Of Justification (2)

In the Second Helvetic Confession, Chapter XV, we read: "To justify, in the apostle's disputation touching justification, doth signify to remit sins, to absolve from the fault and the punishment thereof, to receive into favor, to pronounce a man just. For the apostle says to the Romans: 'God is he that justifieth. Who is he that can condemn?' (Rom. 8:33, 34). Here to justify and to condemn are opposed. And in the Acts of the Apostles the apostle says, 'Through Christ is preached unto you...