9,94 The Imputation of the obedience of Chris' 29. Lok; 21.6. Ac`fs 5. 38,39. Chap. 6. id.. Rom. 14. 20. 2 Ccr. 5. 1. Gal. 2. 18. moftly with an Accufative Cafe, of the things fpoken of.) or vg, Qyottt, which the Apoffle denys to be done by Chrift, and Faith in him, Rona. 3.31. NSFcov , 3 rA* 717 s r çsws i /- yivotm á>J,eé ve,uov Isi) (611). Do we then make void the Law through Faith ? God forbid; yea we eflablifh the Law. vb,t ov isu,vxt is to confirm its Obligation unto Obedience, which is done by Faith only with refpeft unto the Moral Law, the other being evacuated as unto any Power of ob- liging unto Obedience. This therefore is the Law which our Lord Chrift affirms that he came, not to defiroy 5 fo he exprefly declares in his enfuing difcourfe , fhewíng both its Power of obliging us always unto Obedience, and giving an Expofition of it. This Law the Lord Chrift came nnpwottt. IITnp oar zñy v6zay, in the Scripture is the fame with v6y,ov in other Writers; that is, to yield full perfeïl Obedience unto the Commands of the Law, whereby they are abfolutely fulfilled; 7Tnpw0tt1 1,61-COV, is not to make the Law perfe t for it was always v60- 7 J e -, a perfect Law, yam. 1. 25. but to yield perfec"f Obedience unto it; the fame. that our Saviour calls Tr)np&ottt 7rúottv diaytoTvrny, Mat. 3. 15. to fulfil all Righteoufnef 5 that is, by Obedience unto all Gods Commands and lnffitutions, as is evident in the Place. So the Apoftle ufeth the fame Expreífion, Rom: 13.8. he that lover!) another, hathfulfilled the Law. It is a vain exception that Chrift fulfilled the Law by his Marine, in the Expofition of it. The Oppofition between the Words orñnpa7oc1 and :,g,-ruT.t t to fulfill and to defiroy , will admit of no fuch fenfe. And our Saviour himfelf expounds this fulfilling of the Law, by doing the Commands of it,v.19. Wherefore the Lord Chrift as our Mediator and. Surety ful- filling the Law by yielding perfect Obedience thereunto,_ he did itfor us, and taus it is imputed. This is plainly affirmed by the Apoftl.e, Rom. 5. 18, 19. There-
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