C If A P. 16. Mr. Baxter's further oppofition to Imput. examiaied. z4z onlyto fatisfìe iufiico in tantum, to this end , that man himfelffu fferingdeatL 41 temporal afflictions, d; obeying the Law of grace might be frayed from all the ref! of the punishment. But if we had le fir /filled the Lain, as afore Paid, by doing or fuffering we could not have died , or fuffired the leaf? aj:Ftion, asa pe- nalty ; for allpunishment, in the eß race of the relation is for fin. Anf: Though I had rather fay, That Chritt Suffered & Obeyed for His own , & in their ftead , as their Surety , willingly undertaking the debt , that they were un- der, than that we Suffered & Obeyed in Him : yet it may be they who fpeak fo, are far from that meaning , that Mr. Barter putteth on their words : & when they call Chriff our legal perfon, they mean no more, than that he was a Surety , or a publick Perron. (a) Though he fuffered not to de- liver His own from temporal death yet$he did bear the Curie , & fatis fled Vindictive juftice, and left nothing of that for them to fffer : & what chaflifementsthey meet with, yea & death it Pelf is made to work together for their good. He bringeth them in againe ( n. 19o. ) laying. It is more Inconvenient to fay , that Chrif't was perfect in our perlon , than that He fatisfied in our pet- fon, & we by Him ] And here poffibly the fame mi¡ake is but continued. But , as he taketh it up , he thinketh that hereby theGofpel is fubverted. Anf. The whole dependeth upon theExplication of thefe words , in our perfon. Mr,. Baxter thinketh that thefe words , in our perfon in a Law-fenfe, import, that we payed all in Chrift , asaman payeth a Summe of Money by his fervant, whom he fendeth to carry it; or fome fuch thing. And if this be not their meaning, who nie this exprefion ; all this outcry is to no purpofe; and is only a fighting againft his own imagination , & a meet ¡riving about words yet he granteth , that we may fitly fay , thatCbrifl fitffered in the perfon of a, finner ; but he bids us mark the feule , faying I. Suffering as penal hclongethto a [inner as filch ; but SatisfaC}ion is an effetf of Chrift s Suffering, which ref itlteth not from the meer fuffering, nor from the perfon of a (inner; but flom the will e Covenant of God, made to thaI excellent perfon, who was God perfect man; Well, what next ? a. Note z. ( faith he) that it is not any other mans perfon, that we mean, /hat3Chrifl fiufred in, but His own. An(. And no man ever dreamed , that He either did, or could fufter, in any other man's phyfical: perfori. But Icing He was made fin for us , & fo died in our room & ¡ead , why may He not be laid to have died in our Law - perfon ? Ifa pledge,. or hoftage, fu[rer for rhofe he ¡andeth for , may not he be aid to fuller in their Law perfon ? Ifa Surety be put in prifon for the debtor , may he not be laid-. to fuff r in the debtor's Law -place , & in his perfon in Law -fenfe ? He ad- deth. And we mean that He took upon Him the perfon ofa firmer ;in as much as He contented to Puffer for fin. Anf. This is good, & we accept of it cheerfully in tantunt , for it explaineth to us , in part , the meaning of thefe words,. He made Him fin for us. And fo (he adderh) perfonating here is not meant be- co niug any other mans perfon in Law - feufe; fo as that other legally fuffered what he did; but it is only his own perfons becoming a {-offerer, in the ffead of firmer! , for their fins, .4s the Apoflle faith. He was made fin for us ; that is ,. fo far by imputation , as that he undertook to. f uffer who firmer; f Ulf r, &for their. lint,.
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