_The Confession of Faith:
             Which Was Submitted to His Imperial Majesty Charles V
                  At the Diet of Augsburg in the Year 1530_.
                        by Philip Melanchthon, 1497-1560
                   Translated by F. Bente and  W. H. T. Dau
                                 Published in:
                   _Triglot Concordia: The Symbolical Books
                         of the Ev. Lutheran Church_.
           (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1921), pp. 37-95.


        Article VI: Of New Obedience.  
         
        Also they teach that this faith is bound to bring forth good 
        fruits, and that it is necessary to do good works commanded by 
        God, because of God's will, but that we should not rely on 
        those works to merit justification before God. For remission 
        of sins and justification is apprehended by faith, as also the 
        voice of Christ attests: When ye shall have done all these 
        things, say: We are unprofitable servants. Luke 17, 10. The 
        same is also taught by the Fathers. For Ambrose says: It is 
        ordained of God that he who believes in Christ is saved, 
        freely receiving remission of sins, without works, by faith 
        alone.  
        

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