310 The Life ofFaith. truth. And I think that many a one that thin contradif cth fundamentals, may be Caved. Some therebe (bcfides the Antinomians) that held that Chri 1 didperfcffly obey and fatiefie' (not in the natural, but) in the civil or legalperfon of each firmer that is °let (repre- fenting and bearing as many diaind perfons as are eledt) fo fully as that God doth repute every Elect perfon (or fay others, every Believer) to be one that in Law fenfe, did perfellly obey and fatúfie Juffice himfclf; and fo imputeth ChritlsRighteoufnefs and fatisfacRion to us, as that which was reputatively or legacy of our own performance, and fo is sure, not only in its effeffs, but in it felf. Others teeing the pernicious confequences of this opinion, deny all imputed Rigbteou(sufs of Chrift to us, and write many reproachful volumes agiinfl it (as you may tee in Tborndikes left works, and Dr. Gel!, and Parker againft the Affetnbly, and abunda c more.) The truth' , Chria merited and fatisPied for us in the perfon ofa Mediator: 'Put this Mediator was the Head and Root ofall Believers, and the Iccond Adam, the fountain of fpirirual hie ; and the Surety of the NewCovenant, Heb, 7. 22. i Cor. 15. 3 2, 4.5. and did all this in the nature ofman, and for the fake and benefit of man ; fuffcring, that wemight not fuffcr dam- nation, but not obeying that we might not obey ; but fuffcr- ing and obeying that our finful imperfcPion of obedience might not be our ruine, and our ptrfe6t obedience might not be neccffary to our own Jafiification or S,Ivation,but that God might for the fake and merit of this his perfei obedience and fatiefaaien, forgive all our fins, and adopt us for his Sons, and give us his holy Spirit, and giorifie us for ever ; fo that Chrifts Rightcoufncfs, both obsdicntial andfati faâ'ory, is ours in the leas ofit in themfelves, and ours relatively for theft eras, fo far as tobe purpofely given f®r us to that end ; but not curt in it felfftnepl,, or as if we were reputed the legal performers our fclves, or might be faid in Law fenfe, or by divinecilima- clon or imputation, to have our fclves in and by Chrift ful- filled the Law, and futfered for our not fulfilling it (which is e sontradidiom.) A; hi that bobby i rent, ud by forre meritorious a6, doth
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