still confess that in Christ and his promises they have a true, certain, and firm hope. At all events, there is no other way than the helping grace of the savior, Christ crucified, and the gift of his Spirit, by which any persons, whoever they be, can arrive at absolute perfection, or by which anyone can attain the slightest progress to true and holy justice—whoever denies this, I question whether he can be counted in the number of true Christians of any sort. 61.(71) Again, with respect to the citations
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