595 / 772
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