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7 That which they object out of two other places,¹ that the faithful through afflictions are counted worthy the kingdom of heaven, and that it is righteous with God, to render rest to them: & that God is not unjust, that he should forget their works; & that works ought not to be extended to the worthiness of desert; but only because they bear their marks of the Lord which are the signs of the children of God, neither is this righteousness, whereof he speaketh ⟨image 171⟩referred to the rendering the equity of due, but to the trueth of Gods promise.

7 That which they obiect out of two other places,¹ that the faithful through afflictiōs are counted worthie the kingdome of heauē, and that it is righteous with God, to render rest to thē: & yt God is not vniust, yt he should forget their workes; & that workes ought not to be extended to the worthinesse of desert; but onely because they beare their markes of the Lorde which are the signes of the children of God, neither is this righteousnesse, whereof he speaketh ⟨image 171⟩referred to the rendring the equitie of due, but to the trueth of Gods promise.

1. 1Heb. 6.10 Rom. 8.19 Luke. 24.25

¹The Lord, saith Augustine, is faithful which hath made himself debtor to us, not by receiving any thing of us, but by promising all things to us.