16-4. Mr. Goodly n's Arg. againfi Inrprut. asp fivered. C i a P. T 2, made the whole of juflification; whereas to (peak properly it is bur an Effect or confequenr, or at moll a part thereof; & the perfon juflified is properly abfolved from theaccufation & declared to be Righteous; & f is legally contlirured or pat into a [tare of Righteoufnefs, or of Righteous perlons, whereupon tolloweth freedom from guilt , or punishment , & a Right td'the reward :. & as to this State , whatever we shall conce,,eas the forme thereof, it mutt bea Righteoufnefs; & confequentiy the Righ -. teoufnefs of Chrift imputed ; for finny rs can have no other. Obi 12. 1 f the meritorious caufe of our tujfication be imputed unto us , ` thon the E,ffecis themfelves of this caufe may be imputed to us alto; d7 Jo we may be faid to have merited both our own juflt fication , dr f àlvation : for if I may be ac- counted or reputed to ha/ie wrought that fighteoufnefs, which Is meritorious, whys may I not be conceived ar well to have merited?, Nay further , if I may be concei- ved to have wrought that i&ighteoujnel r In Chrt fl , whereby i am luf1ifled my fey', I may as well be conceived to have wrought that 12,tghteoufnefs, by which the whole world is jt.ßtfz'ed. llnf This is but a meet fophifme , founded upon a miftake : The conjequence is falfe , & the proof thereof flandeth only upon this rotten bottome, That to fay , That Chrift's Righteoufneis is imputed to us , is to fay , that we are reputed , efteerrted , or accounted to have do- ne or wrought that Righteoufnefs our felves; whileas the true meaning of Imputation is this. That the Righteoufnefs of Chrift is made over by grace unto Beleevers, & reckoned upon their (core , where by they are dealt with now, no other wayes , than if they had fulfilled all Righteoufnefs, in their own perfon. Whence it is clear that the Effects cannot be faid to be imputed to us; but only that we partake of the Effects thereof., fo far aS our own Necelfìty requireth : As the Ranihm payed for the Redemp- tion of fo many captives , is imputed to each of the captives, in order ro his owne Redemption , & to none of them as Redemption or others : & without this Imputation , or reckoning it upon their fcore , as the pricelof their Redemption , no than could have right to the Effects thereof in re- ference to himself, or could be redeemed thereby. So that it is manifeft, that through the meritorious cattle, or the righteoufnes of Chrift imputed to us , weobraine jollification & Salvation ; but do not merite them : our Redeemer & Surety meriteth them for us, & we enjoy what He merited for our own happinefs. It is falfe then to fay, That byImputation we are conceived to have wrought that righteoufuefs in Chrift, whereby we are juflified: & therefore it cannot but be moll falfe to think, That we may be conceived to have wrought that righteoufnefs allo, by which others are juflified; for it was only our Head , Husband, Surety & Redeemer, who wrought it, & free grace imputed it to , or reckoneth it upon the (core of Beleevers: Obi, 13. chap. I S. pag. 165. if the aEiive Righteou fnefr of Chrtfii be in the let- ter & formality of it imputed unto me, in my ju hficatton, then I am reputed before God, to have wrought. that righteoufnefs in Chrifi. But this iç fdiJe &c. Ant.. Neither propolition is true : The Major is denied , unlefs by rhefe wordsletter andformality; he$underítand fuch an Imputation, as we do not ac. . knowledge,
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