Truth it is: That we do not mean, how that Faith for his own Dignity, and for his own Perfection doth justify us. But the Scripture doth say that Faith alone justifieth, because that it is that thing alone whereby I do hang on Christ. And by my Faith only am I Partaker of the Merits and Mercy purchased by Christ's Blood, and Faith it is alone that receive the Promises made in Christ. Wherefore we say with blessed St. Paul, that Faith only justifieth imputative; that is, all the Merits and Goodness, Grace and Favour, and all that is in Christ, to our Salvation is imputed and reckoned unto us, because we hang and believe on him; and he can deceive no Man that doth believe in him.
Robert Barnes — Robert Barnes, Two Treatises, the First On Justification by Faith Only, according to the Doctrine of the Eleventh Article of the Church of England; the Second On the Sinfulness of Man's Natural Will, published by John Wesley (London: John Lewis, 1739), pp. 74–75
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