298 l è orii a1 Cdufe of fuflification: fày, That he who bath a Righteoufrefs imputed unto him that if abfolrstely perfect`, fo as to be made his own, needs no pardon, bath no fin that fhould be forgiven, nor .can he ever need for - givene f ?" But becaufe this Obje &ionwill occur unto us again in the vindication of one of our enfuing Arguments, I [hall here fpeak briefly unto it. r. Grothcc (hail anfwer this Objection, faith he, Cum duo nobis peperi f fe Chri Hum diner imrks, impunitatem & prremiunt, ilïud fatisfaCiioni, hoc merito Chrifli diflinCte tribuit vetus Ec cle (ia. Satisfac`iio con /flit in peccatorum Tranflatione, meritum in perf eli me Obedientie pro nnbis preftite Isnputatione. Art- fat. ad lib. de fätisfaCi. Whereas we have fail that Chr fl bath procured or brought forth two things for us, freedom frompun i- ment, and 'a reward, the ancient Church attributes the one of them diflintIlly unto his fatisfaCiion, the other unto his merit. SaFisfaciion confifleth in theTranflation of fins (from us unto him) merit in the Imputation of his me perfect Obedience per- formed for us, unto us. In his Judgment the Remiffion of fins, and the Imputation of Righteoufnefs, were , as .confi- fient as the fatisfa &ion and merit of Chrift, as indeed they are. 2. Had we not been (inners, . we Ihould have had no need of the Imputation of the Righteoufnefs of Chrift to render us Righteous before God. Being fo, the firft End for which it is imputed, is the pardon of fin ; without whichwe could not be, Righteous by the Imputation of the molt perfe& Righteoufnefs. Thefe things therefore are confiftent, name- ly, that the/di-hp/aim, of Chrifl. Ihould be imputed unto us for the pardon of fin, and the %bedience of Chris"' be imputed unto us, to render us Righteousbefore God. And they are not only confiftent, but neither of them tingly were fufficient unto our Juftification. 2. It is pleaded by the fame Author and others ; That the Im- putation of the Righteoufiiei of Chilli, overthroxveth all #eceff;- ty
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