XII. Of Good Works.
Albeit that Good Works, which are the
fruits of Faith, and follow after Justification, cannot put away our sins,
and endure the severity of God's judgment; yet are they pleasing and
acceptable to God in Christ, and do spring out necessarily of a true and
lively Faith; insomuch that by them a lively Faith may be as evidently known
as a tree discerned by the fruit.