God, who has freely given it to him. It is therefore clear to Ambrosiaster that any righteousness or faith that might be found in man is a gift of God, without any connection to, or dependence on, works, so that no human being can claim to have earned or deserved his salvation. This is Luther avant la lettre, and shows incidentally just how deeply rooted in patristic thought the German Reformer’s theology was. When it comes to the ungodly, Ambrosiaster draws a parallel between them and believers.