But by nature, too, someone who is conscious of having for a long part of his life until its end persisted in progress for the better, and this moreover from genuine moral motives, indeed have the comforting hope, although not the certainty, that he will persevere in these principles even in an existence continued beyond this life; and although in his own eyes he is never justified here nor, even in view of the hoped for future increase of his natural perfection but therewith also the increase of his duties, may ever hope for this justification nonetheless in this progress which, while concerning a goal moved outward ad infinitum, yet counts for God as possession, he may have an outlook into a blessed future.