The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ

I Answer,

Faith does not under the Gospel properly come in the room of works, for works are necessary under the Gospel unto Justification: works are the purchasing cause of life: only God has found out another way of performing those works than the Law speaks of, namely, by a Surety: but yet perfect Obedience is as necessary as at first, for our Justification: the Gospel does not justify us in any way of contradiction to the Law: works now are the legal condition of Justification, but Faith is the evangelical condition of Justification, and every Believer does fulfil both those conditions, one in his Surety, the other in his own person; Faith is the condition of the covenant of Grace, ⟨p. 152⟩and Faith interests us in the righteousness of Christ, whereby the covenant of works is also fulfilled: and when the Apostle does oppose Faith, and the works of the Law, he does not oppose Faith to the works of the Law as performed by Christ; for they work together for our Justification: but he opposes it to our works, that our works in obedience to the Law can never justify us: works under the Law were the purchasing cause of Justification, and so they are still: works under the Law were the condition of Justification and they only: but now they are the legal condition, and Faith is the evangelical condition: Faith is all the condition required to be performed by us in our own persons.

Faith does not under the Gospel properly come in the room of works, for works are necessary under the Gospel unto Justification: works are the purchasing cause of life: only God has found out another way of performing those works than the Law speaks of, namely, by a Surety: but yet perfect Obedience is as necessary as at first, for our Justification: the Gospel does not justifie us in any way of contradiction to the Law: works now are the legal condition of Justification, but Faith is the evangelical condition of Justification, and every Believer does fulfil both those conditions, one in his Surety, the other in his own person; Faith is the condition of the covenant of Grace, ⟨p. 152⟩