488 The nature o f lu i fication as declared was paffed on them for the Sin of Adam; fo although the Obedience of Chrift was not a meer preparation or quali- fication of his perlon for his Suffering; yet its efficacy unto our Juftification did depend on his Suffering that was to en- fue, when his Soul was made an offering for Sin. 5. As was before obferved, Reconciliation and the Pardon of Sin through the Blood of Chrift, do directly in the firft place refpe& our relief from the Bate and condition where - into we were cart by the Sin of Adam , in the lofs of the fa- vour of God, and liablenefs unto Death; this therefore is that which principally and in the firft place a loft convinced Sinner, fuch as Chrift calls unto himfelf, doth look after. And therefore Juftification is eminently and _ frequently propofed as the efle& of the Bloodfhedding and Death of Chrift which are the dire& caufe of our Reconciliation and Pardon ofSin. But yet from none of there confiderations, doth it follow that the Obedience of the one man Chrift Jefus is not imputed unto us, whereby Grace might reign through Righteoufnefs unto eternal life. The fame Truth is fully afferted and confirmedhChap.8. v. t, 2,3,4. But this place hath been of late fo explained and fo vin- dicated by another in his learned and Judicious Expofirion of it, (namely Dr. jacombe) as that nothing remains of weight to be added unto what bath been pleaded and argued by him, Part. r. verf 4. pag. 587. and onwards. And indeed the anfwers which he fubjoyns (to the Arguments whereby he confirms the Truth) to the molt ufual and important ob- jections againft the Imputation of the Righteoufnefs of Chrift, are fiifficient to give juft Satisfa&ion unto the minds of unprejudiced, unengaged perlons. I thall therefore pars over this Teftimony,as that which hath been fo lately pleaded and vindicated; and not preis the fame things, it may be as is not unulual) unto their difadvantage., Chap.
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