486 rhe nature of yuflifecation, a declared ing Rihteoufnefi. Neither is there any force in the Obje &ion againft it, that actually the obedience of Chrill did precede his suffering. For the Method of their application is not pre - fcribed thereby; And the {late of Sinners to be juftified, with the nature of their Juftification requires it fhould be other - wife, as God alto hath ordained. But becaufe the Obedience and Sufferings of Chrift, were concomitant from firft to laft, both equally belonging unto his ftate of Exinanition, and cannot in any a6l or inftance be feparated , but only in no- tion or imagination, feeing he fuffered in all his Obedience, and obeyed in all his Suffering, Heb. 5.8. And neither part of our Juftification, in freedom from Condemnation , and right unto life eternal, can be fuppofed to be or exift without the other according unto the Ordinance and conftitution of God , the whole effect is jointly to be afcribed unto the whole Mediation of Chrift, fo far as he acted towards God in our behalf, wherein he fulfilled the whole Law both as to the penalty exacted of Sinners, and the Righteoufnefs it re- quires unto life as an eterni reward. And there are many reafons why our Juftification is in the Scripture by the way of Eminency afcribed unto the death and blood fhedding of Chrifi. For, (r.) The Grace and Love of God, the principal effi- cient caufe of our Juftification, are therein made molt emi- nent and confpicuous. For this is molt frequently in the Scripture propofed unto us as the highefi infiance, and unde- niable demonftration of Divine Love and Grace. And this is that which principally we are to confider in our Juftifi- cation, the glory of them being the end of God therein. He wade uT accepted in the Beloved to the praife of the glory of his Grace, Ephef. i. 6. Wherefore this being the fountain, fpring and tole caufe, both of the Obedience of Chrift, and of the Imputation thereof unto us, with the pardon of Sin and Righteoufnefs thereby, it is every where in the Scripture propofed
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