Chapter XXIV, "Justification: The Pardon of Sin by Christ's Blood," in The Grace of Christ; or, Sinners Saved by Unmerited Kindness (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1853), p. 201

The forgiveness of sins is free. It is "without money and without price." We can do nothing to merit it, or prepare ourselves for it. To deserve forgiveness is a solecism in language, an absurdity in law, a heresy in doc…