{"number":60,"question":"How art thou righteous before God?","answer":"Only by a true faith in Jesus Christ: so that, though my conscience accuse me, that I have grossly transgressed all the commands 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 satisfaction, righteousness and holiness of Christ; even so, as if I never had had, nor committed any sin: yea, as if I had fully accomplished all that obedience which Christ hath accomplished for me; inasmuch as I embrace such benefit with a believing heart.","segments":[{"text":"Only by a true faith in Jesus Christ:","proofs":["Romans 3:22ff","Galatians 2:16","Ephesians 2:8–9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 3:22ff","osis":["Rom.3.22-Rom.3.31"]},{"printed":"Galatians 2:16","osis":["Gal.2.16"]},{"printed":"Ephesians 2:8–9","osis":["Eph.2.8-Eph.2.9"]}],"note":null},{"text":"so that, though my conscience accuse me, that I have grossly transgressed all the commands of God, and kept none of them,","proofs":["Romans 3:9ff"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 3:9ff","osis":["Rom.3.9-Rom.3.31"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and am still inclined to all evil;","proofs":["Romans 7:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 7:23","osis":["Rom.7.23"]}],"note":null},{"text":"notwithstanding, God, without any merit of mine,","proofs":["Romans 3:24"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 3:24","osis":["Rom.3.24"]}],"note":null},{"text":"but only of mere grace,","proofs":["Titus 3:5","Ephesians 2:8–9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Titus 3:5","osis":["Titus.3.5"]},{"printed":"Ephesians 2:8–9","osis":["Eph.2.8-Eph.2.9"]}],"note":null},{"text":"grants","proofs":["Romans 4:4–5","2 Corinthians 5:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 4:4–5","osis":["Rom.4.4-Rom.4.5"]},{"printed":"2 Corinthians 5:19","osis":["2Cor.5.19"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and imputes to me,","proofs":["1 John 2:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 John 2:1","osis":["1John.2.1"]}],"note":null},{"text":"the perfect satisfaction, righteousness and holiness of Christ;","proofs":["Romans 3:24–25"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 3:24–25","osis":["Rom.3.24-Rom.3.25"]}],"note":null},{"text":"even so, as if I never had had, nor committed any sin: yea, as if I had fully accomplished all that obedience which Christ hath accomplished for me;","proofs":["2 Corinthians 5:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Corinthians 5:21","osis":["2Cor.5.21"]}],"note":null},{"text":"inasmuch as I embrace such benefit with a believing heart.","proofs":["Romans 3:28","John 3:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 3:28","osis":["Rom.3.28"]},{"printed":"John 3:18","osis":["John.3.18"]}],"note":null}],"section":23,"relations":{"aoc1680":["59"]},"diffs":[{"source":"aoc1680","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"a true","position":null},{"text":"Jesus","position":null},{"text":"grossly transgressed","position":null},{"text":"n","position":8},{"text":"still inclined","position":null},{"text":"God, without any merit","position":null},{"text":"mine, but only of mere grace, grants","position":null},{"text":"imputes to me,","position":null},{"text":"even","position":null},{"text":"never","position":null},{"text":"had, nor","position":null},{"text":"fully","position":null},{"text":"all","position":3},{"text":"hath","position":null},{"text":"inasmuch as I embrace such benefit with a believing heart.","position":null}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}