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It is impossible for us to tell how greatly we desire to find in the writings of these men, whose works are read by very many for their pungency and eloquence, the open confession of that grace which the apostle vehemently commends, who says that "God has given to every man the measure of faith," 1 "without which it is impossible to please God," 2 "by which the just live," 3 "which worketh by love," 4 before which and without which no works of any man are in any respect to be reckoned good, since "whatsoever is not of faith is sin." 5 He affirms that God distributes to every man, 6 and that we receive divine assistance to live piously and justly, not only by the revelation of that knowledge which without charity "puffeth up," 7 but by our being inspired with that "love which is the fulfilling of the law," 8 and which so edifies our heart that knowledge does not puff it up. But hitherto I have failed to find any such statements in the writings of these men.
