we should give our some for him. 2 Cor. 5:14.

We are said to be saved by faith, because by faith we lay hold of,
venture upon, and put on Jesus Christ for life: for life, I say,
because God having made him the Saviour, has given him life to
communicate to sinners; and the life that he communicates to them is
the merit of his flesh and blood, which whoso eateth and drinketh by
faith hath eternal life, because that flesh and blood have merit
sufficient to obtain the favor of God. Yea, it hath done so, that
day it was offered through the eternal Spirit a sacrifice of a
sweet-smelling savor to him. Wherefore God imputeth the
righteousness of Christ to him that believeth in him, by which
righteousness he is personally justified and saved from that just
judgment of the law that was due unto him. John 5:26; 6:53-57; Eph.
4:32; 5:2; Rom. 4:23-25.

Here let Christians warily distinguish betwixt the meritorious and
the instrumental cause of their justification. Christ, with what he
has done and suffered, is the meritorious cause of our
justification; therefore he is said to be "made unto us of God
wisdom and righteousness," and we are said to be "justified by his
blood and saved from wrath through him," 1 Cor. 1:30; Rom. 5:9,10;
for it was his life and blood that was the price of our redemption.

Thou art therefore to make Christ Jesus the object of thy faith for
justification; for by his righteousness thy sins must be covered
from the sight of the justice of the law. Acts 16:31; Matt. 1:21.

FAITH THE INSTRUMENTAL CAUSE OF SALVATION.