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righteoufnefïe
of
God.
So
that
either
our
Sauiour
perfor-
med obedience
to
the
law
to
no
purpofe, or
elfe
to
this end
that
he
might
impute
it vnto
vs,
and thereby indue
vs
with
fuch
a
moll
perfe&
and euerlafling righteoufnefle
as
might
giue vnto
vs
the
right ofeternalllife.
Secondly,ifonely our
finnes
were pardoned and
wee
nor
made partakers
of
Chriíis
aéuiue
righteoufneffe , our im-
puted righteoufnef e,fhould
not
excell
the righteoufneffe
of
Adam before
his fall, for he
neither committed
fin
ofomif-
fion
nor
commifíion, till
he tranfgreffed
Gods
commande-
ment
in
eating
of
the
forbidden
fruit
;
but
we are
made par-
takers
ofa
more
excellent
tighteoufües by
faith,then
we
loft
in
Adam,
euen
the
righreotá(neffe
of
Ci
ed
by
the
faith
of
lefut
Chrifit,
as
the
Apofile
fpeakethRom.3.22. which
confifleth
Roin.3.zz.
not
onely
in
the
abfence
of
euill
and
fin,
but
in the
prefence
alto
ofaeluall
holinefl'e
and righteoufbeffe.
Thirdly,and
laíl'y(becaufe
it
is
mypurpofe onely
to touch
this point
by the
way,
as
not
fo
properly
belonging to
this
treatife) wee are vnited vnto Chrift
Iefus
and
he
is
become
our head and
we
hismembers,by
reafon
of
which
vnion
as
he coinmunicateth himfelfvnto
vs, fo alto
that
which belon
-
geth
vnto him
as
he
is
our
mediatour,
and coufequently
not
onely his
paíliue
obedience,whereby
he
bath
made
full
fatif-
fa6tion
for our
finnes,
but
alto his aólualll
righteoufneffe,
whereby
he perfe&ly fulfilled the
law.
And
thus
it
appeareth
that
our
iuílification confifleth
of
two
parts,
the
firs}
the remifíîon
ofour
finnes
for
the
full
fa-
tisfaCtion
of
Chrifl
by
his
death and
fufferings,
the
other
the
imputation
ofhis
habituall and aetiue righteoufneffe.
The
remiflion
of
finnes
is
the
firft
part
of
iullìfication,
whereby
God
forgiuerh for the
death
and
full fatisfa
&ión
of
Chrifl,all our
finne
both
originall
and actual,
both
in
refpeet
of
the
guilt
and
punifhi ient,fo
as
they foal neuer be imputed
to
our
condemnation,
neither
in
this
life, nor in
the
life
to
come.
Aml
ofthis
the Pfalmif
lfpeaketh,-
Pfal.3z.i.
'Bleffe
Pfal.3¡.i.
is the man
w
hore ìbicl ednes is
forgiuen,and
rrho
fe
fanne is
couered.
2.73lefed
is
the
man
unto?
hom
the
Lordimputeth
not iniquity.
Sò
the
Apofile faith;
that
God
*as
in
.
Chrl,aszd'reconciled
the
work!