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'That
we
areiuffifiedby
Chr
s
imputed
righteotifnc(fe
585
all,
as
it
is
Iam.
3.2. and
he
that
faith
he
bath
nofinne
is
a
lyar,
loh.
as John
fpeaketh,
I
.Epifl.
z
.8.and
our beg righteou
faes
is like
a
polluted cloth,
as
it
Efay
64.6.
but
by
the alone righteoufnes
Efa
64 ó,
ofiefus
Chrift, which being
imputed
veto
vs,
is
fufficient
to
.nfwere
and
fatisfie
Gods
exa6
and
moll perfeel
iuflice..
That
our
righteoufneffe
whereby
we are
to
be
iuflified
muff
be perfeel,
and
fuch
as
the
law and
exa6
iuflice
df
God
re-
Rom.
3.
;t.
quireth,
it
appeareth Rom.3
.3
I.
whereas
the
Apoflle plain-
ly affirmeth,
that when
faith
is
imputedvnto
righteouf+heffe, Tana,
t
ó,
the
law
is
not
made
voide,
but
rather
confirmed
and
fulfil-
led.
Doe
the
then
(faith he)
ma1Ze
the lath
of
none
oiled.
through
faith
?
God
forbid.reaWe
eflabli¡h
the law.
But this cannot bee
done
by
our righteoufneffe,
which
is
impeded
and
ming-
led with
innumerable
finnes,
but
by the
alone
moll
perfe6t
righteoufneffe ofIefus
Chrif}
imputed vnto
vs.
Againe, the
Lord
hath commaunded
and
flraitly
charged,
that
in
our ci-
uill
iudgements the righteous
shall
be iuflified, and
the
Deut.251.
wicked condemned,
Deut.25.r.And
the
wife man
faith,thát
he
that
iu
/ifieth
the
kicked,
and
he
that
cordemneth the
iuf
,
Pro,t7.
t
5.
omen
they
both
are
abomination
vnto
the
Lord,Prou.17.15.And
the Prophet
Efay
denounceth
a
woe againfl
then'
which
Efa,
5.t3.
commit this
finne,
chap.5.verf.23.Now
(hall
the Lord
re-
quire this
ofvs,
and (hall we
thi nke
that
he
whole
will
is
the
rule-ofiuflice,will
iuflifie
any
whole righteoufneffe
is
im-
perfeel,
and
not according to
his
law
?
No,
he
hath told
vs,
that it
is
more
eafie
that
heauen and earth
fTiould paffe
away;
Luk.
s
6.17
than
that
one
tittle
of
the
law
fhould
fall
vnaccomplifhed,
Luk.r
6,
r7.
And therefore let
vs
not
truff voto our ownc
im
peded
righteoufneffe,but wholly refl'vpon the
alone
righ=
teoufneffe
of
lefits
Chrifl
by
a
liuely faith for
our
iuflifica-
tion.For
he
is
the
Lord
our
rióhteourneffe,Iere.2
3.6.In him
we.
Iere. 23,6.
haue
ri
hteou ne
e
and ren
to
Efa.
2
He
is
made
unto
vs
Eta
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g
f
fi
f`
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4
'
t.Cor.t.
e
God,xni
edorr;e
rshteoaa
ne,e,
.anti
cation
and
redemption,
3
.
i
.Cor.1.
3
o.
By
his
obedience
many
are
made
righteous
;Rom
5
R
óm.
¶.19
19.
emend
that
which
ir,a.r
impof
ble
to
the
l
tro,
iaa
as much as
it
was
u
-eake
becaure
of
the
fefh,
God
feuding
his
fonne
in
the
frni-
Rom.8. ;.4e
luttade
o
f
fin
full
f
e7
,
anolforliNi
condemned tinne in
thefij.,77,
the.
righteoasfinyjiofthe
law
might
befulfi!ledin
vs;
as
it is
Roin+3.3.
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