John Beart, The Sinner’s Justifying Righteousness; or, A Vindication of the Eternal Law and Everlasting Gospel, abridged with an introduction by Thomas Jones (London: R. B. Seeley and Burnside, 1829), p. 118

Faith justifies only as a means of receiving the Lord Jesus Christ, and his righteousness; it is spoken of faith merely in relation to its object. If this can be made good, then all the disputes that men raise about the…