Lord’s Day 23. Chapter 1: The Idea of Justification by Faith (1)

Q. 59. But what doth it profit thee now that thou believest all this? A. That I am righteous before God, and an heir of eternal life. Q. 60. How art thou righteous before God? A. Only by a true faith in Jesus Christ; so that, though my conscience accuse me, that I have grossly transgressed all the commandments of God, and kept none of them, and am still inclined to all evil; notwithstanding, God, without any merit of mine, but only of mere grace, grants and imputes to me, the perfect...