Background Image
Table of Contents Table of Contents
Previous Page  595 / 772 Next Page
Basic version Information
Show Menu
Previous Page 595 / 772 Next Page
Page Background

1111.,z,

Of

our

567

nefj"e

of

God in him.

And the

Apoflle affirtneth,

r.Cor.i.3c.

t.Cor.t.3o.

That

lefits

Chrift

is

ma:

vnto

vs

of

God,wifedome,rtghreou

fees,

fantifcationand

redemption.

So

that

now Chrifls

righteouf-

neffe

is

our righteoufneffe,his obedience

our obedience,

his

merits our tnerits,as certainely,

perfealy

and effeaually, e-

uen

as

if

wee our felues

had been mofl innocent,fulfilled the

law,or

made

full

fatisfaátion

to Gods

iuflice.

By

which

it

appeareth,that

in

refpeI

ofour

felues

wee

are iuflificd

freelie

of

Gods

meere mercie

and

grace,without

any

refpeé

of

our

owne

righteoufnes or worthineffe

;

but

yet

through Chrift,

and for

his

righteoufneffe and obedience imputed

to

vs,both

which are

fignified

by

the Apoflle,Rom.3.23.24. where

he

R0113.343.14.

faid,that

all

inthemfelues

are

wretched

(inners

without

dif-

ference,and thereby

are

depriued

ofthe

glory

of

Gods king

-

dome. 24. And

are

tsáfified freely

of

through the

re-

demption

which

is

in

Chrif

lefuf.

The

finali caufe

of

our

iuiification

is

two fold,the

chiefe §.

Sec7.3.

and principali

is

the glory

of

God:

for

hereby the Lord bath

The

fixtaicaul,

mot'

notablie

manifefted

his

infinit

iufiice

and

mercie; his

iuflice,in

that

he

would rather punifh

our

finnes

in

his

onelie

begotten

Sonne,

then

hee

would

fuffer

them to goe vnpuni-

fhed;

his

mercie,in

that

for our

fakes

hee

fpared

not

his

bcí1

beloued Sonne,but

gaue hint

to

fuffer

death,

yea

the

death

of

the

croffe,

that

by

his

owne

oblation,he might

make

ful

fatif-

fac`lion

for our finnes,and purchafe forvs euerlatling lifc;and

alto

in

that

hevouchfafeth

vnto

vs

the outward

means

of

his

word

and Sacraments, and

the

inward

afliflance

of

his

holie

fpirit, whereby

wee

are

vnited vnto

Chrif+

and

haue

a

lively

faith

begotten

in vs,

which apprehending

Chrift

his

righte-

oufneffe

and merits,wee

are

iuflified,fanaified, and eternally

famed

And

this end

is

fignifiedby the Apofile,

Rotn.3.24.2

5.

Rnm.T.

%3.

where

hee faith,

that God

bath

iuffified

vs

freely

by

hts

grace,

and

5.11.

through

the redemption

n-hich

is in

Chrift

lefts,

to

declare"

"n.

ríghteoufnefJèby

the

forgiueneffe

o

f

ftnnes,and

ni

htJ72ew

himf

lfe

iu/l

by

iu/lifying

him,who is of

the

faith

o

f

'efus.

And

cha.5.2

i.

he faith,that

as

vnder

the law

fn

had

raigned

vnto

death fo

now

grace

raigneth

by

righteotrfnes

vnto eternall

lire

throes,

h

lefts

Epheft.l;6.7,,

Chrift our

Lord.

So

Eph.2.5 .6.7.

he

affiirmeth

that

God

bath

0

o

4

quickned