The Doctrine of Justification by Faith

1. None have this personal Righteousness but they are antecedently justified in the sight of God. It is wholly the Obedience of Faith, proceeding from true and saving Faith in God by Jesus Christ. For as it was said before, Works before Faith, are as by general consent excluded from any Interest in our Justification, and we have proved that they are neither Conditions of it, Dispositions unto it, nor Preparations for it, properly so called. But every true Believer is immediately justified on his Believing. Nor is there any moment of time wherein a man is a true Believer, according as Faith is required in the Gospel, and yet not be justified. For as he is thereby united unto Christ, which is the foundation of our Justification by him, so the whole Scripture testifieth, that he that believes is justified; or that there is an infallible connection in the Ordination of God between true Faith and Justification. Wherefore this personal Righteousness cannot be the condition of our Justification before God, seeing it is consequential thereunto. What may be pleaded in exception ⟨p. 218⟩hereunto from the supposition of a second Justification, or differing causes of the beginning and continuation of Justification, hath been already disproved.

1. None have this personal Righteousness but they are antecedently justified in the sight of God. It is wholly the Obedience of Faith, proceeding from true and saving Faith in God by Jesus Christ. For as it was said before, Works before Faith, are as by general consent excluded from any Interest in our Justification, and we have proved that they are neither Conditions of it, Dispositions unto it, nor Preparations for it, properly so called. But every true Believer is immediately justified on his Believing. Nor is there any moment of time wherein a man is a true Believer, according as Faith is required in the Gospel, and yet not be justified. For as he is thereby united unto Christ, which is the foundation of our Justification by him, so the whole Scripture testifieth, that he that believes is justified; or that there is an infallible connexion in the Ordination of God between true Faith and Justification. Wherefore this personal Righteousness cannot be the condition of our Justificaion before God, seeing it is consequential thereunto. What may be pleaded in exception ⟨p. 218⟩hereunto from the supposition of a second Justification, or differing causes of the beginning and continuation of Justification, hath been already disproved.