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That

use

are

iuflified

by

Chrifts

imputed

righteoufeef

.

y

3

or imputation,

is

taken

two

wayes

in

the

Scriptures

:

firil,

when

as

the

thing

imputed

is

in our felues, and

fo

it

is Paid,

Pfal.a

06.3-1

.

that

the

fa&

of

Phinees

was

imputed vnto

ic6.;

r;

him

for

righteoufheffe;

fo

Rom.5.13.

But

fin

is

netimputedibhile

Prat

there

is

no

law.

Secondly,

when

as

the

thing imputed

is

out

Ron'

5'3

ofourfelues;

and

of

this, mention

is

made,Leuitr7.4.

and

.

ic.i

',4

Nurnb.l8.zy.

And

in

this

latter

fenfe

the

word

is

to

bec

vn-

LNeaurn.

rg.

derflood

in

the doctrine ofiuftification,and

not

in the

for-

mer. For

our

finnes

were

imputed vnto Chrifl, when

hee

of-

fered

himfelfe

to fluid

in

our

place,

to

pay our

debt

and

to

make

fuilfatisfa6ion to

his fathers iuflice, by fuffering

thole

punifhments which

we

by

our

finnes

had deferued

; in

which

refpe9

the

Scriptures

fay

that

he ;gas

reputed

among'?

the

wic- Mari x.re,

kfd,Mark

15.28.an

d

that

he

rvis

;;

de (inne

for

vs,

2.

Cor.5.2I

.

Cor.S,sf.

not

by

infufion

ofour

finnes

and corruptions

into

his

moll

holy

nature,but

by

imputation onely.And contrariewife, we

are

made

iull or

iuflified,

not by

infufion

of

inherentrigh-

teoufneffe

into

vs,

but

by imputation

of

Chrifls

righteoui-

nes;

when

as

beleeuing

in

him,

notwithllandingthat

our-

is

ilill

defiled

with

fin

&

manifold

corruptions,

through

the

meere mercy

and

free

grace

of

God

for the

merits

and

obedience

ofChrifl,

wee

are

reputed

itifl,

as

though

we

had

neuer

committed

finne,

and had performed

perfe&

obedi-

ence

vnto

Gods

commandements, and

fo

adiudged

heires

of

euerlafting life.

So

that

this

imputation

confifleth

not

in

Gods reputing

of

vs

iuil,in

refpe&

ofour

inherent righteoufieffe

iiafufed

into

vs;

but

in

the

free

mercie and

graceofGod,

which

for

Chrifl

his fake

cóuereth

our

finnes,

Which

are indeede

-im.

herent

in

vs,

fo as

they

(hall

neuer bee

imputed

vnto

vs

for

our

condemnation,

and

imputeth vnto

vs

the

righteoufnes

which

is

not

in

vsbut

in

Chrifl, wherewith

--

btingfully

pof-

.feífed,he

reputeth ofvs,

as

moil innocent and

perfeótly nigh-

.s_

teous.

Now,

that

imputation

is

to'bé'vnderflood-in

this

latter

The

former

fenfe,it

is

moll

manifefl

where

5,

A á81e

Paul

fctteth downc

l'oitrt

proouett

I?

lfydeeitxonies

the

word

in

both

thefe

fenfes,

denying

that

in

this doctrine

afrbe

$e.rip.

of

ïufification,it

is

to

be

vndërflood

of

the former,

and

añrr- tows

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