But pardon is not the whole of our justification. It does not entitle us to life, nor restore lost character. There must be a righteousness also, perfect obedience to the law, as the ground of our justification in the sight of it. Man, in his fallen state, is destitute of this, and is without strength to establish it by his own personal obedience. Not only can he make no atonement for his sins; he cannot, when all his sins are pardoned, render that perfect obedience to the law which it requires, and which has the promise of eternal life: wherefore the Lord Jesus Christ fulfilled all righteousness.
William W. Phillips — W. W. Phillips, Jesus of Nazareth: A Divine Person, and the True Messiah; The Design of His Mission; The Day of His Birth Not to Be Celebrated. A discourse preached in the First Presbyterian Church in the City of New-York, December, 1847 (New-York: John A. Gray, 1848), p. 25
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