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GoJel

eni

áo;t.

the

faith

of

Chrift

the

righteoufnefs

of

God

that

comes

in

by

faith

;

and

fo

Rom.5.

latter

end,

Chrift

is

Paid

to

he

our

riihte-

oufnefs,v. 19. As

by

the

dif

bedience

of

one

many were

macle

fîn

ners,

fo

by

the

obedience

of

one

many fluid

be

made

righteotas;'Lis

a

rigteoufnefs

transferr'd

upon

us

beyond

our own:

Mark,in for

-

givenefs,

as

our

fins

come

to

be

transferr'd

and put upon

Chrift,

to

the

righteoufnefs

of

Chriff

is

transferr'd

upon

a

ju[tífied

foul,

and

that

foul comes

to

be

righteous

before

God

:

furely

then,

bleffed

is

that

man

that

comes to have

the fhining garments

of

Chrifts

righteoufnefs upon him

:

Ahafuerus

could

not think

of

a

better

way than

this

to honour Mordecai more,than

to clothe

him.

with

the Kings

Royal Rayment,

and proclaim before

him, This

(hall

be

done

to

the

man

whom

the

Ding

delights

to

honour;

furely

that

man

or

woman

is

honour'd

indeed,

that

God

would

clothe

with the ruining

Robes of the righteoufnefs

of

his own

Son;thou

that waft clothed with the filthy rags

of

thy

own

fin

and wick

-

ednefs,

and

hadft

no

other

garments

to

Rand in,in the

prefence

of

God

;

now

he

puts

on

thee the Righteoufnefs

of

his

own Son,

and fo

thy iniquity

comes

to

be

covered

:

Oh

that

is

a

glorious

Garment

!

all

the

Garments

in

the

world

bedec4

with Diamonds

are

but

filthy

Garments

in

comparifon

of theGarments

of Chrifts

Righteoufnefs, that

is

put

upon

a

man

when

his fins

are

for-

given.

Of

the

fixth

Myfterie,

A

near

'Union

is

made

between

Chrift

and

the

Soul.

6.

When

God tames

to

forgive fin,the

way God

takes

is

this,

he

brings a

man into

filch a near

Vnion

with

his own

Son as

makes

thee

to

be

one

with

him

;

yea,

fo

to

be

one

with

Chrift

as

no two

things

in

the

world are

joyn'd

fo

together,as

thou

and

Chrift

art;

the

foul

God

pardons,he

does it

this

way,

'Lis

not thou

haft

finn'd

and

I

will

pardon

thee, 'tis

no

loch flight

bufinefs,

as

I

may

fay,

in

a

(inners

pardon

:

No,

for

when

God

forgives

thee,

he

makes thee one

with

his

own

Son,

fo as

no

two

things

in

the

world

are

fo

near

together

as

thou

and

Chrift

;

therefore the

Scripture

expreffes

it

by

the

Union

of

Branch

and

Root,

Body

and Members

that

is

a

near Union

of

bones

and flefh

in

one

body