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ETernall rest,* 1.1 (sayeth Basill) abydeth them who in this lyfe haue lawfullie striven: not for the merits of their workes, but out of the free favour of that most bountifull GOD,* 1.2 wherein they haue trusted. Lykewyse (sayeth Augustine) thy sinnes are thine, but merite is GOD'S; punishment
is due to thee; and when reward commeth, Hee shall crowne His gifts,* 1.3 not thy merites. Last of all, (sayeth Bernard) Thou canst not merite eternall lyfe, by no workes of thine, but Hee freelie lykewyse bestoweth that on thee: — nor should God doe anie wrong, if He gaue not the same vnto thee. Closse contrarie vnto the Rhemistes their wordes on HEB. 6.10.
Basil. in 114. Psal.
Aug. in Psal. 70. cōc. ••.
Bern. Serm. 1. in anunc Ma∣riae.