The same Christ will return again openly, that he may judge the living and the dead, &c., according to the Apostolic Creed.
ARTICLE IV.

- OF JUSTIFICATION.
They in like manner teach, that men cannot be justified before God by their own strength, merits, or works; but that they are justified gratuitously for Christ's sake, through faith; when they believe, that they are received into favor, and that their sins are remitted on account of Christ, who made satisfaction for our transgressions by his death.

This faith God imputes to us as righteousness.ROM.iii.

4 ARTICLE V.- OF THE MINISTERIAL OFFICE.
In order that we may obtain this faith, the ministerial office has been instituted, whose members are to teach the gospel, and administer the sacraments.

For through the instrumentality of the word and sacraments, as means of grace, the Holy Spirit is given, who, in his own time and place (or more literally, when and where it pleases God), produces faith in those who hear the gospel message, namely, that God, for Christ's sake, and not on account of any merit in us, justifies those who believe that on account of Christ they are received into (the divine) favor.
ARTICLE VI.