361 CHAP. XII. The Imputation of the Obedience of Chrifl unto the Law, Declared andVindicated. FRom the foregoing General Argument, another cloth iílùe in Particular, with refped unto the Imputation of the Active obedience or Righteoufneff of Cbrift unto us, as an Effential part of that Righteoufnefs whereon we are juflified before God. And it is as followeth, if it were neceffary that the Lord Chrift, as our Surety, fhould undergo the penalty of the Law for us, or in our Read, becaufe we have allfinned 3 then it was neceffary alfo,th. at as ourSurety he fhould yield obedience unto the preceptive part of the Lawfor as alfa : And if the Imputation of the former be needful for w unto our 7uftifcation before God, then is the Imputation of the latter alfo neceff`ary unto the fame End and Purpofe. For why was it neceffary, or why would God have it fo , that the Lord Chrift, as the Surety of the Covenant fhould undergo the curfe and penalty of the Law, which we had incurred the guilt of by fin, that we may be juftified in his fight ? Was it not, that the Glory and Honor of his Righteoufnefs, as the Author of the Law, and the Supream Governor of all Mankind, thereby might not be violated in the abfolute impunity of the infringers of it : And if it were requifite unto the glory of God, that the penalty of the Law fhould be undergone for us, or fuffered by our Surety in our Bead, becaufe we had finned : Wherefore is it not as requifite unto the glory of God, that the preceptive part of the Law be complied withal for us, in as much as obe- dience thereunto is required of us ? And as we are no more able of our felves to fulfil the Law, in a way of obedience, Aaa then
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