,Imputation, and the Nature of it. 243 nefs of another ; which is to deny all Imputation. Wherefore (2) Pofitively ; This Imputation is an Act of God ex mera Gratia, of his meer Love and Grace, whereby on the confideration of the Mediation of Chrift, he makes an effè- anal Grant and Donation of a true, real, per felt Righteoufnej, even that of Chrift himfelf unto all that do believe, and accoun- ting it as theirs, on his own gracious Aei,both abfolves them from ff n,and granteth them Right and Title unto Eternal Li fe.Hence, 4. In this Imputation, the thing it felf is firft imputed un- to us, and not any of the EjfeCs of it, but they are made ours by virtue of that Imputation. To fay that the Righ- teoufnefs of Chrift, that is, his Obedience and Sufferings are imputed unto us only as unto their effects, is to fay that we have the benefit of them, and no more ; but Imputation it fell is denied. So fay the Socinians, but they knew well enough, and ingenuoufly grant, that they overthrow all true real Imputation thereby. Nec enim ut per Chrifti jI&itiam juflificemur, opus eft ut illiusuftstra, noftra Pt juflitia ; fed fufftcit ut Chrifti juflitia fit caufa noftre 7 uzjicationis ; & ha- ïienus poJfumus tibi concedere, Chrifti juftitiam effé noftram ju- ftitiam, quatenus noftrum in bonum juftitiamq; redundat ; verum to proprie noftram, id eft, nobis attributam afcriptamq; intelligis, faith Schlitlingius ; Dif . pro Socin. ad Meitner. pag. 25o. And it is not pleating to fee Tome among our felves with fo great confidence take up the fence and words of there men in their Difputations againft the Proteftant Doftrine in this caufe, that is, the Do &rive of the Church of England. That the Righteoufneßof Chrift is imputed unto us, as unto its leas, hath this found fenfe in it ; namely, that the effects of it are made ours, by reafon of that Imputation. It is fo imputed, fo reckoned unto us of God, as that he re- ally communicates all the effeecs of it unto us. But to fay the Righteoufnefs of thrift is not imputed unto us, only its effeéts are fo, is really to overthrow all Imputation. For Ii 2 as
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