merits and their own.
2. The order that is between Christs work and reward is far different from ours, and of another nature, for that is an order of merit and causality, but ours only of antecedency,1 and by a promise: Therefore when Christ looks for his glory it's upon farre other grounds then when Paul expects his Crown of glory; for Christ looks for his glory upon his work, as a cause and a merit, it being fully perfect, and more then he was bound unto, if absolutely considered, though when once he became our Surety it behoved him to perform all, so that Christ had his glory by the Title of justice and desert, though in respect of the personal Union he had alwaies a right to all glory; But Paul and all the godly have it by meer grace and favour, for when the Children of God have done all they can, yet such is their imperfection that they need a pardon, and so their salvation and glory is of meer grace; Therefore though there be a similitude between Christs work and his glory, and ours, yet there is not an equality, The one is of justice and merit, the other of grace and favour; The more inexcusable then are all these Popish doctrines that would puff up a man to such a conceit of himself and Christ together, of his free-will and grace together▪ not Christ and grace alone, that hence they will pleade their Title to heaven, Christs merits and their own.
- 1Glory the reward of Christs merit.
