 | Samuel Whitman - 1814 - 390 pagina’s
...con. ply with an exhortation of the prophet Isaiah, "cease to do evil; learn to do well." This saying, --To him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace but ot debt," means the working of the unregenerate. For if God should annex a reward to such works, it... | |
 | John Witherspoon, William Shenstone - 1815 - 340 pagina’s
...Romans : " Therefore it is by faith, that it m ba -b^- grace." " Tp him that worketh. is the i. 'ward not reckoned of grace, but of debt ; but to him that worketh not, but believeth in him that juftifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted to him fot righteoufnefs." , Faith indeed... | |
 | 1822 - 440 pagina’s
...that God would justify the heathen ;" — " The Scripture hath concluded all under sin ;" — " For what saith the Scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness." This should teach us in what light we ought to view the historical parts of Scripture. On the whole,... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1816 - 810 pagina’s
...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 Butcher (rector of Ropsley.) - 1816 - 272 pagina’s
...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 - 1816 - 524 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | William Hammond - 1816 - 320 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | William Penn - 1817 - 32 pagina’s
...faith of Christ," Gal. ii. 16. " For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness," Rom. x. 10. " What saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness/' Rom. iv. 3. " Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him ; but for us also,... | |
 | sir George Pretyman Tomline (bart, bp. of Winchester.) - 1817 - 644 pagina’s
...Justification of Abraham : the former ascribes it to Faith, referring to a passage in Genesis (h): " What saith the Scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness (i)" The latter ascribes it to works, and as it were to show that bis doctrine was not contrary to... | |
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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. 
