155. Since all good and truth are from the Lord, and nothing from man; and since the good coming from man is not good, it follows, that merit does not belong to any man, but to the Lord alone. The Lord's merit consists in this, that from His own power He has saved the human race; and that He also saves those who do good from Him. On this ground it is that, in the Word, he to whom the Lord's merit and justice are ascribed, is called just; and he to whom his own justice and the merit of self are ascribed, is called unjust.