Imputation, and the AÇature of it 233 Acknowledgment or Judgment, that the thing fo imputed is really and truly ours, or in us. He that Imputes Wifdom or Learning unto any man, doth in the first place acknowledge him to be Wife or Learned. (2) A dealing with them ac- cording unto it, whether it be Good or Evil. So when upon a Trial a man is acquitted becaufè he is found Righteous ; firft he is judged and efteemed Righteous, and then dealt with as a Righteous Perlon ; his Righteoufnefs is imputed unto him. See this exemplified, Gen. 3o. 33. 2. To Impute unto us that which is not our own antece- dently unto that Imputation, includes allo in it two things. (1) A Grant or Donation of the thing it felf unto us to be ours, on fome juft Ground and Foundation. For a thing muff be made ours, before we can juftly be dealt withall ac- cording unto what is required on the Account of it. (2) A Will of dealing with us, or an aecual dealing with us according unto that which is fo made ours. For in this matter whereof we treat, the moil Holy and Righteous God doth not juftifie any, that is, abfolve them from fin, pronounce them Righteous, and thereon grant unto them Right and Title unto Eternal Life, but upon the interveniency of a true and compleat Righ- teoufhefs, truly and compleatly made the Righteoufnefs of them that are to be juftified, in order of nature antecedently unto their Jullification. But thefe things will be yet made more clear by Inflances, and it is neceffary they fhould be fo. z. There is an Imputation unto us of that which is really our own, inherent in us, performed by us, antecedently unto that Imputation, and this whether it be Evil or Good. The Rule and Nature hereof is given and expreffed, Ezeh 18.20. The Righteoufne of the Righteous AZ be upon him, the Wick- ednef of the Wicked ( hall be upon him. Inftances we have of both forts. (i) In the Imputation of fin, when the Perlon guilty of it, is fo judged and reckoned a firmer, as to be dealt withall accordingly. This Imputation Shimei deprcca - Hh tcd
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