| Church of Scotland - Prebyterianism - 1768 - 576 pages
...iv. 2-. For if Abraham were j unified, by works, he hatli whereof to glory, but not before God, v. 4. Now to him that worketh, is the reward not reckoned of grace but of debt, v. 6. Even as David alfo defcribeth .the blcfleilnefs of the man, unto whom God imputcth rightcoufnefs... | |
| Richard Rawlin - Justification (Christian theology) - 1772 - 324 pages
...an act of the freeft grace ; for fo he proceeds ver. 4, 5. ' Now to him that worketh is the re' ward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But ' to him that worketh, not, but btlieveth on him ' that juftifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted ' for righteoufneis :' Where the... | |
| David Simpson - Sermons, English - 1774 - 258 pages
...(Thrift Jefus unto good Works, which GOD hath before ordained that we Ihould walk in them". And again: "Now to him that worketh, is the Reward not reckoned...of. Debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that juftifieth the Ungodly, his Faith is counted for Righteoufnefs". . •.. If any Perfon... | |
| John Fletcher - Antinomianism - 1774 - 212 pages
...boajl. For to him that raorheth [without applying to the throne of grace, as an hell-deferving finner] is. the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt: but to him that worheth not [upon the footing of the firft covenant;) but bilievtth an him that jujlifieth the ungodly;... | |
| Samuel Ecking - Faith - 1784 - 210 pages
...as far from (landing in the true grace of God, as the eaft is from being joined with the weft. For to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace but of debt, Rom. iv. 4. And here let it be carefully obferved, that the grace of God ftands in oppofition, not... | |
| Jonathan Dickinson - Apologetics - 1784 - 406 pages
...and it -waf counted unto him for righteoufnefs. Now to him that -worketh is the reward reckoned not of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that juflifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteoufnefs. Even as David alfo defcribeth... | |
| John Fletcher - Antinomianism - 1790 - 418 pages
...otherviife woftK if no more WORK.- If Abraham was jtijiified BY WORKS, he hath whereof to ftlory.for to him that WORKETH is the reward not reckoned of grace but of debt: but Abraham believed God. and it was accounted to him for right f.oufnefs. And D-avid alfo defcribelh nhe... | |
| Richard Watson - Theology - 1791 - 500 pages
...Scripture ? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteoufnefs. Now to him that workedi, is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that juftineth the ungsäly, his faith is counted for righteoufnefs." Abraham is the prrfon... | |
| Samuel Hopkins - Eschatology - 1793 - 640 pages
...blood, * Now to him that worketn (that is, in order to offer his works as the price of God's favour) is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not (that is, lias nothing to recommend him, and acknowledges he has done nothing by which he deferves... | |
| Ralph Erskine - Religious poetry - 1793 - 384 pages
...children of God. And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Chatt. b Rom. iv. 4. Now to him that worketh, is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. c PCd. lviii. i r. Verily there is a reward for the righteous : V'*-!y he is a God that judgeth in... | |
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