Monday, January 31, 2022

2LCF 11.1

 โ€œThose whom God effectually calls, he also freely justifies,

โ€œnot by ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด righteousness into them,
โ€œbut by pardoning their sins, and by ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด and accepting their persons as righteous;
โ€œnot for anything wrought in them, or done by them,
โ€œbut ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ;
โ€œnot by imputing faith itself, the act of believing, or any other evangelical obedience to them, as their righteousness;
โ€œbut by imputing Christโ€™s ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ unto the whole law, and ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ in his death for their whole and sole righteousness by faith,
โ€œwhich faith they have not of themselves; it is the gift of God.โ€
โ€” 2LCF (1689), 11.1