3,1.o. The Formal Caul ©f 5uflificatìó é undertake the defence of what they have done. For it feerns not only to fuppofe.that Chrift did every individual A51 which in any in tance.is required of us, but alto that thole Ails are made our own:inherently ; both which are falfe and impoflì- ble. That which indeed is pleaded for in this Imputation, is only this That what the Lord Chrift did and'fuffered as the Mediator and Surety of the .Covenant in anfwer unto the Law., for them and in their ftead, is imputed unto every one of them unto the Juftification of Life. And fufficient this is unto that end without any fuch fuppofals. (i) From the Dignity of the Per/on who yielded his Obedience, which ren- dered it both fatisfaecory and meritorious, and imputable unto many. (2) From the Nature of the Obedience it fell, which was a perfeec compliance with, a fulfilling of, and fa- tisfa&ion unto the whole Law in all its demands. ; This on the.fuppofition of that Act. of Gods Soveraign.Authority, whereby a Reprefentative of the whole Church was intro- duced to anfwer the Law, is the Ground of his Righteouf- nefs being made theirs, and being every way fufficient unto their Juftification.. (3) From the conflitutìon`: of God, that. what was done and.fufféred by Chrift as a publick perfon and our furety, fhould be reckoned unto us as if done by our (elves.. So the fin of Adam whilít he was a publick Perfon, and reprefented his whole Pofterity, is imputed unto us all, as if we had committed that aEtual fin. This Bellarmin him - felf frequently acknowledgeth. Peccavimsts -.in primo homm e quando ille pecoavit, 6, ilia ejus prevaricatio noflra etiam :præ- varicatio fait. Non enim _were per Adami inobedientiam confii- tueremur peccatores, vir inobedientia illius nofira etiam inobe- dientia effet. De Amifs. Graf.. & Stat.. Peccat. lib. 5. cap. i 8. And elfeWhere, .That the anal fin of Adam is imputed unto WS , as if we all had committed that actual fin ; that is, broken the whole Law of God. And this is that whereby Ale Apo - ftle illuftrates the Imputation of the Righteoufnefs of Chrift unto
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