Romans 4:4

4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

Ver. 4. Now to him that worketh ] Yet it is an act of mercy in God to render to a man according to his works, Psalms 62:12 ; Exodus 20:6 . God’s kingdom is not partum, but paratum, Matthew 25:34 , not acquired, but prepared.

But of debt ] Not so indeed, Romans 11:31 , but according to the opinion of the merit monger, who saith as Vega, Caelum gratis non accipiam. I may not receive heaven by grace.