Looking unto 'fe{tU. Book. IV. 50 5 Now if we would know the meaning of Chrifi in all this, the Apol.lle tells us of a remote, and of a mo:.-e immediate end. , I. Ofa remote end, God fent fo rth hi.r Son made ofa woman,m.1de GJ!, i· 4 , ~· under the law to redeem them tbat were under the law, that we ' might receive ;he adoption( ofSomm, this wa> Chrifl:s meaning. or the remote end ofChril.l. • Alas ! we were fl:rangers from the adoption, and we lay under the law as men whom fentence had paffed on: now from this latter we are redeemed ; he was under · the law, that we might be redeemed from under the law; nor is that all, but as we are redeemed, fo are we adopted the children &j God: And .tbis end I rather attribute to the life of Chrifi, that we might receive the adoption, (i.) from the efl:ate of prifoflers condemned, that we might be tranlJated into the efl:ate of children adopted. 0 the mercy of God ! who ever heard of a condemned man to be afterwards adopted ? would not 1 condemned prifoner think himfelfe happy to efcape with life? but the zealc of the Lord of hofis hath performed this, we are in Chrift both pardoned and adopted, and by this meanes the joy and gll)ry ofGods heavenl y inheritance is efl:ated upon us; 0 let ()Ur faith look mainly to this defigne and plot ofChrifi! he wa> made under the law, yea and under the direCl:ive part ofthe law by his life, he fulfilled every jot and title of the law by his aCl:ive obedience , that we might be entitled to glory : that we might be adopted to the inheritance of the Sai'hts in glory. - 2 . For the more immediate end of Ch ri fi, the Apofile tell:; us that Cbril.l was made under the Ia w, or fulfilled all righreoufneffe, that the /4,;v might be fulfilled in m. In Chri fh life were we R ?m. 8.4. reprefented, and fo this fulfilling of a!) righteou'neffe is accounted ours; that thelaw might be fulfilled inm. 0 my foul , look to tbis! herein I yes the pith and the marrow of thy juftification; of rhy felfe thou canft do nothing that good is, but Cbrdl fulfilled the law in thy fie ad, and if now thou wilt but aCl:, and exercife thy faith thou mayft thereby finde, and feele the vertue and efficacy of Chrifis righteoufneffe, and aCl:ua l obedience, flowing inro rby own foul But here is rhe qud.hon, how !hould I m?. 1age my faith? or h~w fhould I act it to feele Chrifis righteoufneffe my righteoufnefJe? I anfwer) 1. Thy way is co Sff difcover,
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