Of free justification

Concerning the Praise of Repentance, the Dignity, and Benefit, and Peculiar Office thereof.

BUT you will say, to what purpose then is it to repent, ¹and to amend evil deeds? or what shall be answered to these Scriptures, which promise in more places than one the pardon of all sins to those that lament their sins, and are converted unto a better life? That I may answer these, I would have you take notice of this in the first place: When we attribute the ²virtue of justifying to Faith, and in this case place it alone, being helped by no addition of our works: Let no man so mis-understand, as if we ⟨p. 65⟩did drive away and […] all saving Repentance, and other holy Offices of Duty and Charity from every action of life, as Andradius falsely gathers against Chemnitius.

BUT you will say, to what purpose then is it to repent, ¹and to amend evil deeds? or what shall be answered to these Scriptures, which promise in more places than one the pardon of all sins to those that lament their sins, and are converted unto a better life? That I may answer these, I would have you take notice of this in the first place: When we attribute the ²vertue of justifying to Faith, and in this case place it alone, being helped by no addition of our works: Let no man so mis-understand, as if we ⟨p. 65⟩did drive away and 〈…〉 all saving Repentance, and other holy Offices of Duty and Charity from every action of life, as Andradius falsly gathers against Chemnitius.