him to admit that we are right in ascribing righteousness to faith.”62 Luther answered: “You write that you made Eck admit that we are justified by faith. If you had only gotten him not to lie!” (St. L. XVI: 1403.) Luther was entirely right. Eck was very willing to say that a man is justified “by grace and by faith,” understanding grace to mean not the gracious disposition of God, but “infused grace,” that is, good works. And for that reason he objected to the sola fide, for the word sola excludes