432 'inputat of ChriJls AEfive and Pa f. obedienee. C H A P. I. he would have had , if he had in his own perfon perfectly keeped it. He that simply repaireth the wrong done , doth not that , which deferveth the re- ward. The lianlehe anuexeth confirmeth this , and demonftrateth how far out he is, as to our cafe. He that by his cattel, orothertvife, bath made fpoil in his nieghbours Corne , d9 bath given him full fatisfatlion for the [poil done, to his contentment , is as good a Nieghbour , á9' deals ás iuflly l3 honeflly with him, as he that never trefpa,Ted in that hind upon him. How impertinent this is, as to our cafe , any may Leee ; or he mutt fay , that there was no reward promi- fed to Adam , upon his per fed obedience ; & that that word , do this if live, had no place , in the Covenant made with him. The Satisfying Nieghbour deferveth no reward, nor was there any reward promifed to him,upon Cone- tion of his being agood Nieghbour. He addeth. The effence dr nature of fu- fliceor rìghteoufncfs it fuum cuique tribuere , to give to every man his own, i, e. that which is his own in a way of equity dm right , is due from us unto them. Anf, But that which Adam was obliged to give to God , as his owne, was glory, by faithful &conttant obedience , that he might receive the reward to the glory ofGod's faithfulness, & goodnefs. Now when ,Adam dishonoured the Lord bydifobedience. & robbed him ( as it were ) of his Authoritie, as juft & righteous Governour , a fatisfaetion for the wrong done,excluding po- frtive & full obedience-unto the Law , is not a giving to God all that is due to him. Now ( faith he) when we have en jured or damnified any man in any of his rights , or things belonging to him , there is nothing more due to bnn , than that which is his own , i. e.,ehat which is fully valuable to the injurie we have done unto him. Therefore he that tenders a valuable confideration or fatisfatlion for an injurie done to another , is jufi, according to the height dr utmofl exigency of ju- flice; dr confequently as jufl, as he that never was injurious or did wrong. Anf. All this is to no purpofe , as to our quettion ; for it is not betwixt God & us: nor was it betwixt God and Adam, as it is betwixt one man & another. God is to be confidered, as a fupreme Law -giver & Ruler, enjoy nirig obedience to his Lawes, under penalties, and promifing rewards unto the obedient : Now when his Lawes are broken, he is doubly enured, & thebreaker, is obliged unto punishment, and allo forfeited of his expectation of the reward. When fatisfadion is made, and withal! no compleet obedience to the Law the perfon is by the fatisfaEtion made , only exeemed from the obligation . to punishment, but bath thereby mo right to the reward promifed, until! the Law be compleetly obeyed. His 2. Conclufion is. There it no medium between a perfeEt abfolution dr free - dome from all fin ; d9 a perfeft dg compleet righteoufnefs : But be that is fully dif- charged d9 freed from fin, ipfo fado is made perfetily dr compleetly righteous. e'lnf. The fame dittinction , which we made ufe of in the other Conclufion, will helpe us here . If by perfeEtly dr compleetly Righteous be meaned one, that is liable to no punishment , it is true , that he, who is fully &I-charged & freed from fin, is made perfrëtly righteous ; but if by perfeEtly & compleetly Righteous bemeaned one , that moreover hatha right to the recompence of reward, that is promifed, than it is falfe : freedom & abfolution from fin refpeaeth only the guilt, & difl'olveth the obligation to punishment, & in that
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