The FOl n- alCaufè of Juf fication. 3 og 5. The Apoftle declares, as we (hall prove afterwards, that as Adams at`lual gn is imputed unto us unto condemnation, fo is the Obedience of Chri fl imputed unto us, to the Juftifi cation of. life. But Adams fin is not fo imputed unto any perfon, as that he fhould then and thereby be the caufe of fin and condemnation unto all "other.perfons in the World ; but only that he himfelfihould become.. Guilty before God thereon. And fo is it on the other fide. And as we are made Guilty by Adams atualgn which is not inherent in us, but only imputed unto us 5-fo :,.are, we made : Righteous by the Righteoufnefs of Chrift which is not inherent in us, but only imputed unto us. And imputed unto us it is, becaufe himfèlf was Righteous with it, not for himfelf but for us., It is yet laid,. That if w inffl on perfonal Imputation unto every Believer of what Chrifl did, or if any Believer be perfonally Righteous in the very individual ;A is of Chrifis , Righteoufnef , many Abfirrdities will follow. , But it was obferved before.; that when any defign to oppofe an Opinion from the abfurdi- ties which they fuppofe would follow upon it, they, are much enclined to to Bate it, as that at leaft they may f em fo to do.:> And this:oftimes the molt worthy and candid Perkins are not free from in the heat of Difpt tation. So .I fear it is here fallen out. For as unto per / nal Imputation I do not well underftand it. All Imputation is unto a perfon, and is the At of a perfon, be it of what, and what fort it will, but from neither of them can be denominated a Perfonal Imputation. And if an Imputation be allowed that is not unto theperfon of men, namely, in this cafe unto all Believers, the nature of it hath not yet been declared as I know of That any have fo expreffed the Imputation pleaded .for:, That every Believer fboulcl.be perfonally. Righteosrs.,in the very individual Acts of Chrifis Rigbteoufneff,, I know not ; I have neither read nor heard any of them,who have fo expreffed their mind. It may be Tome have done ;fo.; but I fhall not under:,. _.
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