Nualuf.aid~o the tr:Chap~ to the He/Jr. not in himfelfe: therefore he! bath none in his ownc pc'rfon: how then can hee be any t~ung, but a v\·ickcd man Hill? I anfwcr: that IS not true that is firH: affinn'ed.The bclc~uing fihncr haLh,more riglite<5u.fnc:ffc ~lien tliat that is i)l Chri{l. That which iu{lifierbhim, is in'Chrifls _pcrfor\; But the linnCt< iwhcn he IS lU!lliled, ts alfo fa,Uijied, by the•mightie workc of Gods otacc ~ ftnd fo he is m:~:de aholy man, and cloth goodand h<?lYworkc.~1 bec~ufc he is in Chri~, thou,.h his fati.!tifica~\011 be l~lpcrfcct. To this ende"faithS. Peter, Acts, I). 9. F.,;thpu,ijicth 4 m:J;s h~art: fOr it is impofii.blc a mat~ fl1otild belecue and fo be iuftiftd, buthe mull alfo.be fanCiiftedin hJS heart and life•. Tl:us a finner is i!tftified by Chritls rightcoutneflc, ~nhe~ent 111 Chriflhimfelfc: & fantl'.fiedby Chnfls nghtc– oufncffc, t1!/fafodfrom Chrifl: inrothe linncr,. And therefore his luftifwation is perfect: be– caufe, that thatiuflifiethhim, is frill inChriff: but his fanUi{icario!!. imperfect, bec-aufe that that fant.'tificth vs,is in our felues:th~ one impti– tcdto vs, thcot~er infufodand inherent. Acai.ne, I af}fw,er, that if wee take it in the fenfc"of Scripture, Itis true, thatGodiuftifterh ~wic!(:dmav. ForS.Pau/faith,Rom.f-5- To him th:tt work!thnot,fnnheleeHeth in himthat iH– ftiftcth the vngodly, hi.faith;. counted to bimfor righreoHfoes. See, God1Uf11fieth the vngodly: but how? cuen as we heard before ·; not him that IS vngodlyafter, but aforehe bee iuflified: himthat~y natuxe, and .in ~im~clf~ i~ vngodly, God iuf!Jfieth by workmg mh1m faJth •nd re– pentance: by which ofan vn_(;od!y man ,hce is made aman IUf!Jfied-and fanwfied·• .,. Their!allobiecHonls,Ifa finner bcrightmu by Chrills righreoilfncffc,then Ghrifl is ajinner by his finne : for there IS the fame reafon of both. But Chriffis no finner, but the holy of holye(l; and S. Paulfaith, He k!zewenojinne,z. Cor.) .11 .and himfelfe for hhnfelfe chalengeth his enemies ,Which ofyou '"" ri:prooUe me~ of fnne? Ifthen our finncs cannot make.him a fin– ncr, no mote can his righteoufhe{fc make vs righteous. · . . . I anfwet. Here we ~raut\t all ;ifthey fpeake' the words ofthe Scriptar,c, in thefonfo of the Scriptu!•: for Chri(l.was atrue \lnd reputed finner, in the figh~ofGods Iuflice, as hee'that becomcs[llrttie for an otht'l", iSa deht~dn his' roomc, or a-s he that vndcrtakes fora·man, bo.. die for bodic, muH: anfwer for him, his owne bo~lie for his: fo in all rcafon and iuflice,Chrifl though he IJaJnojiHneJ ofhis OWne;yctbeeing our[uretie ,and vndcrtaking for vs, and flan-· ding in our ficadc, our finnc:s arc iu!Hy ac– counted his. And as forthcfeplaccs, and many more like , they ore all vndcrflood ofperfona/1 ftnncs: from all which, and the lcafl: contagion thereof, he was perf<t\ly free. And therefore the,fame pbcc_that faith, He 4tfew nO flnneJ, (that is; in and for his ownc pcrfon, knewc not wh:~.t finnc was,) faith ::alfo, that--for vtand in ourft~!fde. he was made cucn /inn~ itfolf~ that I · ' A -wumight