H. F. Kohlbrügge, D.D., of Elberfeld, Germany, Sermons on the First Epistle of Peter, translated from the German (London: Partridge, Oakey, & Co., 1854), Sermon VII, pp. 120–121

God hath proclaimed to the whole human race, that He only is just, and the justifier of him who believeth in Jesus; and that we are unrighteous, sinful, and perverse, and corrupt in all our doings. We have not chosen to…