~32 Jufli.ftcation. State Ill , according to the tenor of the coven~nt of grace,Pfa/.lxxxix . ;o:-33. yet they can never be aitually liable to eternal \Vrath, or the curfe of the law; for they are dead to the law io Chrifi, R'om. vii. 4· And they can never faH from thei:r u~i on with 'Chri!l ; norc~m they be in Chrifi,. and yet un– 'der condemnation, Ro11i. viii.- l. There iJ therefore no'lv no· cimdemnation to them which are in Chrifl Jefus. This is an inference, drawn from that docrrine of the bel iever's be– ingdead to the lartv, delivered by the apoHle, chap vii.t.-.6·. ;lS is clear from the :2d, 3d, and 4th vetjeJ of this v~ii. chap. And in· this refpcct, the jufiified man is the blej(ed man, zmtr; ~hom the Lor.d IMPUTETH not iniq·uity, ·PfaJ. x.xxii. 2• as on.e l~tls no defign to charge a debt on another-, fets it 1 not down id his couct · book. ?.d/y; ,The believer is acee:pted as ·riglifeou; in God 's fi ght,, . , ~ Cor..-v. 2 I. for he is found in Chrifl; not having hiJ orr.vn ri;Jhlr:oufnefs, but l~at which is through the faith of Chrifl, tte righteoufnefl •r.vhicb is ofGod by fait.'J, Phil. i1i. 9-· He could sever be accepted of God, as righteous> upon the ac• count ofhi~ own righteoufnefs : becaufe, at be(!, il is but ii}lp6tfeCl; and all tigl}teoufn~fs, proP,.erly fo called, which wiU abide a trial before the thron~ of God, is perft:cl:. The very nam~' of .it implies perfection : for unlefs a work be. p~rfe!Uiy conform to the law~ it ,is' n~t right, btlit wrong; andl fo cannot make a man ri·ghteous .before God, whofejudgment iJ,according to truth. Yet .if juHice demanp a righteoufnefs of one that is in Chrifl, upon whi.ch be may be accoun~ed , ri',ghFeous ,b.ef~, e the tord ; Jure!;·Jha/1 fuch an one /ay, In· tke. ,:Lf!.,rd have 1 righttoufnefl; lfa. xiv. 24. The law is . fq lfi!Jed:, its commaocls are obeyed, its. faoCl:ian is fatisfied. T he b·~'liever's Cautiener has paid the debt. It rwas exafl· ' ed, ·and be anfwereci for it. fh us t~e perfqn 'united to ·:C:hrifi is juGi6ed. You· may conceiv.e of the whole proceeding heJein, In this manner. The ·avenger- of blood purfueth the criminal~ Chr.ift, as .the: S4iviolilr of loft finners, doth by the Spirit appre~erid hii?, and draw him tO himfeJf ; and he .b} FAJ.TH Jay.s hold QO. Chrif1 ,: fo tht LQrd our righteoujnefi , and \he unrighteo9s– cre-a.ture U11i~e "' From this unhn wirh Chrifl , ref\ll ts a coma f!L.U1iion with him in his tmjearchable riclfes , and cor:fe– ctuently., in his righteoufnefs, that 'l))hite raiment, _which h·e: . . . .. ha-s.'
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