472 The nature of 9uflification, as declared If the atlualfin of Adam was fo imputed unto all his pofie- rity, as to be accounted their own fin unto condemnation, then is the anual obedience of thrift, the second Adam imputed un- to all his spiritual seed, that is, unto all Believers unto Juftifi'- cation. I fhall not here further prefs this Argument, becaufe the ground of it will occur unto us afterwards. The two next Verles containing an Obje &ion and an Anfwer returned unto them, wherein we have no immediate concernment, I (hall pals by. Verf. 15, i 6. The Apoftle proceeds to explain his Compa- rifon in thofe things, wherein there is a diffimilitude between the conrparates. But not as the once, fo is the free gift 5 for if through the offence of one many be dead , much more the Grace of God, and the gift by Grace, by one Man Jefirs Chrift, bath abounded unto many. The oppofition is between Wafkarlw,ua on the one hand, 1.4e,tg.,ua on the other 5 between which, a diflimilitude is aífert- ed, not as unto their oppofite effe &s of Death and Life, but only as unto the degrees of their efficacy, with refpe& unto thofe eft-eds. Ttae.4.77w ,ea, the offence, the fall, the (in, the tranfgreffion 5 that is, m the difobedience of one, tJer.19. Hence the firft fin of Adam, is generally called the fall, 70 * kr That which is oppofed hereunto, is xáewtha ; Donum, Donum gratuitum 5 Beneficium, id quod Dealgratifiëatur 5 that is, A.,_¡L»4 d?.,Qsci áee)r Tñ m ÉVÓS áphaLze 'In xecs-, as it is immediately explained. The grace of God, and the free gift by grace, through JefiS Chrifi. Where- fore, although this word, in the next verle, doth precifely lignifie the Righteoulnels of Chrift, yet here it comprehends all the caules of our Juftification, in oppofition unto the fall of Adam, and the entrance of fin thereby. The confequent and effec` ,v`'-eg,-7442- of the oferme, the fall, is, that many be dead. No more is here intended by many,
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