'4t e Cry er !` e u es mans difobediehee many weremade Inners . fo by the obediev ea f ,;e (tha arc, Iefiss Chrift, vetf,17. )/hallmany alfò be maderighteous. Quet . whetherdidChriftperfourtne fullobedience to the law,forvsmen alone, or forhimfelfe alto? Anfar. I. Notfor himfelfe, as fomenot rightly would haue him : for the flefh ofChrift being hypof}atically vnited to the Word, andfain it felfe fully fanétified, was euentrorn the full moment ofconception,moil \.vo:thyto be Welled with eternal: lifè. Therefore by all that obediencewhich he perfour. medafter his conception, Chrift, he merited nothing forhimfele. II. For vs, namely, forche faithf :11, be fulfilled all the righteoufnes ofthe law : and hence is it that he is called the endofthe Ian) trtorïghtenf.estoemery one that lselee- sreth. Rom.: o. Heremaybeobit led : T. Chrift as hee is man, is.bound to performeobedi- ence to the law for hinifelfe. Anfuer. He isnot bound by nature, but ofhis owne accord : for hee was not a bare man,but God and man . And albeit Chrift did neither fùffer nor fulfill thelaw, but ir, that flefh which herooke vpon him ; yet by reafon of the hypoffaticailvnion, thishis paflion and obedience hat href}'eé unto thewhole perfon, confidered as Godand man , and therefor,. his obedience was.not due on his part, and fo was ti\ ithout merite to himfelfe : yea, in that die fief]) of Chr:[t is vnitcdto the perfon oftheWord, and foexalted in : ignitie and faneri- tieaboue all Angels, it may feemetobe exemptedf ott tuisnaturt.ileelligati onofperfourming the law. II. IfthenChrift performed the law for vs, we ...reno more now bounden tothe obferuanceofthe fame : asweedoe notvndergoe eternallpunifhments forour fones, thewhichChrift inhis perfon didbeatevpon the croffe. .11nfroer. lfweekeepe the fame refperri ofperfourining obedience to the law, theconfequence isvery true, otherwife it is not fo :forChrif3: perfourmeel obedience to the law for vs, as it is the fatisfae&ion of the law : but the faith- full theyarebounden to obedience, not as it is fatisfaEtorie, but as it is ado- cument of faith,and ateflimonieoftheir gratitude towards God,orameans to edifietheirneighbours : euen asChrift fuffèringpunifhnients forour finnes, vvé alto fufferpunifhrnents as theyare either trials,or chafifements vnrovs. III. The law and iufl ice of Goddoth not togitherexa6lboth,namely,obe- thence, andpunifhment. Anfwer. In mans perfc&teftate, the iuffice ofGodrequiretn onelyobedi- ence : but:inhis eftate corrupted, bee requireth bothobedience , andpunifh- ment. Punifhment, asthe law is violated : obedience, that legall iuftice may beperfourmed.Gal.3.io.It is thereforeplaine, that notonely 'ariaspanion, but altohis legall obedience, is our righteoufnes beforeGod: Itiftificationbath twoparts : Remittionoffinnes, andimputation ofChrifis righteouinés. Remiffionoffumes,is thatpart of iufîification, wherebybe thatbeleeueth, is.
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