lO ...j. Book IV. JLCO!:tmg nmo 'jdu.s. Chap. 4 .sect 5. ----------------------- ~----------- tinml emanations; he added wave to wave, and line to line, and precept to precept; R 0m ;. Jp. F. om.1o. 4· Kom. 8. 4· . ~ Argu.I . and at !all: he gave them hts fa~ewel Sermon, whtch ts the moll: fpirimal and comfortable ptece that e~er w~s u~tered , It comprehend> the mte~uons of his departure to prepare pbces for Ius Samt~ m Heaven; and tn the mean whtle be would fend them the holy Gholl:, to fupply hiS room, to furndh them With proportionable comforts to enable \hemwith gifts, to lead the~n tnto_all truth, and to abide with them forever. ' In conc:u– fion of all, be gave them Ius blelhng, and prayed for them, and then having fung an hymn ·, he goes away and prepares for his fufferings. . 2. Hitherto of the ~bedience of Chrift; what was it but a vijiblecommentary of Gods Law? but now for tts mf!uence on us, By the obedience of one, many jhall be made righteor-M· Obferve, The nglmoufnefs of vhe L~w fulfilled, andf~t/ly accomplijhed in the per– fon of Chrift, 14 as truly otm, if we beluve JrtChrift, ;u_if •t were in our [elves, or M if (he Law had been fulfilled m our •tvn perfons. Thm Chrijl u the end of the Law (faith the Apoftle) for nghteoufne(s to eve~y one that bebev:th. Chrtfi bath not only determined, a~d put an end to the Ceremomal Law, but he tsalfo the end of the moral Law he bath perfectly in his own perfon accomplillted the Moral law, and that no1 for .him,felf but for righteoufnefs to tvery one, that truly believes in him. And God fem his Son-' that the righreoufnefs of the Lawmight be fulfilled in m: Thefe words in Its J much trouble Interpreters, for though we believe, yet are we imperfectly holy, how then lhould the Law be fulfilled in us? )3ut 'tis anfwered, that the righteoufnefs of rhe Law is fulfil– !•d in us, not by inhefion? or fanctiflcation, ?nt by_imput~tion, and application; (i .) m our nature whtch Chnlt took up<;>n htm; It was 111 Clmfi, and is imputed unto us aHd fo the righteoufnef> of the Law is fulfilled in us. It is well obferved of Bez.a tha~ rhe Apoll:le faith not, That the righttoufnefs of the Law might be f~<lfilled bvus, o/of us, or by any righreot{nefs inherent in our own perfons; but in m beqaufe it is 10 be fo""und in Chrift, whofe members we t~¥e, who walk.. not _aft.er the fi'fh, bJtt ,after the Spirit. The point is fweet, but I cannotll:~y on tt. In reference tO what I have fpoken of the righteoufnefs of Chrift, habitual and actual, a great comroverlle is rifen in our dayes . of which in the next Section. · ' SECT. V• Of the great com rovcrflr, whethtr we are not iuftifted by thepaffiverighteoufncfs of Chrift only, without any conflderation had fo the righteot{ncfs of Chrift either inherent in him, or perfotm.ed by him.. . ,· r' ' F:. Or my part I am fortl~e negative, upon thefewell known grounds. • 1.' By what a(Ofle'.the La\V i,s not fully fatisfied, by that alone we are not juflifi– ed; bJit.by the paffive obedience of Chrift alone, the Law is noi fully fatisfied, there– fore by_his pafiive obedi~nce only we.are not juflified. Thus [ar I gra~t that the Law is fulfy fatisfied by his pafiive obedience in refpect of the penalty theret~ th.reatned, bu~ not in refpea: of the commandment for ihe obtaining of the bleliednefstherem pr9mifed; and the righteoufnefs of the Law is thus defcribed, that.the man whteh doth theft things Jh.•lllive by them, a · . . • Againfl this are divers exceptions of the Adverfmes. As, . I. That ~he Law IS fa– tisfied either by doing that .which is commanded, or by fu_ffenng the pumlhmem ':"luch is threamed. ./lnfiv. It i,s true in refpect of the ~eoal _Statutes of men, but not m re– fpect of the Commandments of God, in which there ts not only a penalty threamed,_ but a blelfednefs promi(ed': if man bad com!nued in hi~ integrity, theLaw might !Jave been fatisfied by obedtence only; but bemg fallen IntO a lbte of dtfob~dtence, two things are neceffarily.required to the fulfillipg of 5he La \V, ( '·) rhe bearmg of the pe– nalty, and the pe~forrriing of the Commal'd; the one to efcape Hell, and the othert<>. obtain Heaven. 2 . Thex exceptthat who(?ever arefr~ed from Hell, are alfo admmed to Hoaven. .An(iv. The reafon thereof is becaufe Ch~tfl who dtd bear 1 the pumlhment to free us fi-om Hdl did alfo fulfil tl)e Commands to bnng us to Heaven; but howfoever theft; two benefits' 9f -Chrifl: qo alwayes concur in the party juflified,. as the_ caufes thereof'concurred in Cl)rift, who not ?nly. "did both obey and fuffer, but tn obeymg fuf– fered and in fulfering obeyed. yet both the caufes between themfelves, and the effects •' · ' ·n· ·n d c · · th 1 "ngtoobeythe b.,tween,~Jtemfelves, are carefully to be dJL•Ingul 1< ; •O~ as tt Is one Con1-
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