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2 Those sayings also, which call life everlasting,¹ the reward of works, do not make works, the cause of salvation:² it is showed by the nature of inheritance, and confirmed by a notable example, that the Lord rewardeth the works of the faithful, with those benefits, ⟨p. 162⟩which he had already given them before the works were thought of, having no cause why to do good to them, but his mercy.

2 Those sayinges also, which call life euerlasting,¹ the reward of workes, doe not make workes, the cause of saluation:² it is shewed by the nature of inheritance, and confirmed by a notable example, that the Lord rewardeth the workes of the faithfull, with those benefites, ⟨p. 162⟩which hee had already geuen them before the workes were thought of, hauing no cause why to doe good to them, but his mercy.

1. 1Matth. 25.34
2. 2Gen. 15.5

3 Yet the Lord doth not deceive or mock us, when he saith, that he rendereth for reward to works,¹