Constituents of. Justification consists of these two parts—remission and acceptance. Remission of sins takes away our liableness to death; acceptance of our persons gives us a title unto life. Now, to be free from our obnoxiousness to death, and instated in a right to eternal life, these two constitute a perfect justification. For, to be accepted of God in Christ, is no other than for God, through the righteousness and obedience of Christ imputed to us, to own and acknowledge us to have a right to heaven.