434. Irputat. of Chrils AEtive and Pa f fìv. obedience. C H A P. I by weer pardon of fins, but alfo by the imputation of Righteoufnefs ; tor beingin this State of Righteoufnefs, we have not only the Obligation to wrath & eternal punishment removed , which is done by Remiffion upon the aècount of the SatisfaEtion of Chrift imputed; but we have alto a right to the reward , the crown of life , which is had by imputation of Righteouf- nefs , or of obedience though it were better to fay , we have both by both; or we have both by the imputation of that compleet Satisfaäion & merite, orconfìftethofboth. ' His 3. Conclufion is this , Adam , trhilll his innocency flood with him , and till his fall by fin, was eompleetlyRighteous, 5 in an eflate of jußifcation before God : Yea , for the truth dT fubßa, ce of Righteoufnefs as' Righteous, ay be could or should have been , if he had lived to this day , in the moll entire d9 abfolute obe- dienceto the Law. Anf. Adam, while he remained innocent, was compleat- ly Righteous , that is, was chaff ble with no tranfgreffion , it is true : That he was compleatly Righteous, that is , had full right to the reward as ha- ving done all his duty , andcompleated his work , it is moat falfe. There- fore (z) it is falfe to fay , he was in a flare of juft,frcation , unlefs nothing elfe be hereby meaned than that he was not in a flare of condemnation. Though there be no mids betwixt thefe two now , as tous, but either we muff be in a flate of juftification , or in a Bate of condemnation ; Yet A- dam while he ftood , was in neither ; Not in a Bare of condemnation , be- caufe he had not yet tranfgrefled the Law ; Igor yet in a [tate of juílification, becaufe he had not yet done all his duty ; for be was toperfevere in obedien- ce to the end.: And if he had been juflified , he had full right to thereward , .& fo had been glorified, for whom the Lord juftifieth , he glorifieth : But Adam was not glorified upon his Law- obedience, and confequently was not juflified by his Law- obedience. (3) The truth & fub [tance of Righteoufnefs ( unto which he would re [trick all ) is not the thing enquited after , nor is it at all to the point; for upon Adam's having of that limply he could not ex- pe &the reward of life, that was promifed, becaufe, the Covenant, he was under, required continuance & perfeverance in all the feveral duties, called for by the Law, even to the end, erehe could challenge a right to the reward : And further Adam had this truth & fubflance of Righteoufnefs at the fir[t , & it was concreared with him ; Yet he could not , upon that ac- count , have challenged glory , as his due. He addeth. Even as the fecond Adam was as compleatly perfetlly ßjghtcous from the womb, d? fo from his firfl entrance upon his public minißrte, sr he was fit laß, when he fuffered death. Anf. It we fpeak of our Lord Jefus, as the fecond Adam, that is, as [tanding in the room of (inners, as the Head & publick Perfon, engadging in their behalfe , whom he did reprefent, to pay all their debt; though he knew no fun , and upon that account was perfe6tly Righteous, and feparat from .finnersi Yet he was to finish the work laid upon and to performe the whole debt, both of duty & furfering, which he had undertaken ; and till the laft penny of that debt was payed, his work was not finished, and untill his work was finished , he could not chal- lenge his reward And fo this confirmeth what we have faid ofthéfirft Adam. To
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