C H A P. IO. Approve the Dotirino of Imputation. 525 Yea Bellarm. granteth lib. z. de juftif. c. io. That Chrift maybe called our Righteoufnefs , becaufe h.e fati4ied the Father for us , & did fo give & communicat that Satisfaótion to us , when he ju(lifieth us, that it may be called our Satisfaaion & Righteoufnefs.') And againe ; this way it were not abfurd to fay , thae Chrift's Righteoufnefs & merites were imputed to us when they are given &applied to us , as if we ourfelves had fatified God. , So in Refp. ad 3. Arg. We are Paid to be the Righteoufnefs of God , not in ourfelves , but in Chrift , becaufe he is our bead , &-what agreeth to the head , agreeth to the members,' not ás they are diftinEtfrom the head , but as they are one with ir. So c. i i. in Refp. ad Arg. z. The fimilitude of putting onagarment may be faifly accommodat unto imputed'Righteournefs; if one fay, we mutt put on Chrifi's merits , & lome way be covered with them , leek pardon of fins. cap. 7. Arg. 4. he faith Chtift's meritsare imputed to us , becaufe gifted to us , & we may offer them to the Father for our fins becau- fe Christ took upon him the burden of fatisfying for us, & ''of reconciling us to God the Father. Thur he After Cardinal Bellarmin. we may mention Cardinal Contarenus, who is more orthodox here , than any of them ; & fpeaketh as plaine truth , as any of the orthodox themfelves can do : for fo doth he , in Trait. de luf if. (late the,queftion. uoniam ad duplicem juftitiam pervenimus, per fidem, juftitiam inharentem nobis clraritatem ac gratiam , qua efficimur confortes diving natu- ra; ¿7 juftitiam Chrifli nobis donatam c1' imputatam , quoniam inferti fumur Ch. ri ftì, dT induimur Chriftum : Pr.eftat inquirere Utra -narn dehearnus nits, ¿ exiftimare nor jufti fcari coram Deo , id a fl , juftos .dc Santios haberi. i. e. Be- caufe by faith we obtaine a twofold Righteoufnefs , one inherent in us , love & grace., whereby we are made partakers of "the divine nature; the other the Righteoufnefs of Chrift , given & imputed to us , _becaufe infert into Chrift, & becaufe we have put on Chrift : It isfitteft to Enquire, unto which ofthefe we ought to leane ourfelves , & account ourfelves .justified before God , that is looked upon as Rightecus & holy. The queflion thus propofed he thus determineth. Ego prorfus exiftiríio, pie l5 Chriftiané dici , quod debearnus niti (niti inquimus , tan prim rei ftabili, quacere)nos fuftentet) juftitia Chriftinobis donota, non autem juftitia d?' fan - agate nobis inherente; h ec enim neftrajuftitia eft incheata dT imperfetla, qua impedire non poteft, quinajï -due peccemur; idcirco in confpetlu Dei pofumurob h-anc juftitiamhahert ju fli boni, quernadmodurn deceret fluor Dei ejfe bonos d9" Sandos ; Sed juftitia Chrifti eft vera d? perfe/ia juftitia , qua ornnino placet ecu- lir Dei , in qua nihrl efe quod Deum offendat, quod Deo non furnmopere placeat; kite ergo fola re certa frabiii nobis nitendum tit ; im ob earn folam credere nor ju- fti ficari coram Deo , id eft haberi juftos á? dici ju ftos. Hie eft pretiofus Thefsu- rue , quern qui invenit , . vendit omnia qua habet, LT emit ilium. i. e. I verily think, that it is pioufly & chriflianly faid, that we ought to lean (I fay lean as ro a fiable thing, that shall certainly hold us up) unto Chrift's .Righteoufnefs, given unto us; but not unto the Righteoufnefs & holinefs that is inherent in us: for this Righteoufnefs of ours is inchoate & imperfed, that cannot hinder us from inning dayly ; therefore we cannot for this Ri h- Ttt2 teouf- is
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