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, Psa_62:12; Exo_20:6. God’s kingdom is not partum, but paratum, Mat_25:34, not acquired, but prepared.



But of debt] Not so indeed, Rom_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.