humad~rh~ righte01if,~Jfo of dod in him. Thus Chrifi, inhimfolfe more righteous then all men and Angels: inotir.ftcade is a re~ puted finncr, and by the fame rcafon ·we ( h1d!l vnrighteous in our (clues) ::re: clo:uhcd witH ChriftsrightcoufiH:OC,and thereby arc rCpi.lted righ_t:cous. And !l.s C~rill, (though no finncr iri himfclfc)by being a{inner iiiourft~ad,~ hauing our fins intputed vmohim, bCcanic i~bieC'Fto the wrath ofGod, and bare it.cucn tO death it fclfe;So we,though notright~b:u ofour iClut$! yet hauing Chrijfs riJht~oufJeJ imputed vntovs :iye made thereby partakers of G ods lou~l and for the wbrrhinc:ffe of that righuoujJJB/{e ofhis; fo madt ours, !hall beglorifietiinhca(Jcn.An!l B thus now at la(l..,,,e haue fdund that true, atid that oncly rightcoufnc!fe , v.:hich can mal{c ~ man as it did .Noah,righteous in Gods. fight.– Now it rcmaines to make vfe ofir. Firll, here we learnc how foulcJy our nature is 4efiled with finnc, and.ftainedwt•ith corrUpti– on: theftaine whereofcanr\ot be waf11ed awa'"y with all the watb in the world: no, nor wirh the blood of~11 crcatlftcs:no,nor Coucfed with the rightcou£i1elfeof all m:n and Angch, but oncly with·therighrcoufoc!fe of God. And th:i~ Sonne of God alio, if he will apply that righ– tcoufileffevmo vs and make iieffcctuall; muli become man, ;u~d LiH~, anddie, a1}d rifo .~ for vs. A mctuailovs thing is it, :ind • C our often confideratiori, that all the Angels & men in the world, cannot make oneji1merrigh.. ) tmu: butihat Gods fonne inufl necdes doclti And that our linnes are fo hidtofis, as rb( no: thing'can hid.e the filthinelfc thereof, ftomthe ·eyts' of Gods iu!Hce, Ifut oocly the gloridus merryfoate ofChri!tsrighteQufncffe,This niay "thcrforc'rcach vs,how to cficemC of01:1r (eluc,s, ·and our owne natures. • .. Furthermore: Sec here.the greai gdodntife ofGod10 man. God puiperfeC!/egd/1 righte– Ou!Odfc2 in Ad!fmsheart1n his creation; h~~C: ceiued it for himfelte and vdnd loll it fod{iir.:. fclfe andvS. God in n1ercie purpoiing t:? fe.– flore man, thus by himfclfc lofl and cifl·a,<·ay; giucs him3nother, and :1 bCt~Crrightebi.lfi1effe' then before. But bccaufe hc"'"awman was lo ill D a /(:epnofhis o·wnc Iewets; :he.nufls not him -.t with it, but fets rhat righteoufi1effe In the per– fen of!cfus Chrifi, and' cominits iiro hi in to keep e. Who as he nucly knowes the full v~/u, and exccl!chciethercof,a~d'ii he decrcl~ lou:ii vs: fo hce will mo!Hafcly.k;ep~ it.forvs ,_,an4 cloath vs With it in his Fathcrsp,r~fehce at ~'1C lafl day. A~Qint of vnfpeake·ablc,comfort td God:~ children, to confider that their f3.1uation is ~ot in their own~k$cpmk ~ ·"~her~_it m~$~t~.. game be loft; but m a falc hahd, where .they !hall be fiJte to find~ and lraue 1t ,._whc;Lihey h:mc moll neede of1t: and to remember that thcirrighuoufncf{e bccing inChrijl, they qn. not loo le it.For,though they finne,aud fo loofe often the comfOrt of a good confdcncc for a time: yet they then loofc not their r~e;hteodfnes; which : ' 7 i _:_~I I
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