unto the Law, Declaredand Vindicated. Therefore as by the Once of one 3udgment came upon all men to Condemnation, even fo by the Righteoufnefs of one, the free Gift came upon all men unto yufléation of life. For as by the difobedience of One many were made Sinners , fo by the Obedience of One fhall many be made Righteous. The fall plea from and Vindication of this T of imony, I refer unto its pro- per place in the Teftimonies given unto the Imputation of the Righteoufnefs of Chrift unto our Juftification in general, Here I fhall only obferve that the Apoftle exprefly and in terms affirms that by the Obedience of Chr, we are made Righ- teous or Juftified, which we cannot be but by the Imputation of it unto us. I have met with nothing that had the appea- rance of any fobriety for the eluding of this exprefs Tefti- mony, but only, that by the Obedience of Chrifl, his death and fufferings are intended, wherein he was obedient unto Cod ; as the Apoftle faith, he was Obedient unto death ; the death of the Croft, Phil. 2.8. But yet there is herein no colour of probability. For, i . It is acknowledged that there was fuch a near conjunction and alliance between the Obedience of Chrift, and his Sufferings, that though they may be din flìnguifhed, yet can they not be feparated. He fuffered in the whole courte of his obedience, from the Womb to the Crois; and he obeyed in all his fuf rings unto the lait mo- ment wherein he expired. But yet are they really things diVina, as we have proved ; and they were fo in him, who learned obedience by the things that he fuffered. Heb.5.8. (2.) In this place tiaY,01), Ver. 19. And d}ryíw¡ca Ver. i8. are the fame : Obedience and Righteoufnefs'. By the Righteoufnefs of One, and by the Obedience of One, are the fame. But fuffering, as fuffering is not dlvxíw,,x, is not Righteoufnefs. For if it were , then every one that fuffers what is due to him fhould be righteous, and fo be juftified, even the Devil him- fell. (3 ) The Righteoufnefs and Obedience here intend- ed, are oppofed 7,-zçx71w1,477,to the offence. By the offence of Eee 2 Ones
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