1. The evangelical doctrine of justification by faith is the doctrine of the Old no less than of the New Testament, v. 21.
2. Justification is pronouncing one to be just, and treating him accord- mgly, on the ground that the demands of the law have been satisfied concerning him, vs. 24, 25, 26.
3. The ground of justification is not our own merit, nor faith, nor evangelical obedience; not the work of Christ in us, but his work for us, i. e. his obedience unto death, v. 25.
4. An act may be perfectly gratuitous as it regards its object, and at the same time proceed on the ground of a complete satisfaction to the demands of the law. Thus justification is gratuitous, not because those demands are unsatisfied, but because it is granted to those who have no personal ground of recommendation, vs. 24, 26.
5. God is the ultimate end of all his own acts. To declare his glory is the highest and best end which he can propose for himself or his creatures, v. 25.
6. The atonement does not consist in a display to others of the divine