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and
Z.
S
86 That
2ve'itre
iu;ffifaecrby
Cdari,b
imputed
righteoufnefe,
Rom.8.3
.4.
la
aword,in him
alone wee haue
all
our
rigghte-
eufheffe,
in
him we
thine-
gloriouflyinthe
fight
ofGod,and
he
is
that
bright
fhining
Sunne
ofrighteouf
ens,
from
whom
we
borrow
all
our
light,
wi
thout
whole
raies
ofholineffe
we
thould
remaine
in
the
darkeneffe
of
our
finnes
and
corrup.
.
tions.
Laf+ly,the
Apoflle
fetteth downe
the
forme
of
our
iufli
fication, namely, the imputation
of
our
firmes
vnto
Chrifl,
and the
imputation
of
his
righteoufh
efi'e
vnto
vs.x.Cor.5.21.
Ile
Which
knee
nofnne,'v.tc
madefznne
for
S's,
that
we
might bee
made
the
ri
bteoufneffe
of
God
in
him.
As
therefore
Chrif} was
made
a
(inner for
vs, fo
wee are made
righteous
before
God
in him
;
but
Chrif} Iefus was
not
made
a
firmer
for
vs
by
-in-
füfion
of
our
finnes
and corruptions
into
his
nature (for hee
was alwaies
moil holy,pure,
vndefiled and
without
finne, as
'9'
the
Apoflle witneffeth
of
him)
but
by imputation
onely,
as
being
our
furetie
who had taken vpon
him
to
difcharge
all our
debt
:
and therefore
in
like manner wee are
made
righteous,
not
by
infüuion
ofrightcoufneffe,
but by
imputa-
tion
onelie.
Now
whereas they obie
&,
that
to be
iuflified
by imputa-
tion
is
but
an
imaginaric mockerie,
as
ifa
poore
man
fhould
be
reputed
rich
:
to
this we
are
to
anfwere, that-it
is
but
a
fri-
uolous cauill
:
for we
doe
not
teach
that
God
efleemeth
and
xeputeth
vsrighteous,'being
whollie
defiled
with
finne
and
quite
deflitute
of
all
righteoufneffe;
but that
he
maketh
vs
perfectly
righteous,by wafhing
away our
fins
with
the
pre-
cious
blood
of
Chrif},
andby
applying
and
appropriating
vnto
vs
his
perfect}
righteoufnes. and obedience byvertue
of
his fpirit
principiliy,and
a
liaely
faith intlrumentally,wherby
we
are
vnited
veto Chrifl
and become members
ofhis body,
and
confequentlie haue
right
and.fuIl'interefl voto
all
that
which this
our head bath done
for vs; and
fo
being
made
partakers
ofhis
righteoufnes and
merits,God
reputcth
vs as
the are
in
truth
perfe&lie
iut+
and
righteous.
If
a
man
being
poore
and
rarre
in
debt, fhould
bee accounted and reputed
exceeding
rich
and
nothing indebted, it
were indeede
buta
metre imagination.Butifanotker
of
great
fufficiency
fhould
take
That
iu{tifica-
tion
by
impu-
tation
is
flot
irisaginarie,but
red
and
in
-truth.