 | William Butcher (rector of Ropsley.) - 1816 - 272 pages
...justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness." Let us consider them with attention. 1. " Now, to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt." If any man refuse salvation by grace, and insist upon it, owing to his own meritorious performances,... | |
 | Jean Calvin - Reformed Church - 1816 - 524 pages
...therefore, that he was not justified by works. Then he advances another argument from two opposites. " To him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt." (?) But righteousness is attributed to faith through grace. Therefore it is not from the merit of works. Adieu,... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1816 - 810 pages
...the righteousness be ours ; but of his own providing, that that the righteousness may be his. *• Now to him that worketh, is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt," Rom. iv. 2, 3, 4. If I work for justifying righteousness, and that way get righteousness, my justification... | |
 | William Hammond - Salvation - 1816 - 320 pages
...extracts from the Homilies in your eye. The scriptures are clear and explicit on this point. Earn. iv. 4. To him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. Justification is by grace, and, therefore, works have no hand in it; if * Fifth Sunday after Epiphany.... | |
 | John Allen - 1817 - 218 pages
...therefore, that he was not justified by works. Then he advances another argument from two opposites, " To him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.":). But righteousness is attributed to faith thro ugh grace. Therefore it is not from the merit of works, Adieu... | |
 | Thomas Scott - Calvinism - 1817 - 530 pages
...reward is not included in the idea of justification.' f ' Tins is what St. Paul means, when he says, " to him that worketh, is " the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt." 'Uniform obedience being * the duty of every man, a single transgression would destroy the right to... | |
 | sir George Pretyman Tomline (bart, bp. of Winchester.) - 1817 - 644 pages
...derived from the merits and sufferings of Christ. And this is what St. Paul means, when he says, " to him that worketh, is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt (7* J." Uniform obedience being the duty of every man, a single transgression would destroy the right... | |
 | sir George Pretyman Tomline (bart, bp. of Winchester.) - 1817 - 628 pages
...the laws "which wtre prescribed to him as tht ' rute And this is what St. Paul means, when he says, " to him that worketh, is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debtfAJ." Uniform obedience being the duty of every man, a single transgression would destroy the right... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - Sermons, American - 1818 - 432 pages
...not on a law of works. In the preceding chapter our author is remarkably explicit, where he says, " Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned...of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousnes." And speaking of the faith... | |
 | Sir Charles Abraham Elton - Unitarianism - 1818 - 238 pages
...should be FREE: not in reward of special works of righteousness, but of his free bounty. Rom. iv. 4, "To him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of...of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on HIM that justifieth the ungodly [not Christ, but GOD] his faith is counted for righteousness." Of... | |
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Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. 
