I think I have had some more striking views of the gospel lately than ever I had; I am more thoroughly persuaded that a man's own righteousness or fitness will never do; that not only is our justification by Christ's perfect work alone, but also that the idea of faith being the cause of our justification, or the condition on which, when it is performed, God will justify us, is contrary to God's word. I think I see clearly that this plan of salvation lays a surer and more extensive foundation for happiness than if the gospel had been a relaxed law, and the condition of that law had lain in the compass of the will and power of every man; and when all is done, this, and not Arminianism, is the doctrine which glorifies God.

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