not the Lord say, ‘This is the work of God that ye believe’?… Justification then cannot be either by works or by faith … Is it so?… Therefore justification must be on account of Christ alone, and not the excellence of our works.… But how can all this be?… From childhood I had not been able to clear my thoughts on these points. Your letter and that of Luther showed me the truth.… Justification comes to us neither on account of our love nor our faith, but solely on account of Christ; and yet it comes