...regenerated and made partakers of him and all his benefits. 08. Of Justification and Faith 34. We are accounted righteous before God only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, applied by faith; and not for our own works or merits. And this righteousness, which...

...through the conversion experience. This was justification by faith. He, and all Methodists, might be "accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings." 19 But—and it was a huge qualification—being...

...and the Moravian renewal, which became the lenses through which he read the Anglican formula: "We are accounted righteous before God only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour, faith, and not for our merits or deserving. Wherefore, that we are justified by faith is a most wholesome...

...the Church of England (1 562) reflect Protestant influence. XI. Of the Justification of Man We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by Faith, and not for our own works or deservings. Wherefore, that we are justified...

..."man is very far gone from original righteousness," and the means of salvation—namely that "we are accounted righteous before God only for the merit of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, by faith, and not for our own works or deservings." Next he includes, "Wherefore......

...working with us, when we have that good will." (ibid) Article XI. Of the justification of Aian: "We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Faith, and not for our own works or deservings." (ibid) Article XVII. Of Predestination...