9q. I Grounds of Saints fulnelie. 1 the words of Precept to dire& them, the words of Promife to fuftaine them, the words of Life to quicken them, the words of Peace to contort them ; what thou hats revealed and given to me, as Mediator,have I revealed and communi- cated unto them,as their teacher atad Saviour. In regard of Imputation : C hrift with all his benefits is imputed to beleevers, their f nnes are imputed unto him, and his righteoufneffe is imputed unto them. he that knew no finne, 11a3 made fir.ne for us, that ne might be made the righteous- r.effc of God in bun ; not our righteoufneffe, but the righte- oufneffe of God; not in us,but in Chriff. As Jofua the high Prieat had his filthy garments taken from him, and was clothed with change of raiment : fo is our finne, like a filthy garment, } ut from us, and we are clothed with C,hrifts righteouf- ,yefle, as with a rich and royall robe ; and we are to put on ,hritt to jufiification ; being, through faith, clothed and covered with Christ his perfe& innocency and holineffe of nature and a &ions, as with a garment to appeare holy and unblarreable without Ipot or wrinkle before God. And we are allo laid, to pat on Chrifi to janai fication, being decked nd adorned with the gifts and fruits of his Spirit, as with jewels and ornaments : Tee are of God (faith Saint Paid) elea- d, called, regenerated by bis#irit Ali tbi'gs are of -God by crea- ion, ele& beleevers by the grace of adoption and regenera- tion : lee are of him in Chriif, ele&ed in Chrift before the oundation of the world : In Chriff, Who is made unto us of God,wildome, .rig,bteoufneffe, Íanai fication and redemption : Made onto us of God, not by creation, but by ordination : Wit= dome, the author and teacher of wildome, revealing to us the counfell of his Father, touching our falvation, and ma- ,ing us wife by giving us the fpirit of illumination : Righ- ceoufneffe, our _Justifier making us righteous through his Aghteoufneís imputed to us : S..n&ification, our Sanctifier, degenerating and renewing us by the worke of his Spirit : redemption, by his merit and efficacy, freeing us from the power of Satan, the dominion of our corruption,and death ternall : He is our Wifdome as a Prophet, our ,Juiificati- on and San &ification as a Prielf,our Redemption as a King: He 4 ImpntatiQn ot Chrift. Cor, 5.7 I. Zach.3. Rom 1 3. I Cor.t.3e. 1
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