1245. However, when one places merit and righteousness in [good] works, then there is not faith within the works, because it is not a property of faith to believe that anyone can earn salvation of their own doing or that they can be righteous through their works. Therefore, when there is this kind of faith, and it is in the works one does, then it condemns the person because the person's self is in the works, and so is self-love and unrighteousness. 1748, 8 March.