Thus the person united to Christ is justified. You may conceive the whole proceeding herein, in this manner. The avenger of blood pursuing the criminal, Christ, as the Saviour of lost sinners, does by the Spirit apprehend him, and draw him to himself; and he, by faith, lays hold on Christ: so the Lord our righteousness, and the unrighteous creature, unite. From this union with Christ results a communion with him in his unsearchable riches, and consequently in his righteousness, that white raiment which he has for clothing of the naked (Rev. iii. 18). Thus the righteousness of Christ becomes his.
Thomas Boston — Human Nature in its Fourfold State (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication), State III (Of Begun Recovery / Grace), on justification as a benefit of union with Christ, p. 198
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