C H A P. 16. Mr. Baxter's further oppofition to Irnput. examined. 2/9 pleat Surety- righteoufnefs , in order to our obtaining compleat juflification, & its E(fe ts, or confequents, Remifíion of fins & Right to the Crown. But faith M r. Baxter I. He that is pardoned of all frnr of Omidion dr Commi. j ion, it ac- counted Innocent dr Righteous , ar to aray guilt of punishment , either of fen- ce or lofs. .Anf. True he is accounted Innocent , or Righteous , as to guilt of punishment of fenfe ; yea or of lots, in fo far as it is a punishment , or belongeth to the punishment threatned. But he is not accounted Innocent, that is , one that bath never finned ; or one that hath never left right to the reward : & therefore betide this pardon , he mutt have a Righteoufnefs in order to the Reward promifcd. He faith 2, He that is after accounted Inno- cent juft from his firfi being to that honre, is judged never to have needed Par - don. Anf. But by the Imputation of Chrift's Righteoufnefs, there is no fuch account made as if the man were reputed , or accounted one , that never finned , from his firft being to that hour; but that now hath as good right to the Reward, as he could have had, if fo be, he had never fiuned, not only from his firft being to that hour , but from the firft to the Taft moment of being. We need not then notice what followed), when he faith. And fo they mare God come with an after ad , and condemne His own foregoing aft of er- Tour d? injurie; or at leafs to contradift it , and in the firft infiant to fay [ I par- don this firmer & in the fecond to fay , [ I now repute him one , that never finned , nor needed pardon ] for, as we have feen, the Imputation ofChrift's Righteoufnefs hath no fuch Import. He tels us ( n. i2.5. ) of force, that fay, that the Law , fince' the fall » oblìgeth us both to obey & to fuj er, & not to one only ; elfe a finner, bound to fuffer, should not be bound to obey. Therefore Chrift mutt do both for us. And this would feem to be a very Innocent affertion , & confonant to truth yet he faith, This it too grofs for any man to utter , that ever know what Lam or Government is. Anf. And I had thought, that it had been too grofs for any Chriftian to have denied this, who would not outfiripe all the Antinotvianr, that ever were : for if it be thus , one of two muff follow ; either that now after the fall , Adam & all hispollerity are looted from all obligation to obe- dience to the Law of God ; or that they are not under the curfe. Neither of which , I fuppofe Mr. Baxter dartfay : But , what faith he: do they mean» that ar to the Jame aft dT tome , the Lam bindeth us to obey and filer ; or for diver= fe afar and Inflants of time Anf. In regard that , finte the fall , nothing cart be done, in perfect conformity to the Law both may be Paid. Do they meats ( faith he further) that the Law bound man both to perfection , d1 to fuffering for perfetion , or to fuffering for fin ? Anf. We are fpeaking of the Lawes obligation now, fince the tall : & it is certaine , that becau {e the Law is now broken , we are obliged to fuffer; & that , becaufe of that conftitution, do d? live , no man can have lite, untili that Law beperfeEtly obeyed : but becaufe this is [mpofiible for man , therefore it mutt be done by his Surety. He querieth againe , did the Law binde Adam , to obey dr ftiff r, before he fin- ned? Anf. No. Did it binde him ( faith he againe ) both to obey & fuffer for his new fin , the next Infiant ? Anf. What himfelfaddeth is a fufficient anf- wer/ to this a viz. That it did binde him to fuffer for his old fin (adde, S E e alto 1
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