Chap. 25, :ran Expoftion upon the Bookof J OB. Vert. 3. 703 yet be never ¡unified any man upon the account ofthat which is Imperfe t. God never Cooke cockle fhels for payment, he mutt havepure gold, and he Teeth wel enough what poore ftuff;,what bale coyné the belt ofour righteoufneffe is, and therefore cannot admit any ofit in ¡unification. For the purpofeof God is to ex- alt himfelfe in Jutticeas wel as in mercy by thejuftificationoffin- ners. And therefore the Apoftle fayth (Rom. 3.'25, 26.) That God bath fitforth Chrift to be a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to declare his righteoufneffe ( and he is not content to fay it once, but faith itagaine) To declare, IJay, his rigbteoufne ffe, that be mightbe joof, and thejufiifier of him that beleeveth in ?etas. Secondly,Alt the righteoufneffe wrought byman is a due debt; how can wee acquit our felves from the evil! we have done by any good which wedoe, feting all the good we doe, we ought to have done, though we had never done any evil!? Whenwe have done our heft we may beafhamed ofour doings, we do fo poorly. But fuppofe we had done richly and bravely fuppofeour workes ( which indeed ireful ofdroffe) werepure geld and fi'.ver;were precious eones and Jewels, yet they are already due to God. Weeowe all and all manner of obedience as wee are creatures ; Aud wee can never juftifieour (elves frcim our tranfgreflions, by fatisfying(could we reach them) our obligations.There is enough in Chrift to juftifie us, but there is nothing in our felves; All that Chrift did was perfeht,and Chrift was under no obligation todoe any thing, but what he willingly fubmitted to doe for us. This booke of 7.,6 beareth as great a teftimony to this truth as any; Howoften doth 7,4ditclaime all Jelfelsrfli(cation ( Chap 9. 20, 2I: ) If Ijv, fi'fie troy felfe, mine own. mouth (halt condemne met ifflay I amperfetf, it ted alfoprove me perverfe. Though`I were perfefl, yet would not Iknow my owreJoule, Iwould de(fife sty life, What can be fayd more fully (to the tenour ofthe Gofpel) for the abatement of felfe,ard the advancementof free grace in juni- fication. He fayd indeed ( Chap. 13. 18. ) Behold now 1have or- tiered ns+ caeefe. I know that l ¡Stall bejrff t lied. But he never fayd that he thnuld be uftified for the cauf_-fake which he had orde- red, There is a twofold unification. F±rft , The ;uiification ofa wan in reference untoforce parti. (filar aft, or in his caufe. Secondly , The jultification ofa man in his perfón. When 74 fayd,
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