o6 The nature of Yufhification, as declared putation of the guilt of fin, antecedently unto the punif i- ment of it, andinord.er thereunto, mufibe underftood. For in every Sacrifice for fin there was an impofition of fin on the Bean to be offered antecedent unto the Sacrificing of it, and therein its fuffering by death. Therefore in every offering for fin, he that brought it was to put his hand on the head of it, Lev. I. 4. And that the transferring of the guilt of fin unto the offering, was thereby fignified, is exprefly declared, Lev. 16. 2 I. Wherefore if God made the Lord Chrif'r a Sin Offering for us, it was by theImputation of the guilt of fin un- to him antecedently unto his fuffering. Nor could any Offe- ring be made for fin, without a Typical tranflationof the guilt of fin unto it. And therefore when an Offeringg was made for the expiation of the guilt of an uncertain Murther, thofe who were to make it by the Law, namely,. the Elders of the City that were next unto the place where the man was (lain, were not to offer a Sacrifice, becaufe there was none to confefß guilt over it, or to lay guilt upon it ; But whereas the neck of an Heifer was to be firicken off, to declare the punifhment due unto Blood, they were to waft) their hands over it to tefti- fietheir ownInnocency, Deist. 21. I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,. 8. But a Sacrifice for fin without the Imputation of guilt there could not be. And if the word be taken in thefecond fenfe, name- ly, for a /nner, that is, by imputation, and in Gods efteem, it muft be by the imputation of guilt. For none can in any fenfe be denominated a firmer from mere fuffering. None in- deed do.fay, that Chrif} was made fin, by the imputation of punifhment unto- him, which hath no proper fenfe ; But they fey,. in was imputed unto him as unto punifhment, which is in- deed to >fay, that the guilt of (in was imputed unto him. For the guilt of fin, is its refpe t unto punifhment, or the obliga- tion unto, punifhment which attends it. And that any one Mould be punif.Jed for In without the imputation of the guilt of it ttnto. him; is impof ible ;, and were it pofíible would be unjuftt
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