Faith is nothing of itself: it must always be taken with its object, or else it is nothing worth. The blood and righteousness of Christ are the ground and foundation of our acceptance with God. And what is faith without these? It is nothing but a withered hand. Therefore all the glory of our justification is to be ascribed to Christ alone, and not to our faith, nor any thing in us, nor any thing done by us. Hence therefore we see how full and perfect the righteousness of Christ is: It is sufficient to justify us, without any thing of our own. This righteousness was accomplished by the eternal and only-begotten Son of God, and therefore its worth and excellence must bear proportion to its divine Author.

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