zo6 Dook IV. 1LOO.lt~~~--~t?to_]J __duS'. Chap-4-Sea. 5 . juftified from all kind of lin both ori~;inal and actual , then Chrifls fuff~7ing was in vain. An(iv. Cbritts ad ive obedience is an dfenrial parr of our jufhfication, but nor all our juftification; the material caufeof our .iaflification is the whole coutfc of the active and pallive obedience of Chrifl, together w"h his original righteoufnefs. or habitual con– formity unto the Law; I fay rogctherwith hi. original riJ_hteoufnefs, becaufe many Au– thors exprefs no more, but only Chr~:>sadtve and pafhve ob<dience..; but they are to be underf!ood, as afTenmg hts ongtnal rrghteoufn:fs implicitely, the ad prefuppofing , the habtt. And h~re obferve t~e difference betWIXt the law in cafe of innocency, and the Law in ~afe o! fm; the ~awm cafe of tnnocency required only doing, bur the Law Jn cafe of_lmcannot b~ famfied wnhout domg and fuffering, Gal. 3. 10, Gal. 2. 17 , Origin~\ J~fltce and achve obedtence was fufficient to juflifie man in his innocency, but nor to JUittfie man fallen; and therefore we do not feparate rhefe, the original, the actual , and the paffive nghteoufnefs of Chnrl, asto the matter of jurlilication, bur we imply all . .Argn. 3. . 3. We read in Scripture of two parts of juf!ification, viz.. the abfolving of a belie-· vmg linner from the gutlt of ltnand and deathf and the ac<epting of a belie; ing finne1· as righteous unto life. The former is wrought by the fufferings of Chrifl imputed as a full fatisfadion for lin, the other by imputation of Chrifls perfect obedience, as a fuffi– cienr merit of eternal life; by the former we are freed from hell, by the latter we are enRo;n. >· 9·'9· titled to the Kingdom of Heaven, of them both the Apoflle fpeaks, We are juftified by hublood, Rom. 5· 9· and we are made righteotts by his obedience, Rom. 5. 19. --– Our Adverfaries deny thefe two parrs of juflification, faying that it conlifls wholly in remiffion of fin. But we reply in every mutation, though it be but relative, we mu[l: of neceffity acknowledge two terms, terminum a quo, & termim<m adq~<em, the deno– mination being commonly taken from the latter: as in ju!Hficationthere is a motion or mutation from fin to juflice, (from which term juftification lmh its name) from a flare of death and damnation, to a ftare of life and falvarion; but if ju(\ification be no– thing elfe but bare remillion of fins, thm is there in it only a not imputing of lin, but no acceptation as righteous; a freedom from Hell, but no title to Heaven,- - They fay indeed, that to whom lin i> not impured, to them righteoufnefs is imputed; and we grant that thefe things do alwayes concurr; but yet they are not to be confounde,d, for they differ in t~ernfdves, and .in their caufes, and in their effects. I .. In rhemfelves, for it is one thmg to be acqumcd from·dJe gutlt of fin, and another thmg to be made righteous, as we fee daily in the pardon of Malefactors 2. In their caufes, for the remiffion of fin is to be attributed ro Chrirls fatisfactory fufferings, and acceptation as righteous unto life to Chrills meritorious ?bedien~e. 3. In. their effects, for by remif– fionof fin we are freed from Hell, and by tmputanonofChnf!s obedtence we hav.e nght unto Heaven. I will not deny but that to Chrifts habitual and actual righreoufnefs is ll.om. s.,. fometimes attributed freedomfromfin and hell, as inRom. 8. 2. The Law of theSpirit of life which i< in Chrift Je(us h11th made me free from the law of fin and dwh ; and on the He b. 9,,,. ~~n;;:?9~~·~~oij.~~i~s!:!:eof~:d~e~~ts fo~~;~rr:t~~:r~~:',:~/:dr~;~~~~~e%:a;z~pr:~ rnife of eterfial inheritance; but fuch pl~ces as tl~efe, are to be underftood by aSynech– do che, whtch puts only one part of Clmf!s obedtence forrhe whole obedtence of Chrul:. But I mufl: recal my [elf, my delign in this work was not for conrroverlies ; I leave that eo others; See Downham, Bnrges, Norron, &c. for my part I am fure I h~ve before me~ more difying work,wbich ~s to take aview of this Jefus, not only for mtelledton, bur for devotion, and for the fltrrmg up of our affectiOns. John •3· ,; Thus far I have heldfon4 Jefus in his life, or during the time of his Miniflry, till ' the !aft Pafsover, and now was it that [efus IQ~ew hu hour wasconae, and that he Jl 101 t[ddeparto!ttof this t~orld unto the Father; but of that hereafter; our next bufinefs is todiredyo!!tn the Art or Myftery, ho~ Y!_e ~re tolook.jjnto Jefm tn refpect of his life. CHAP.
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