Of the imputation of Christ's righteousness to believers in what sense [sic] sound Protestants…Of the imputation of Christ's righteousness to believers in what sence [sic] sound Protestants…

V. The Fathers sense I know not where the Reader can so easily and surely gather, without reading them all, as in Laurentius his Collection de Justif. after the Corpus Confessionum; and that to the best advantage of the Protestant Cause. They that will see their sense of so much as they accounted necessary to Salvation, may best find it in their Treatises of Baptism, and Catechizings of the Catechumens; Though they say less about our Controversy than I could wish they had. I will have no other Religion than they had. The Creed of Damasus in Hieron. op. Tom. 2. hath but (In his Death and Blood we believe that we are cleansed — and have hope that we shall obtain the reward of good merit, (meaning our own); which the Helvetians own in the end of their Confession.

V. The Fathers sence I know not where the Reader can so easily and surely gather, without reading them all, as in Laurentius his Collection de Justif. after the Corpus Confessionum; and that to the best advantage of the Protestant Cause. They that will see their sence of so much as they accounted necessary to Salvation, may best find it in their Treatises of Baptism, and Catechizings of the Catechumens; Though they say less about our Controversie than I could wish they had. I will have no other Religion than they had. The Creed of Damasus in Hieron. op. Tom. 2. hath but (In his Death and Blood we believe that we are cleansed — and have hope that we shall obtain the reward of good merit, (meaning our own); which the Helvetians own in the end of their Confession.

VI. The Augustan Confession, Art. 3, 4. Christ died — that he might reconcile the Father to us, and be a sacrifice, not only for original sin, but also for all the actual sins of men. — And that we may obtain these benefits of Christ, that is, Remission of sins, justification and life eternal, Christ gave us the Gospel in which these benefits are propounded. — To preach ⟨p. 38⟩Repentance in his Name, and Remission of sins among all Nations. For when men propagated in the natural manner have sin, and cannot truly satisfy Gods Law, the Gospel reproveth sin, and showeth us Christ the Mediator, and so teacheth us about Pardon of sins—That freely for Christ's sake are given us, Remission of sins, & Justification by Faith, by which we must confess that these are given us for Christ, who was made a Sacrifice for us, and appeased the Father. Though the Gospel require Penitence; yet that pardon of sin may be sure, it teacheth us that it is freely given us; that is, that it dependeth not on the Condition of our worthiness, nor is given for any precedent works, or worthiness of following works. — For Conscience in true fears findeth no work which it can oppose to the Wrath of God; and Christ is proposed and given us, to be a propitiator. This honour of Christ must not be transferred to our works. Therefore Paul saith, ye are saved freely, (or of Grace,) And it is of grace, that the promise might be sure; that is, Pardon will be sure; when we know that it dependeth not on the Condition of our worthiness, but is given for Christ. — In the Creed this Article, [I believe the Forgiveness of sins,] is added to the history: And the rest of the history of Christ must be referred to this Article: For this benefit is the end of the history, Christ therefore suffered and rose again, that for him might be given us Remission of sins, and life everlasting.