The Forn al C4uf e o f f ù fti cdtiad. Chrifts fuf ring in the Perfon of the Elea, I know not whè& then any have ufèd it or no, nor will I contend about it. He fufféred in their flead ; which all forts of Writers ancient and . modern fo expref, in his fuf ring he hare the Perfin of the Clwrch. The meaning is what was before declared. Chrift and Believers are one myffical Petfon, one fpiritually anima- ted Body, Head and Members. This I fuppofe will not be denied ; To do fo, is to overthrow the Church and theFaith of it. Hence what he did and fuffered is imputed unto them. And it is granted that as the Surety of the Covenant he paid all our Debts, or anfwered for all our faults 5 and that his Righteoufnefs is really communicated unto us. Why then fay fome, there is no need of Repentance, all is done for us already. But why fo, why mutt we affent'to one part of the Gofpel unto the exclufion of another? Was it not free unto God to appoint what way, .. method and; order -he would, whereby thefe things fhould be communicated unto us ? nay upon the fuppofitionof the defign of his Wifdom and Grace, thefe two things were neceffary. a. That this Righteoufnepof Christi fhould be 'communica- ted unto us, and be made àttrs in filch a way and manner, as that he himfèlf might be glorified therein, feeing he hath difpofed all things in this whole Oeconomy, unto the praife 'of the Glory of hi's Grace, Ephef a. 6. This was to be done by' Faith on our part. It is fo; it4could be no otherwife. For that Faith whereby we are juftified, is our giving unto God the Glory of his Wifdòm, Grace 'and Love. And- whatever doth fo, is Faith, and nothing elfe is lb. 2. That whereas our nature was fo corrupted and depra- ved, as that continuing in that'itate, it was not capable'of a Participation of the Righteoufnef'of Chrift, or any benefit of it, unto the Glory of God, and'our own Good, it was in like manner rieceffary that it fhould be renewed and changed. --And unlefs it were fo, the Defign of God in the Mediation of
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