364 The Imputation of the obedience of Chrift although we thould grant, that the Obedience of Chrifl unto the Lan', is not imputed unto us unto our Juitificatton, yet fhall we not be freed from difturbance by this falfe accufati- on; unlefs we will renounce the whole of the fatisfaclion and merit of Chriii alfo : And we intend not to purchafe our Peace with the whole World, at fo dear a rate. Wherefore I fhall in its proper place give this part of the charge its due confèderation, as it reflects on the whole Doctrine of Juttifi- cation, and all the caufes thereof, which we believe and profefs. The firft part of this charge, concerning the Impobility of the Imputation of the obedience of Chrift unto us, is in- lifted on by Socinut de Servat. part 3. caps. And there hath been nothing fince pleaded unto the fame purpofe, but what hath been derived from him, or wherein, at leaf-, he hath not prevented the Inventions of other Men, and gone before them. And he makes this confederation the principal engine wherewith he indeavors the overthrow of the whole Dot1rine of the merit of Chrift. For he fuppofeth, that if all he did in a way of Obedience, was due from himfelf on his own Account, and was only the duty which he owed unto God for himfelf in his ftation and circumftances, as a Man in this World, it cannot be meritorious for us, nor any way im- puted unto us. And in like manner to weaken the Do&rine of his satisfaílion, and the Imputation thereof unto us, he contends that Chrift offered as a Prie.fl for himfelf, in that kind of offering which he made on the Crofs. Part.2. cap. 22. And his real opinion was, that whatever was of offering or facrifice in the Death of Chri.fl, it was for himfelf; that is, it was an AEI of obedience unto God which pleafed him, as the favor of a fweet finelling sacrifice. His offering for us, is only the prefentation of himfelf in the pretence of God in Heaven; now he hath no more to do for himfelf in a way of Duty. And the truth is, if the Obedience of Chrift had
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