Horatius Bonar, The Everlasting Righteousness:
[The spiritual life] is ‘believing’ from first to last. We begin, we go on, we end in faith. The faith that justifies is the faith that overcomes (1 John 5:4). By faith we obtain the ‘good report’ both with God and man. By faith we receive forgiveness; by faith we live; by faith we work, and endure, and suffer; by faith we win the crown, — a crown of righteousness, which shall be ours in the day of hte appearing of Him who is OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. [his emphases]
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