Justification by religious performances, and meritorious deeds, is nothing better than the old Pharisaism with a Christian name stuck upon it... That doctrine makes the Lord Jesus Christ to be practically a nobody; for if salvation be of works, then the way of salvation through faith in a Savior is superfluous, and even mischievous
Devotional Classics of C. H. Spurgeon (ed. Sovereign Grace Publishers,, 2008) - ISBN: 9781589601666