“Those whom God effectually calls, he also freely justifies,
“not by 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 righteousness into them,
“but by pardoning their sins, and by 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 and accepting their persons as righteous;
“not for anything wrought in them, or done by them,
“but 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁’𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲;
“not by imputing faith itself, the act of believing, or any other evangelical obedience to them, as their righteousness;
“but by imputing Christ’s 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 unto the whole law, and 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 in his death for their whole and sole righteousness by faith,
“which faith they have not of themselves; it is the gift of God.”
— 2LCF (1689), 11.1