Imputation, andthe Nature of it gone, it had its foundation in his voluntary undertaking. But on fuppofition hereof ; it was actually ex juflitia, it being Righteous that he [hould anfwer for, and make good what he had fo undertaken,, the Glory of Gods Righteouf- nefs and Holinefs being greatly concerned herein. 3. There is an Imputation, ex injuria 5 when that i§ laid unto the charge of any , whereof he is not Guilty : So Bathfheba fays unto David 5 it 'hall come to paf that when my Lord the King f let& Jleep with his Fathers, that I and my Son Solomon Ihall be =Non Sinners ; i Kings I. 21. [hall be dealt with as Offenders, as guilty perfons, have fin imputed unto us, on one pretence or other unto our Deftrution. We [hall be f nnets 5 be efteemed fo, and be dealt withal ac- cordingly. And we may fee that in the 'Phrafe of the 1 Scripture the Denomination of finners, followeth the Imparta- tion, as well as the inhefon"of fin.; which will give light un- to that place of the Apoftle, he was made fin for us, 2 Cor. 5.. 21. This kind' of Imputation hath no place in. the Judg went of` God. It is. far from him, that the Righteous [hould be as the Wicked. q.. There is an Imputation, ex mera Gratia, of meer Grace and Favour: And this is, when that which antecedently unto this Imputation was no way ours, not inherent. in. us, not per formed by us, which we had no Right nor Title unto;.is granted unto us, made ours,.fo as that we are judged of and dealt with according; unto it. This. is that hmputation. in both branches of it, Negative in. the non -Imputation of fin, and pófitive in the Imputation of Rigbteoufnef , . which the Apoftle fo vehemently pleads for, and fo frequently afíèrteth, Rom. 4. For he both affirms the thing it felf, and declares that it is of meer Grace; without refpeét tinto., any. thing within our felves. And if this kind of Imputation cannot be fully exemplified in any other inflance, but this alone, whereof we treat, it is becaufe the foundation of. it in , the media-- 239 t
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