"Burgess, in his description of a 9th proposal does help clarity somewhat: The justifying God carries out his own judgment by doing himself what he demands of the individual (Bultmann, G. Bornkamm, H. Braun, Calvin H. Cremer, Jungel, Kasemann, Luther, Oltmanns, A. Schlatter, Synofzik).9 This reminds one of the famous dictum of Augustine: When God crowns our merits, he crowns nothing other than h" . . . .