The beatitudes

Arg. 4 4. If Gods children could be capable of final perishing, then pardon of sin were no privilege; the Scripture saith, Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Psal. 32.1. But what blessedness were there in having sin forgiven, if afterwards a final and damnatory sentence should pass upon the heirs of promise? What were a man the better for the Kings pardon, if he were condemned after he were pardoned?

Arg. 4 4. If Gods children could be capable of final perishing, then pardon of sin were no priviledge; the Scripture saith, Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Psal. 32.1. But what blessedness were there in having sin forgiven, if afterwards a final and damnatory sentence should pass upon the heirs of promise? What were a man the better for the Kings pardon, if he were condemned after he were pardoned?

Arg. 5 5. If the children of God should be finally disinherited, then the Scripture could not be fulfilled, which tells us of glorious rewards. Psal. 58.11. Doubtless there is a reward for the righteous. God sweetens his commands with promises, he ties duty and reward together. As in the body the veins carry the blood, and the arteries carry the spirits; so one part of the Word carries duty in it, and another part of the Word carries reward; now if the adopted of God should eternally miscarry, what reward ⟨p. 341⟩were there for the righteous? and Moses did indiscreetly in looking to the recompense of reward, Hebr. 11.26. And so by consequence there would be a door opened to despair.