The truly blessed man, or, The way to be happy here, and forever being…

8. That the Commendation and Reward which ⟨p. 113⟩Christ will give to the Holiness of his people at the Great Day, belongs not to their Justification, but their Glorification. There will be such a thing, Math. 25. 34. &c. But all this is done after their Justification, and when they are in a state of Grace and Favour, and under the privileges and promises of the New Covenant. Now, in that New Covenant, although there be no worthiness in us, and all our duties are but our duty, and we Unprofitable, Luk. 17. 10. Yet our Father, who by his Spirit worketh our works in us, and giveth us the Grace to Live without Guile, and to Serve him in uprightness of Heart, accepts of his own works in us, gives us the Commendation of them, and bestows a reward upon us, to let us know, that our labour hath not been in vain; yet it is not a reward of Debt, •ut of Grace. Hence that observable difference, Rom. 6. 23. The wages of Sin is Death, but the gift of God is Eternal Life, through Jesus Christ our Lord: But this and such like Scriptures are abusively applied to our Justification: for that proceeds according to the Rule set down by God in his Law, being answered by a Surety for us; whereas Glorification is another thing, and is bestowed on such as were before Pardoned and Sanctified, and made meet for the inheritance, Rom. 8. 30.

8. That the Commendation and Reward which ⟨p. 113⟩Christ will give to the Holiness of his people at the Great Day, belongs not to their Justification, but their Glorification. There will be such a thing, Math. 25. 34. &c. But all this is done after their Justification, and when they are in a state of Grace and Favour, and under the priviledges and promises of the New Covenant. Now, in that New Covenant, although there be no worthiness in us, and all our duties are but our duty, and we Unprofitable,