C H A P. $. 7tiftif. by the Impat. of Ch. Right: cleared from the N.T. 87 no other interpretation of this paffage , that can have place. And betide , That whole Oeconomy did poirrte out and lead them to the Mefïìah , that in Him they might find that , which they were feeking after by their own works , & all in vaine ; even the Righteoufnefs of God , which will fufi- ciently cloth all beleevers , and both keep them from wrath due for fin , & give them a right to glory. So that even this fenfe , if rightly underílood , doth rather ftrengthen than hurt imputed Righteoufnefs. Eightly . I Cor. I: 3o. Is excepted againtl by him pag. 162. &c. To which we may adde vers 29. & 3 r. Which will help to cleave the matter. That no flesh should glory in His pre fenee : but ofHim are ye in Chrif! lefur , who cf God is made unto us Wsfdom, R,ighteoufnefs , Sandification drr f ede.mption. That according at it is written he that gloried) let him glory in the Lord. All the work of God in and about His chofen ones , is fo contrived , that no flesh should have ground to glory in the prefence of God ; but that he , who glorieth , should glory in the Lord : and therefore He hath made Chrift to be all things to them , that they fland in need of, in order to their everlafling enjoyment of Himfelf; and paticulary, Chrifl is Paid to be made of God to us ( among other things , which our neceflity calleth for ) Rj hteoufnefs, anfwering His Name the LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, ter. 23: 6. And a Righ- teoufnefs he cannot be made unto us , any other way , than by clothing us (who are naked and have no righteoufnefs of our own) with a Righteouf- nefs ; that is by Imputing to us His Righteoufnefs , that we may thereby become Righteous , & be looked upon , as Inch , and fo be accepted of God, & jutlified. E Ycept. i. Chrift is no other way faid to be made righteoufnefs , then He is fail to be made Wifdom , d?c. Therefore we may as well pleadfor the Imputation of Hit Wifdoìn, or His SanEtifccation : there is no more intimation made of the Lnputation of the one then of the other. Anf. This is but the old exception ofSocinus part, 4. de Servant, CaP.5. And of Volke!. Dc vera ítelig. Cap.zr.p.566. And it flandeth upon this onely ground , That Chrift is made all thefe particulars to us here mentioned, after one & the fame manner : and what that manner iF, should be declared : & of necefiìty it muff be a very general one , otherwife it shall not agree to all thefe particulars. Therefore Socinus hash deviled a very ge- neral manner of way , laying in the place cited : That all this fignif;eth nothing el fe, than that we have attained to that by Gods providence, through Chrift, that we are become wife, h2ly á?' redeemed before Gods: & that therefore Chrifi it faid to be righteoufnefs to us, becaufethrough the providence of God by Chrift, we have attained to be lull before God. But this general way maketh us not one whit* wifer. Voikelius in the place cited , giveth us no relief, but only tels us , That aril! is f aid to be made all there tò us ; becaufe he was the caufe of all there ; d? becaufe God , by his meaner , made us wife ¿r holy d9° will at length redeem us. Bellarm. condefcendeth to tell us, that He is faid tobe our kighteoufnefs, be- caufe He the efficient caufe thereof But how that is , he doth not explaine : But Bellarm, next anfwere is to fonte better purpofe; Chrif1 (faith he) is faid to be our kighteoufnefs becaufe He fatty fled the Father for us ; and loth fo give and comrnaeunicatthat SatisfaEttonto ur r when he jufiìfieth us , that it may be called our
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