ThePle- rrrans VerdiE!. Xighteoafne e,butby imputationonely? he ftouldbefore God,in the petfonof the wholebody ofhis cleft, and therefore is his obedience reputed theobedi. enceof all the eledhThirdly it wil appcare by fcanning thenature offuretilhip, when one manvndertakes and engageth himfelfefor another. Let the cafebe betwixt PaulandOnefmw.Onefmw ranaway fromPhitemee his mafter,andat hisdeparture(by alllikelihood)tooke with him Tomepartofhis mailers goods; Paul becomes amediatour for him , and for .the better furtherance of hisre- quell, he offerethro fee the wrongand dammage which is done, to be difchar- ged:l fhehath hurtrhte,or oweth theeought,tltatput an mineaccount ,/Panlhaue writ- nn eht, ugh tuyowne hand,fwidrecompenseit'. By this meanes Onetime, is difchar-!phiLv.i r9 ged,and Paul is become debtor toPhiemon;but how? Neitherhath Oeefmw re. paied ought,neither hathPaulftolne or borrowed ought; Itisby Imputation. By venue ofthe vudertakenfuretilhip, Onefmw his debtlies.vpon Piu1, and Pauli freedome from debt,turnes to theacquaintance ofOnefimut.So is it in this cafeof tufhification. Wee flood bound toGod toperforate fomany dutiesof tighteoufnes,and tofuftaine fo much datnage,euen the eternal' weight ofGods düpleafure,for fomany holy feruicesvnperformed.Chrift commethbetween, and giuethhimfelfeto God the Father for a fulldifcharge. Thus is henowreputed theDebtor, and mull pay the mu10, we adiudged righteous, and mutt receiue thereward : and yet neither is heaDebtorby his owneprivate tranfgreffron,norwe freedby ourown pet tonal iuftice,bnt both by Imputation. This limilitude isvery fitting, becaufe,as out/jams arecalled debtsn',foChrifl is (hid tohauegiwn himfelfe,at afullprice,prapertioaable eueryway tMatt.sra. toourdebs n,andfo bybittripes to hauehealed 010. a Ifa; ;.f. Imaraell Pupifis fhould gibeat Imputation, as atanabfurdity,when as they themfeluesmaintalue Supererogation ; whereby theholineffe of one manis dii. poled of,to the fpirituallbenefit ofanother. Nownex,for that Righreeufier whichis focalledin.refpeá oftheendeavour, ithath in it no inconvenience,feeingboth Pail(as h'ath.been. (aid) calleth cum thofe Crilliansperfrt, who accounting themfluesnotalreadyperfit, doenotwith (landingwith their heftintention follow hardtowardthemarkte, for theprice ofthe highcaffing fgainChriflTofwe, and our Sauiourpronounceth thofe Blefd,pPh;L;,ts; whodoe hungerafter rr,,hteoulhers. He then here in this Text, isaMil orarigbteoue 13,t4. man , whois iuftrfied before God by the imputedrighteoufnes of Chrill , and q Maahq.t, bathgiuenvp himfelfeto Gods feruite, inbolinere andrighteoufnefje , before himadrRom.t..r. his daies f. flukr.74g4 Thenext point in opening the fenfe,is,whatitistohawbleb,death. By hop; herewe muff not concciuethat which iscommonly focalled , and whichis al. molt in entrygodleliè wretch,namely,agroundleffe conceit, Aar alliewed,and thatGod wiltbegoodvetovt; for in that fenfc, the moll carnalimen haue a kind ofhope indeath ; They thinke they !hall doewell enough,and no doubt theLord willtake them tohis mercy,&c. when as indeed,being lifted and lookedinto, they haue no thewofgood reafon,whytheyfhould fohope.But theHope hero (pokes of, is ofanother nature, itis built vpona faire fuser foundation; and therefore itis termed akeptMgmakiugafbamed r,becaufehe which hath it,is ne-t aow.çe f. uer difappointed,butalwaies enioyeth the endofhis Hope. Elfewhere it iscal- ledthe Helmet ofSelaat:onn,beeaufe it is(as it were)thefafegard to all otherpares a t Trä f.f: ofChrillian holines.Sothat thisHopearifethnot out ofimergiaatien orfappefrtiae, butout oftheaffurance of thefauourofGod inChrift lefus. Hepeisnathing clfebut an expeáarionofthe accomplilhment ofthatwhereof wereceiueaf.. furánce by faith.Faithafcertaineththefewb, thatfor Chrifts fakeGod hashfor. giuenit, and bath acquired it from the condemnationwhich it had deferued, and that heauenis nowreferuedfor it, a place being there prepared byClain, whois for that purpefegonebefore`. Hopeis the quietingofthejiale,begetting in lobn.tt;a} it both anearnellnes of delire,andyet withall, a contcutednes toawake Gods T e Leafur=
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