It is not from works that we are set free by the faith of Christ, but from the belief in works, that is from foolishly presuming to seek justification through works. Faith redeems our consciences, makes them upright, and preserves them, since by it we recognize […]
The law maketh no man to love the law, or less to do or commit sin; but gendereth more lust, and increaseth sin. For I cannot but hate the law, inasmuch as I find no power to do it; and it nevertheless condemneth me, because I […]
The thought of ‘rewards’ for the undeserving seems contradictory. And it is, if rewards and ill desert are conceived on the same horizon. The ground of our salvation and our good works are as insulated as heaven is from hell. The two shall not be confused […]