io Some Arg. for the Imput. of ch. Right. Vindicated. C n A p. /0; privileger annexed to it , and depending upon it , which a Rfghteoufnefs, wolf ftrickly fo called , could have , as the Love, Favour , acceptation and approba- tionofGod. Anf: If wefpeak of Remiflîon of fìnnes , in it feif, and ab- ftradly confd red , this is alfo falfe : for though a pardoned man be freed from the punis ?rent , due to Tranfgreffours ; yet , as meerly pardoned , he bath no right to Reward, promifed to the perfect obfervers of the law: Nothwithftanding hereof, we grant that the man pardoned of God bath all thefe high and great privileges ; but not by vertue of his meer pardon; but becaufe there is a Righteoufnefs, imputed to him , upon which thefe privileges do depend, and Exemption from punishment dependeth upon his pardon. He hath two other Reafons elfewhere pag.. ç, 6. to this purpole ; as I. That IZemifon includeth the acknowledgment of the obfervation of the whole law , even as the Imputation of:'thellawfulfilled, necejJ'arily includeth the non - imputation of fin. Anf. Though in our juftification , this might be granted to be rrue, upon the matter, becaufe there is an Imputation of the whole Surety- righteoufnefs of Chrift together ; and the one part is not feparated from the other ; fo that the one confequently inferreth the other. But when it is thus reafonedagainll the Imputation ofthe one, the Inference here muff be underftood of a,formal Inference , and fo it is falle, that Remillion in- cludeth the acknowledgment of the obfervation of the whole law ; for it on- ly includeth the non - Imputation of guilt , notwithftanding that the law was broken : yea, as is laid, it manifeftly fuppofeth the contrary, vi.. That the law was not perfeóly obferved,forhad the law been perfee1ly obferved', there had been no place for pardon. Moreover , Remiflion as fuch, giveth no Right ro the reward , promifed unto perfect obedience ; but only impunity from the punishment, threatned for difobedience. 2. faith he. He cannot be faid to have al this finner fully forgiven, who is yet looked opon, as one that bath tranfgrefed, either by Omiïon, or Commiffion , d,9 intended to be dealt with allay fuch. "Inf. Though he., whofe finnes are fully forgiven, cannot be dealt with , as one guilty offrn, that is , as one liable to the punishment; yet he may be looked on, as one, that was guilty, and fo did not give full and perfett obedience: and therefore, though he cannot be dealt with as a Tranfgref- four ; yet neither can he be dealt with ; upon the account of his Remifïion as one that bath yeelded perfect obedience , & did never tranfgrefs. `Where- fore, feing he cannot be looked upon , as one that never tranf;reffed , he cannot be Iooked upon , as one that bath a perfect Righteoufnefs, 'and fo, a Right to the Reward. The fimilitudes taken from a phifician, reftoreing his patient to health , by recovering him from his fcknefs; and from the Sun , in one at expelling darknefs & bringing in light , which are here ad- duced for illu1 ration, have no force to prove any thing here, in regard, there is no correfpondence in all points, betwixt Matters Natural, & Mat- ters meerly Moral, or Political. There is no Medium betwixt light and darknefs or the habite and its privation; but there is a Medium here be- And twixt,,Tranfgreffing of the law perfect obedience to the law unto the end. Adam, , fo long as he flood , was no Tranfgreífour; yet he had not then gi- vcn
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