unto the Lary, Declared and Vindicated 365 had refpe& unto himfelf only; that is, If he yielded it unto God, on the neceffity of his condition, and did not do it for us, I fee no foundation left to aflert his merit upon, no more then I do for the Imputation of it unto them that believe. That which we plead is, That the Lord Chrifl fulfilled the whole Law for to; he did not only undergo the penalty of it due unto our fins, but alto yielded that perfat Obedience which it did require. And herein I thall not immix my felf in the debate of the diftinftion between the At`live and Paffive obedience of Chrifl. For he exercifed the higheft Attive O- bedience in his fuffering, when he offered himfelf to God through the Eternal Spirit. And all his Obedience, con- fidering his Perlon was mixed with fuffering, as a part of his Exinanition and Humiliation; whence it is faid, That though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things that he fuered. And however, doing and fuffering are in various categories of things, yet scripture teflimonies are not to be re- gulated by Philofophical artifices and terms. And it mutt needs be faid, that the sufferings of Chrift as they were pure -. ly penal , are imperfeftly called His pave Righteoufnef. For all Righteoufnef is either in habit, or in action, whereof fufering is neither; nor is any Man righteous, or fo efteemed from what he fufereth. Neither do farings give fatisfaftion unto the commands of the Law, which require only Obedi- ence. And hence it will unavoidably follow, that we have need of more then the weer fufferings of chri.i`E, whereby we may be juftified before God, if fo be that any Righteoufnef be required thereunto. But the whole of what I intend is, That Chrifts fulfilling of the Law in Obedience unto its commands, is no lefs imputed unto us for our Juftification, then his undergoing the Penalty of it is. I cannot but judge it founds ill in the ears of all Chrifti- ans, That the obedience of our Lord Jefs Chr ft as our Media- tor
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