As soon as they believe
But when is it imputed. When they believe. In that very hour the righteousness of Christ is theirs. It is imputed to everyone who believes, as soon as he believes. Faith and the righteousness of Christ are inseparable. For if he believes according to scripture, he believes in the righteousness of Christ. There is no true faith, that is, justifying faith, which has not the righteousness of Christ for its object.
1771 text
“But when is it imputed?” When they believe. In that very hour the righteousness of Christ is theirs. It is imputed to every one that believes, as soon as he believes: faith and the righteousness of Christ are inseparable. For if he believes according to scripture, he believes in the righteousness of Christ. There is no true faith, that is, justifying faith, which hath not the righteousness of Christ for its object.
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Sermon 20 in the 1771 Works. Jeremiah 23:6.
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