3 74 The .Imputation ofthe obedience ofChrig mated in the expreffiion of it, He was made under the Law, namely, as he was made of a Woman by efpecial Difpen- fation and Condelcenfion expreíled, PhiL2. 6, 7, 8. The O- bedience he yielded thereon, was for us, and not for himfelf. And this is evident from hence, For he was fo made under the Law, as that not only he owed Obedience unto the Precepts of it, but he was made obnoxious unto its curfe. But I fuppole it will not be Paid, that he was fo for himfelf, and therefore not for us. We owed Obedience unto the Law, and were obnoxious unto the Curfe of it, or v/zroJlrn, 49e;. Obedience was required of us, and was as neceflàryr unto us, if we would enter into life, as the anfwering ofthe Curie for us was, if we would efcape Death eternal. Chrílls as our Surety, is made under the Law for us, whereby he be- comes liable and obliged unto the Obedience which the Law required, and unto the penalty that it threatned. Who (ball now dare to fay, that he underwent the Penalty of the Law for us indeed, but he yielded Obedience unto it for himfelf only ? The whole Harmony of the Work of his Mediation, would be difordered by Inch a fuppolition. yudah, the Son of Jacob, undertook to be a Bondman in- 'lead of Benjamine his Brother, that he might go free, Gen. 44.33. There is no doubt but jofeph might have accepted of the ftipulation. Had he done fo, the fervice and bondage he undertook, had been neceffary unto Judah, and righte- ous for him to bear; howbeit he had undergone it, and per- formed his duty in it, not for himfelf, but for his Brother Benjamine 5 and unto Benjamine, it would have been impu- ted in his liberty. So when the Apoltle Paul wrote thole words unto Philemon concerning onEmus, 'Et ATI iid`í}0104 ñ ópc'tñc,, 73;70 tiuoi i22 6yer, É" á737)71our, Verf I8. If he bath wronged thee, dealt unrighteoufly or injurioully with thee, or oweth thee ought, wherein thou haft fuffered io s by him, put it on my account, or impute it all unto me; I will repay it, or an- fiver
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