39S The Object of 'uftifying Faith. C H A P. 3Z. New Tel?. we finde more exprefs mention made of Chrift, as the object of faith , as Jefur of Navareth, the true Met ah , who was promifed joh.20.3 r. I. gob. 5: 9, 10, 20. roh. i. 45. Ad. 13:3 8. or as Lord -& God. gob. 20:23. as the Son of David. Mat. 15: 21. e..79: 27. ds' 20: 30. dr 21:42. As the Son of God lob. 9:35. as the Chrifl the Son of God roh, r 1: 27. Ac7. 8: 37, as come forth from God Joh. 16 :3o. 27. as the Lord tefur AI. 16. ; t. as railed by God from the dead Kom.'o:9.as one thatdiedL ? rofeagaine 1.Thef.i:14. as fentof God Joh.17: S. that tefus it theChrijl. i. Job. 5: r. So that under all there and thelike, one and the fame thing for fubitance is pointed forth ; though fome particular in that grand defigne of grace is more exprefly & immediat- ly pointed at ; yet that particular is to be underftood with reference to the whole ; and the whole is to be included. So allo when God is mentioned as the object of faith ; either abfolutely `r. Pet. is 2. Tit. 3: -S. Heb. 5 :1. I. Thef. is S. or in Reference to Chrift , whom he fent Joh. 5 :24. or through whom he is beleeved in i. Pet. I: 21. or the like , the matter muff be thus underftood. 4. Hereby allo may the. Various Explications of this object of faith , gi- ven by men , befome way underftood & reconciled , when fome fay, the Mercy of God is ir, others fay, the Promifes, fome Remitiìon of fins., and the like ? fame God the Father, Son & Holy Ghoft : for Inch as feem to reftrid it moll , may be underftood as not fpeaking exclufively of what elfe the Scripture mentioneth as belonging thereunto. 5. All this notwithftanding , faith may have & hath a fpecial refped to Chrift as Prieft , and making Satisfaction to juftice , and laying down the. Ra'nfome -money , and paying the debt, according to his undertaking as Surety, in order to the particular benefite of Juftification , and of Pardon of fins; as was in part cleared above , and may be more fpoken to after- ward, in the following Chapter:. C I-I A P. XXXIII. The Righteoufnefs of Chrift is the fpecial Obje& of Faith in Juflification. COnfidering what bath been laid at fome length above , concerning the imputation of the Surety-Righteoufnefs of Chrift , in order to Ju- ftification, we needed not infift on this here ; Seing if is faid touching that fundamental point hold , this will not endure much debate: Yet becaufe Mr. Baxter in his Apologieagainft Mr. Blake 4. ir. is pleafed to tell us, that Faith, which it the tuflifying condition, it not terminated on the IZighteoufnefr of Chrifl : And that it it a weer fancy d.9- delufion to (peak of the ,re- ceiving áR.ighteoufnefr, that we may be juflified conflitutivè thereby, in fuch a fence, ac if the IZighteoufnefr were ffrfi to bemade ours, in order of nature before our tufli fication, dr then jußi fication fellow, becaufe we are righteous. But,
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