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O
f
air
itetificatiosa.
receiue and
apply
vnto
our
felues the.
mercie
of-God,
Chrift
Iefus and all his
benefits, refling vpon him alone for
our
fal-
uation.
.â
.Z.
The tnateriall
caufe
of
our
iufl fication
is
the
a6iue
and
The naateriall
paíli.ue
righteoufneife and obedience ofIcfus Chrift,
his in
ca
fe,
herent
holineffe,
bis fulfilling
ofthe
law,
his
death,
facrifice,
and full
fatisfaClion. So
that
we
are
not
iuflified
by the
effen
.
tiall
righteoufneífe.of the
Godhead,nor
by
our owne
works
ioyned with Chrifts merits,
nor
by
any
inherent righteouf-
nes
irfufcd
ofGod
through the
merits
ofChrift;or
by
any
o-
ther thing
in
Our
felues,
or
any
other
meere
creature,
but
by
the alone righteoufneífe
of
our
mediatour
Iefus
Chrift
God
and
man, which
is
out
of
our
felues
and
in
Chrift
as
the pro-
per
fubieót
thereof,and not
belonging to vs,till
by the fpirit
ofGod
and
a
liuely
faith.it be applied
veto
vs
and
fo
becow-
meth
ours.
ofthefor-
The
formall
caufe.ofour iuftifcationis
a.reciprocall
im-
mall
ïaufc.
putation or
tranfrutation
of
the
fines
ofthe
beleeuer
vnto
ChriP,andofhis
righreoufineffe
unto the beleeuer
:
whereby
it ccmmeth to
paffe,that the
faithful'
man
bath
not
his finnes
imputed veto him, nor
the
puniíhment
due
vnto
them
in-
flidled on himlbecaufe
Chrift
bath taken vpon him
.the
guilt
and punifhtnent,
and by
making fullfatisfa6tìon unto
his
fa-
thers
iuf+ice,haath
obtained the pardon
and remiflion
ofal his
firmes.
And
alto
is
clothed with
the glorious robe
of
Chrift
Iefus righteoufneffe, and
fo
appearing before
God
both
free
from
all
finne,and indued with perfeót righteoufneffe,
hee is
iuf}ified,reconciled,and eternally
faued:And
ofthis
imputed
It0a
/4*/
'`
righteoufiies the:Apoílle fpeaketh,Rom.4.5. But
to him
that
Ivor
eth
not,
but
befeetteth
in
hire
that
inflifieth the
vngodly, his
faith
is
counted
for
righteonfnes. 6. Eisen
As
Dauid
declareth
the
blet
dnefje
ofthe'
man
vnto
*hem
God
imputeth
righteoufneffe
ritb
®ut
Yorke., Paying,
y.
:Blefdare
they
»,hof
iniquitiepare
foryiuen,. and
who;
ç
finnes
litre
cowered.
S,
Bleged
is
the
man
vnto
svh.rm
the
Lord
imputeth.not
fin.
And .2.Cor,5.19.For
Godwas
in
Chrrfl
and
reconciled the. world
vnto
himfelfe,
not
imputing
theirfinnes
vn.to.
them,
&c.
21.
For
he
hath
made him to
be
Panne
for
,vs
knew no
fiunc,th
ztr e,O
owld.
be
made
the
righteeuf
nef