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that Faith apprehendeth Christ Jesus in whom there is all sufficiency of salvation, and in whom we are complete: so that whatsoever scruple ariseth from our selves,¹ or is enforced of the enemy from any imperfection that is in us, it need not at all to dismay us, because we save not our selves, but are saved by him, who is made unto us from God, wisdom, righteousness,² sanctification, and redemption; that who so glorieth should glory in him. And in deed there is no surer refuge when the enemy distresseth us, then renouncing our selves to profess the only name of Christ Jesus; who died for our sins, and rose again for our justification.³ For if the enemy shall say we have sinned, our answer is,⁴ Christ hath died for us, yea is risen again, yea is ascended into heaven &c. If he say;⁵ we want the righteousness of the law; we must answer, Christ hath fulfilled the law,⁶ that we by him might be made the righteousness of God. If he say we are in nature corrupt, and therefore both unworthy and unfit for the kingdom of heaven; we must answer him with the words of Christ himself,⁷ for there sakes have I sanctified ⟨p. 109⟩my self. Finally whatsoever shall be objected against us by the enemy, our answer must be: that in Christ, all the promises of God are yea,⁸ and in him they are Amen. That all fullness dwelleth in him, and that in him we are perfected: so that we may boldly say with Saint Paul, there is no damnation to those which are in Christ Jesus.⁹