It is not by our self-righteous works we are saved but solely the imputed righteousness of Christ alone

"If God promises riches, the way thereto is poverty. Whom he loveth him he chasteneth, whom he exalteth, he casteth down, whom he saveth he damneth first. He bringeth no man to heaven except he send him to hell first. If he promise life he slayeth first, when he buildeth, he casteth all down first. He is no patcher, he cannot build on another man's foundation. He will not work until all be past remedy and brought unto such a case, that men may see how that his hand, his power, his mercy, his goodness and truth hath wrought all together." -William Tyndale, The obedience of a Christian Man