;o& The Formal Cal of ?uftìftcation him, and which is neceffarily required unto that effe &, o . faving others thereby. Whatever we may do, or be fail to do with refpeét unto others, by virtue of any power or qua - lity inherent in our felves, we can be, faille to do nothing unto others, or for them, by virtue of that which is imputed unto us, only for our own benefit.. That any Righteoufnefs of ours lhould benefit another, it is abfolutely neceffary that it fhould be wrought by our felves. 2. If the Righteoufnefs of Chrift could,be transfufed into us, and be made inherently ours, yet could we not be, nor,. be Paid to be the Saviours of others thereby., For our nature in our individual pert ns, is not fubjeElumn capax, or capable to . receive and. retain a Righteoufnefs ufeful and effe &ual unto that end. This capacity was given unto it in Chrift by virtue of the Hypofiatical V pion, and. no otherwife, The Righte- oufnefs of Chrift himfelf as performed in the Humane Nature, would not have been fufficient for the Juftification and Salva- tion of the Church,. had it not been the Righteoufnefs of his .Per f n, who is both Cod and Man ; for God redeemed his Church with his own Blood 3. This Imputation of the Righteoufnefs of Chrift unto , us, as unto its ends and ufe, hath its meafure from the Will of God, and his purpofe in that Imputation. And this is, that it fhould;be, the. Righteoufnefs of them unto. whom, it is impu- ted, and nothing elie 4.. We do not fay that the Righteoufnefs of Chrift a made abfolutely for the whole Church, is imputed unto every Believer. But his fatisfaEtion for everyone of them in particular, ac- cording unto the Will of God, is imputed unto them; . not with refpe& unto its general ends;, but according unto every ones particular Intereft. r Every. Believer hath his own Homer of this Bread of Life ; and all are juftified by the fame Righ=- teoufnef.. 5. The
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