The Doctrine of Justification by Faith

And if this Holy Person renounce the whole consideration of all his personal inherent Righteousness, in every kind, and will not insist upon it under any pretence, in any place, as unto any use in his Justification before God, we may safely conclude there is no such Righteousness in any whereby they may be justified. And if men would but leave those shades and coverts under which they hide themselves in their Disputations, if they would forego those pretences and Distinctions wherewith they delude themselves and others, and tell us plainly what plea they dare make in the presence of God, from their own Righteousness and Obedience that they may be justified before him, we should better understand their minds than now we do. There is one I confess, who speaks with some confidence unto this purpose. And that is Vasquez the Jesuit; in 1.2. Disp. 204. cap. 4. Inhaerens Justitia ita ⟨p. 321⟩reddit animam justam & sanctam, ac proinde filiam Dei, ut hoc ipso reddat eam heredem, & dignam aeterna Gloria; imo ipse Deus efficere non potest ut hujusmodi justus dignus non sit aeterna beatitudine. Is it not sad that David should discover so much Ignorance of the worth of his inherent Righteousness, and discover so much pusillanimity with respect unto his Trial before God, whereas God himself could not otherwise order it, but that he was and must be worthy of eternal Blessedness?

And if this Holy Person renounce the whole consideration of all his personal inherent Righteousness, in every kind, and will not insist upon it under any pretence, in any place, as unto any use in his Justification before God, we may safely conclude there is no such Righteousness in any whereby they may be justified. And if men would but leave those shades and coverts under which they hide themselves in their Disputations, if they would forego those pretences and Distinctions wherewith they delude themselves and others, and tell us plainly what plea they dare make in the presence of God, from their own Righteousness and Obedience that they may be justified before him, we should better understand their minds than now we do. There is one I confess, who speaks with some confidence unto this purpose. And that is Vasquez the Jesuite; in 1.2. Disp. 204. cap. 4. Inhaerens Justitia ita ⟨p. 321⟩reddit animam justam & sanctam, ac proinde filiam Dei, ut hoc ipso reddat eam heredem, & dignam aeterna Gloria; imo ipse Deus efficere non potest ut hujusmodi justus dignus non sit aeterna beatitudine. Is it not sad that David should discover so much Ignorance of the worth of his inherent Righteousness, and discover so much pusillanimity with respect unto his Trial before God, whereas God himself could not otherwise order it, but that he was and must be worthy of eternal Blessedness?