The Doctrine of Justification by Faith

Herein lies the substance of all that we enquire into, in this matter of Justification. All other disputes about qualifications, conditions, causes [Greek or Hebrew] any kind of Interest for own Works and Obedience in our Justification before God, are but the speculations of men at ease. The Conscience of a convinced sinner, who presents himself in the presence of God, finds all practically reduced unto this one point, namely, whether he will trust unto his own personal inherent Righteousness, or in a full Renunciation of it, betake himself unto the Grace of God, and the Righteousness of Christ alone. In other things he is not concerned. And let men ⟨p. 324⟩[…] ⟨p. 325⟩[…] ⟨p. 326⟩phrase his own Righteousness unto him as they please, let them pretend it meritorious, or only Evangelical not legal, only an accomplishment of the condition of the new Covenant, a cause without which he cannot be justified, it will not be easy to frame his mind unto any confidence in it, as unto Justification before God; So as not to deceive him in the Issue.

Herein lies the substance of all that we enquire into, in this matter of Justification. All other disputes about qualifications, conditions, causes 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 any kind of Interest for own Works and Obedience in our Justification before God, are but the speculations of men at ease. The Conscience of a convinced sinner, who presents himself in the presence of God, finds all practically reduced unto this one point, namely, whether he will trust unto his own personal inherent Righteousness, or in a full Renuntiation of it, betake himself unto the Grace of God, and the Righteousness of Christ alone. In other things he is not concerned. And let men ⟨p. 324⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 325⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 326⟩