The FormalCaufe of yúf fiçatiora , 2'93- ,Evangelical Righteou fne f whereof we have fpokenbefore. And whereas the Papigis fay, that this Righteoufnefs of Works is not abfc,Iutely perfe&, nor in it felf able to juflifie us in the fight of d,but owes all its worth and dignity unto this pur- pole un_. merit of Chrift, they affirm that this Evangelical Righteoufneßis the condition whereon we enjoy the Benefits of the Righteoufnefs of Chrifr in the pardon of our fins, and .the - acceptance of our Perfons before God. But as unto , thofe who will acknowledge no other Righteoufneßwherewith we are juírifiedbefore God, the meaning is the fame, whether we fay that on the Condition of this Righteoufnef we are made partakers of the Benefits of the Righteoufnefs of Chriff'; or that it is the.Righteoufi efs'ofChrifhwhich makes this Righteou neat of ours accepted with God. But thofe things múft after- wards more particularly; be enquired into. 3. The third Enquiry wherein there is not an Agreement .. in this matter is, upon a fuppofition of a necefíity,, that he who is to be jùfrified, ffiould one way or other be interefd in- the.Righteoufne(s of Chrifl, what it is that on our part is required thereunto. This íöme fay to be Faith alone, others Faith and Works alf, and that in the fame kind of necefity, and ufe. That whole confideratìon we at prefent undertake, is the fecond thing' propofed. And indeed, herein lies the fubftance of the whole controverfie about our Ji{lification before God, upon the determination and ftating whereof; the determination of all other incident Queírions Cloth depend. This therefore is that which herein I affirm. The RighteouJ vef of Christi . (in his Obedience and Suffering for-us) impu- ted unto Believers, as they nre.enìted . unto him by his f pirit,. is that Righteoufnefs xvh. ereon.tlàey are jaJtiféd before God on the Account whereof their lint are pardoned, and a Right k granted... them unto theHeavenly Inheritance.,: This Pofition ,is fuch' as wherein the fubftance of that Igo= ar ne:in this important Article of Evangelical.'i raith which we...
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