The marrow of true justification, or, Justification without works containing the substance of two…

Though some others may be indeed guilty of gross Acts of Sin, or notorious Transgressors, even just until that very instant that they hear the Gospel preached, and have done no Acts of Righteousness; yet if they believe on Jesus Christ, or throw themselves by an Act of saving Faith on the Blood and Merits of Christ, they are immediately justified; for let Men have moral Righteousness, or no moral Righteousness, they are all ungodly in God's sight, till they believe; and at that very instant they do believe, they are accounted righteous through the Imputation of Christ's perfect Righteousness: For as a Man's own Righteousness cannot further his Justification, or conduce or add thereto; so his Sin and Ungodliness cannot hinder or obstruct his Justification▪ if he truly believe on him who justifies the Ungodly.

My Brethren, do not mistake; a Man seeing himself wounded doth not heal him, though it may, and does put him upon seeking out for healing; so a Man seeing himself a Sinner, doth not render him Righteous. Nothing renders a Man righteous to Justification in God's sight, but the Imputation of the perfect Personal Righteousness of Christ, received only by the Faith of the Operation of God. When I was a Lad, I was greatly taken with a Book, called The flowing of Christ's Blood freely to Sinners, as Sinners. O, my Brethren, that's the Case, that's the Doctrine which the Apostle preaches; you must come to Christ, believe on Christ, as Sinners, as Ungodly ones, and not as Righteous, not as Saints, and Holy persons, The whole need not a Physician, but they that are sick. The Thief on the Cross, as a Sinner, cried out, Lord remember me, &c. and the Jailer as a Sinner, cried out, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? So much, as to the Explanation of the Terms of the Text; in which you have three parts:

My Brethren, do not mistake; a Man seeing himself wounded doth not heal him, though it may, and does put him upon seeking out for healing; so a Man seeing himself a Sinner, doth not render him Righteous. Nothing renders a Man righteous to Justification in God's sight, but the Imputation of the perfect Personal Righteousness of Christ, received only by the Faith of the Operation of God. When I was a Lad, I was greatly taken with a Book, called The flowing of Christ's Blood freely to Sinners, as Sinners. O, my Brethren, that's the Case, that's the Doctrine which the Apostle preaches; you must come to Christ, believe on Christ, as Sinners, as Ungodly ones, and not as Righteous, not as Saints, and Holy persons, The whole need not a Physician, but they that are sick. The Thief on the Cross, as a Sinner, cry'd out, Lord remember me, &c. and the Jaylor as a Sinner, cry'd out, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? So much, as to the Explanation of the Terms of the Text; in which you have three parts: