48 2 The nature of Yufiification, as declared comes on all Believers, is the Righteoufnefs of Chrift imputed unto them. And what can be more clearly affirmed or more evidently confirmed than this is by the Apoftle, I know nor. Yet is it more plainly expref d, v.19. For as by one mans Difobedience many were made Sinners; fo by the Obedience of one fhall many be made Righteous. This is well explained by Cyrillus Alexandrinus in loan. Lib. i r. Cap. 25. "guemadmodum prxvaricatione primi homi- nrs ut in primitiisgeneris noflri, morti addi 5fi fuimos ; eodem modo per obedientiam e faflitiam Chrifli, in quantumfeipfum legi fubjecit, quamvis legis author effet, beneditiio & vivificatio qux per fpiritum ell ad totam noiram penetravit naturam. And by Leo. Epifl. 12. ad Yuvenalem. Vt autem reparet om- nium vitam, recepit omnium caufam; ut feat per unies reatum omnes facti fuerunt peccatores, ita per unies innocentiam omnet fierent innocentes ; inde in homines manaret juftitia, ubi efl humanafufcepta natura. That which he before called .t?iRwt.ta, sc dix tw,uct he now ex.. preffeth by ..u.exAi and .zraxiA, Difobedience and Obedience. The e0A,3 of Adam or his Difobedience was his actual tranfgref- fion of the Law of God. Hereby faith the ApoftIe, many were made Sinners. Sinners in fuch a fenf as to be obnoxious unto Death and Condemnation. For liable unto Death they could not be made , unlefs they were firft made Sinners or guilty. And this they could not be,but that they are efteemed to have finned in hits, whereon the guilt of his Sin was impu- ted unto them.Thistherefore he affirms,namely that the allual fin of Adam was fo the fin of all men, as that they were made fanners thereby, obnoxious unto Death and Condemnation. That which he oppofeth hereunto, is ñ w- xQñ the Obedience o f one, that is, of Jens Chrift. And this was the Actual Obedience that he yielded unto the whole Law of God. For as the Difobedience of Adam was his ac`lual Tranfgreffion of the whole Law ; fo: the Obedience of Chrift was his a tual accom
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