514 oh Forbes,and Wendelie s Arguments and rcpt fanings , C HA P. 9. parts of one compleat SuretyRighteoulhefs & Satisfadtion for our debt & therefore belong CO his Eilate of humiliation ; during Which in all his obe- dience there was fuffering, for a part of his fubjedtion was, that he was made under the Law , even under the commanding power thereof; becau fe other wayes , being God & Man in one perfon , he was not fubjedt to the Law , as a Vtator, in reference to himfelf. Sc; in all his fufferings, there was obedience. And what is thus infeparably conjoined, we ought not to fepai are, efpecially teing our cafe & neceilitycalleth for the imputation of both. Arg. S. If only Chrift's pair]ve obedience were imputed, then only the halfe of Chrili should be given unto us; contrary to Efai. 9: 6. He Ant: denying the .Confeq. b ec a u f e it iscne think to be given,to ur, & an. other thing to be imputed , even Chrijt's humanity dT deny it given Lento us. Anf, But Chrili was fo given , as that allhe did & tottered , as Inch a given & pu- blick perfon & which our cafe called for, was to he made over to us, in or- der to our receiving the grand benefites of pardon & life : Now it was ne- eetfary for us, to have a Righteouinefss confìtling in perfedtobedience to the Law , becaufe of that ContTtitution , Do this e bye, & Suffering, as Inch, is no obedience to the Law. He addeth. Their optnicn is hard , tobo deny that Chrift's paffive obedience is imputed to us unto Ijrghreou fnefr , ¿c that it is the cause of the reward, or of IsTeeter- vial. Hour could Chi-la's blood purge us from all fin , if it mere not the Cau fè of our i?j hteoufnefs? how : bouldhegive his flesh for the life ofthe world , if life were not reflored to its thereby ; howshoz<Id we be healed by his ftripes , if use we- re not lanai fed by him? how should Chrifl's death be our life, if we gore not life thereby ? betuv rt freedorne from the Curfe of the Law , do right to the everlafling inheritance , there is no middle (late. An/. (i) ' /e deny only , that Chrifl's palhVe obedience atone is imputed to us , unto Ikightcoufncfs; for alone confidered , beingonly the paying of the penalty , is is not the Righteouf- nefs required in the Law. (z) The paying cf a penalty, though it may de- liver from punishment; yet cannot procure a right to the reward , protnifed to.keeping of the Law; as is rranifeft ; & therefore Chrift's par-five obe- .dience, confidered alone., cannot procure a :ighr to that reward of life, that was promifed to the fulfilling of the Law by obedience. (3) Chrift's blood, being the blood of one, that fulfilled all() the Law; and conjundt with that obedience, both purgeth from fin, & meriterh life : And fo we fay of .the refl. following; only 1 cannot fee how pertinently in the haft, fand?tficatiorf is mentioned ; for we are fpe.aking of right to life eternal. (4) It is true, as to us now , there is no middle ¡late, bet owtxt freedom from the Curie of the Law, & Right to the Inheritance 5 becaufe Chrift's whole .obedience both allive & pafiive is imputed , as a comp-feat Satisfaction & Righteoufnefs , whereby we come to obtaine both a freedorne from the Curfe , & a right to the Inheritance : But in Adam before befell., there was a middle flare , for fo long as he flood he was free of the Curfe, & yet was ro finish his courfe of obedience, in order to obtaining the right to the pro - mifed reward; unlels it be laid, that no more wasprornifed, than the conti- nuance of what he poffefted. lt.was
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