under the Law, Declared and Vindicated. 3 7 5 fwer for it all. He fuppofeth that Philemon might have a double aétion againft on fetus; the one injuriarum, and the other danni or debiti, of wrong and injury, and of lots or debt; which are difiiná aEtions in the Law : If he bath wronged thee, or oweth the ought. f?ereon he propofeth him- felf,and obligeth himfelf by his exprefs Oblig Lion i76) nxt72,e- fyEy 4,; ?, apq zív. I Paul have written it with my own hand, that he would anfwer for both , and pay back a valuable confideration if required. Hereby was he obliged in his own perfon to make fatisfa Lion unto Philemon 5 but yet he was to do it for one (imus, and not for himfelf. Whatever Obe- dience therefore was due from the Lord Chrift, as to his Hu- mane Nature whileft in theform ofa fervant,either as a Man, or as an ifraelite,feeing he was fo not neceffarily by the necef- fity of nature for himfelf, but by voluntary condefcenfton and ftipulation for us, for us it was, and not for himfelf. 5. The Lord Chrifi in his Obedience was not a private, but a publiclyperfon. He obeyed as he was the Surety of the Covenant, as the Mediator between Cod and Man. This T fuppofe will not be denied. He can by no imagination be confidered out of that capacity. But what a public( perfon doth as a publick perfon, that is, as a Reprefentative of others, and an undertaker for them,, whatever may be his own con- cernment therein, he doth it not for himfelf, but for others. And if others were not concerned therein, if it were not for them, what he doth would be of no ufe or lignification. Yea, it implies a contradiffion that any one fhould do any thing as a publickperfon, and do it for himfelf only. He who is a publickperfon, may do that wherein he alone is concern- ed, but he cannot do fo as he is a public(perfon. Wherefore as socinus, and thofe that follow him would -have Chrift to have of red for himfelf, which is to make him a Mediator for himfelf, his offering being a Mediatory aEt, which is both foolifb and impious g fo to affirm his Mediatory Obedience, his Obedience
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