3 8 What myfteries are in juffificatian. C x A P. 6. 3. There is likewife a myflery here, That the Imputation of the obe- dience and Righteoufnefs of Chrifldoth not take away the Imputation of His Satisfaction , nor make His Satisfaaion ufelefs & of no Importance , or neceffity , as Socinians imagine who call the whole Gofpel in the mould of their own corrupt Reafon and underflanding : For they think, if Chrifts Righteoufnefs be imputed to us , we are perfeétly righteous; and if we be perfectly righteous , we nave no fin ; & if we have nofin , there is no need of Satisfaction for our fin. But they little confider , that we are both guilty of the broken Law , and alfo notiliwithflanding obliged to perfeC obedience. It is unreafonable to think , that Adam, by his breach of the Law , was exeemed & delivered from any obligation to obey the Law; fin doth not, neither can , diffolve that obligation ; otherwayes , the best way of being freed from the Lawes of God , or Man , were to break them , & call them at our heels. 'We then being tranfgreffours , & Hill under the obligation of obedience to the whole Law , our Mediator and Cautioner mutt not only obey the Law for us , to the end , we may inherite the promifed reward; but mutt alto make Satisfa &ion , for the Violation of the Law , to the end we may efcape Gods Curse & wrath , threatned in the Law , and due to us for the breach of the fame. Had we perfectly kept the Law , we had then had no need of any Satisfaction for our breach thereof: but being guilty of fin this Satisfaction and the Imputation thereof to us , is abfolutely necef- fary. And though we need not nicely here diftinguish betwixt this Righ- teounefs & Satisfaétion , in reference to the different ends ; and fay , that by His Righteoufnefs imputed to us, we have right to the Crown , & by His Satisfaction , freedom from death , which was the penalty of the broken Law : for God bath joined both together for both ends; & what He hath thus joined together, as we should not feparat, fo neither may we nicely & fcrupuloufly diftinguish ; but adore the wonderful wisdom of God in this contrivance, and obferving our neceffity of both , fweetly acquiefce in and thankfully accept of both. But you will fay, if we be perfectly righ- teous by the Imputation of Ch rifts righteoufnefs , what need have we ofany more ? are we not poffeffed of right to the reward , and being righteous, are we not free of our fin ? I anfwer. It is true indeed , if we raid , that Chrifis Righteoufnefs, or compleet obedience, was first imputed to us; or if the Scripture gave any ground to fay fo , there might be fome coloure for this Exception : but, as the Scripture giveth no filch ground; fo neither do we affert it : Only we have need of both , & both are gracioufly imputed, and received by faith : yea, we being:finners, if we might (peak of an order here, Satisfaction mutt firft be imputed, that thereby we may be feed from the fentence of the Law, which molt preffeth a wakened convinced fin - ner , who is moll anxious hereanent, crying out, How shall I efcape the wrath and curie of God ? But, as the Lord bath gracioufly and wonderfully knit the efleéts together, fois the Caufe. Both Chrifis obedience and Suf- ferings were fo woven together, that they belonged both to, & made up His ftateof humiliation ; & by both imputed by God, and received by faith, the beleever receiveth the whole Effect, that is , both Immunity from pu- nish-
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