367. [359.] How far faith separated from goods of charity differs from this faith, let him who is able explore. 1) Faith separated supposes God the Father and God the Son to be two beings, each existing from eternity. 2) It supposes God the Son to have come into the world by the will of God the Father to make satisfaction for the human race, which otherwise would have perished in eternal death owing to Divine justice, which its adherents call a retributive justice. [360.] 3) It supposes satisfaction to have been made by the Lord's fulfillment of the law, and by His suffering of the cross. 4) It supposes God the Father's mercy on account of these actions of the Son. 5) It supposes the attribution, the imputation, of the Lord's merit to those who possess this faith and who because of it pray the Father therefore to be merciful for the sake of the Son. 6) It supposes the justification of those who do this with trust and confidence. 7) It supposes the operation of the Holy Spirit in them. 8) It supposes a forgiveness of all their sins, and thus salvation. 9) It supposes then an endeavor toward good, which operates secretly and moves a person's will in a way that is not apparent. Others, whom its proponents consider less learned, suppose the operation to be apparent. 10) Of those who confirm themselves in this position, however, most suppose that no one can of himself do good which is good, and without its being merit-seeking, consequently that not any good work is saving, but faith alone. They pass over and do not reflect on the evil or goodness of their life. [Marginal Note] It supposes some element of temptation, and of liberation by that faith, and some then suppose an instantaneous flowing in of faith, and also the possibility of it in the final hour of death, and their salvation by faith alone, however they have lived.