14S Yhe Promife of'Jul1ificatitn. united with him by faith, have thereby communion · or a common interefi, with him in his righteoufnefs: Phil. iii. 9. ' And be found in him, not having mine ?wn rigshteoufhef: 1 wh~ch is.of,the law, but that which IS through the fa~th of Chnfi. Upon thefe grounds, the holinefs of Chrifi's nature, the righteoufnefs ofhis life, and the fatisfaCl:ion made by his death and fuffer– ings, being 'the confiituent parrs of that righteoufnefs are, according , to truth, imputed to the beJiever, or legally reckoned his : and upon tlle account thereof precifcly, he is accepted of God as righteous, being made the righteoufnefi ofGod in him, 2 Cor. v. 21. Yhe -· righteou(nefi ofGod being upo~ all that 'believe, Rotn. , • • • I - lll· 22. ' Here's life_. to the foul, righteoufnefs unto JuRifica ... tion of life, Chap. v. 18. an everlafling righteou{nefs, Dan,. ix. 24. a garment th<!t never waxeth old, is ne– ver rent, nay, nor fullied ; .but always continues in its original lufire, from the moment it is · put on. Wherefore · the l~fe mull: needs be eternal, grace muft need~ reign through that righteoujizefi unto eterndl life, Rom. v. 2 I. for being onfe put on, it is never put off again, for one moment, in time nor eternity. Now the ·promife of jufiifi.cation in both branches thereof, is grafred upon the promife of jufiification made to Cbrifi. The condition of the covenant be• ing fulfilled, the Head is jufiified according to the pro– mife; and then, the members in him. · FirJI, The Mediator gets up his difcharge for the whole d.cb r : and then, they pleading it, by faith, for' their own behoof, are dlfcharged in their own pet~fons. ' 'II. The Promife o/4 new and faving Covenant-Rela· tion to Q_od. . · The promife of erernal life to the eleCl:, cloth alfo comprehend the promife . of a new and Cav ing cove– nant -relation to God, which they and each one of them being juHified iliall be brought in to,_ ·Hof. ii. 23 · ' 1 - · . will
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