74 OfIuffijicatiOh . talkc:with us;eatw~ch us,ficwich us, which yet are notour~ 1 And in this point alfo, doch this Name of Ieremic more fully e~ ~ 1~ the Name ofE[ai's Immanuel, no ldfe than in the two former lr{ f I E H o v A, which is more than El: and thc_n of lufiiti; \~h· 0h is more agreeable than that of Potentia : And now in rl;is h 1 ' 2 Cor; 1.3o. ~hat there it is Nobifcum (which is well ;) and here it ts NoHer, \ivhi~~ 1s better, and more furer by a great deale. For, ifHe be as the A. polllc: faith) FaElus nobio, Made unto us rJ(igbteoufiujfe, and that fo, as He becommeth Ours, what can wee have more? What can hinder us (faith Saint !Bernard) but that we Chould uti noftro in utilitatem noffram & ~e Se:'Vatore fa /,;Item operari : ufe Him, and Hts riglJteoHfmJJe; ufe thai Swm.3.iA Mijf1U '.ft, 0:•! whtch IS ours to our bell behoofe, and worke ourJall!atio ~ ouc ofthis our Sa'Viour. So chat, Noflra may not be fpared, no more than the other pare of the Name. For all is in fufpence, and there is no compleatcomforc without it. s Iuffitu n":' To which comfort, this may be added for a concluGon oLchis pare; flr.t, no le.lfe effectuall than any of the former. That it is Iu flitia nojlra in the .AbftraB; and not in the Co1icrete, luftificans, or luftijicator nofler, our Iurtife or (]{ighteoujnejfe it felfe; not our Iuftifier orMaker of m iJ(iglJ. teous. For thus delivered, I make no doubt, it hach much more eflica. cie in it; and_more fignificanc it is by farre, to fay IehovaouriuHice, than J.tom:3.26'. leho"l!a our juftifier. I know, Saint Paul faith much: That our Saviour CHRIsT fhed Rio blo11d,.toJhewHis righteoufnejfe, that He might not onelJ be juft, but ajuftijier oftbofe '~t>hich are ofHis faith. And much more a– gaine, in that, when He fhould have fo faid, To h1m that belee1JetlJ i11 ltom:+·S; ·Goo, He choofeth thus to feticdowne, To him that be!eel!etb in Him, that juftifiet!J the ungodry : makingthefe two to bee all ode; G o·o, and the . juftifier of jinners. Though this'be very much, yet certainly this is moa r Cor.t.30• forcible, that He is made unto us by Go o, rvery righteoujnPfle it fclfe. And % Cor·S·"''· that yet more,That He is made righteoufnejfe tous,that 'lVe be made tl1e rigb. teoufne.ffe of G oo in Him. Which place Saint Ch1yfoftome well weigh. ing, this very word ll""'""''" (faith hee) the Apollle uleth, J'H"'~'";;~.,.,J,, ~ar.3: 13• .,r,p,.;,, to expreffe the unfpeakable bounty of thatgift, that He bath nbr gi· ven us the operation or effect of His rJ?..jgtteoufneffi, hue His very (]{ighte– oufnejfe, yea His very lelfe Unto us; Marke (faith he) oowevery thing is lively, and as full as can be imagined. CH R 1sT, one,not only that had done no finne, but that had 110tJo much M knowne anyJinne, hatb G·o D made (not a finner, but)Simze it (e]fe; as in another place (noraccur(ed, ~ut) a[urfeit (d{e :finne,in relpetl: ofthe guilt; aCurfe,in refpeCl: ofthe pu?tfb. menc. And why this? To the end, that we might be made (notr(ghte– ous perfons ; that was not full enough,but) fRJghteou(neffi it felfe,a~d there bee !layes not yet, and not every righteoufneffe, but the rvery Y(ghteouf mjfeof G o o Htm(elfe. What can be further faid, what ea~ be conce1. ved more comfortable ?To have Him ours not to make usr!,ghteous,b>~t • . . ' -· 1 £()
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