“Let me produce one text more,—‘I send thee to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God; that, they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in Me’ (Acts xxvi. 18). Here Christ distinguishes between _remission of sins_, and the _inheritance of the saints_; between the _pardon_ that delivers from hell, and the _justification_ that entitles to heaven. So that the former does by no means constitute the latter; but is connected with it, as a link in the same sacred chain; or included in it, as part of the same glorious whole. “_Theron._ Admitting your distinction to be just, is not the satisfaction, made by the death of Christ, sufficient of _itself_ to obtain, both our full pardon, and our final happiness? “_Aspasio._ Since my friend has started the question, I may venture, with all reverence to the divine counsels, to answer in the negative; it being necessary, that, the Redeemer of man should _obey_, as well as _suffer_, in their stead” (John x. 18; Matt. iii. 15; Rom. v. 17). “It should be considered, Whether Christ’s sufferings were a complete satisfaction of the law? Complete they were with regard to the _penalty_, not with regard to the _precept_. A distinction obvious and important. From whence arises the following argument; which, for once, you will allow me to propose in the _logical_ form. By what alone the law was not satisfied; by that alone sinners could not be justified: By Christ’s sufferings alone, the law was not satisfied. Therefore, by Christ’s sufferings alone, sinners could not be justified. But when we join the active with the passive obedience of our Lord,—the efficacy of the one, with the perfection of the other,—how does our justification stand firm, in the _fullest_ sense of the word! We have _all_ that the law demands, both for our exemption from the curse, and as a title to the blessing. “_Theron._ But if we are justified by Christ’s fulfilling the law, we are justified by works. So that, before you can strike out such a way of salvation, you must _contradict_ yourself; and, what is more adventurous, you must abolish that fundamental principle of the Gospel; ‘By the works of the law, shall no flesh be justified.’