444 VERSE4. The PriellhoodofChrift. Insmeau..........a as if chat were, in fe, accounted righteoufneffe, as it is a worke proceedingfrom us by grace ; becaufe it is rifICIi- lfitM and infirnmentum unions, the bond of union be- tvveene us and Chrill, and by that meanes makes way to the imputation of Chrifts righteoufneffe unto us. Therefore we are Paid to be buried, and crucified in and with Chrill,by the vertueoffaithconcorporating (Ira and a Chriflian together, and communicating the fel- low fhip ofhis fufferings and refurreetion, `kirn.6. 6. Gal.6.14. Ephef.3.17.Phil.3.1o. IfIbe liftedup, faith our Saviour, Iwill drawallmenafter me ; crucemconfeen- dit, (54 me illuc adduxit, when Chrill hanged on the croffe,we in a fort were there too.As in Adamwe were all in Paradife, by a naturall and ferninall venue; fo in Chrill by a fpiritual vertue,wherby in due time faith was to be begotten in us,and fowe to have an aoluall being ofgrace from him,asafter our reall exiflence we have an aauall beingof nature from Adam. Thus wee fee that Chrill did for us fulfill all righteoufneffe, by his paflive meriting and making fatisfaelion unto the remiffion of limes. By his aetive, covering our inabilities, and doing that in perfeetion for us, which wecouldnot doe for our (elves. Firft, he fuffered our ptinifhment, he was vomit- dedfor our tranjgrelliori,he was bruiledforour iniquities, thechailifement ofour peace was uponhim, andwithhie liripes weare healed, Efay 5 3.5. If it be here objected, that an innocent petfonought not to fuffer for a nocent, for guilt is infeparable from finne ; Thefos 'hall not beam, the iniquitieofhiefather,neitherfhallthefatberbeare the iniquitieof thefonne, the foule thatfinneth the fame 'hall die, Ezeh. 18.20. For the cleeringof thisobjeetion,we mull note that there is a two-foldmanner of guilt (as I before touched) either fuch as growes out offinne inhe- rent, which is the defervingofpunifhment, as it is in us or filch as growes out offinneimputed, and that not by reafon ofunion natural!, as the guilt of Adams finne is imputed
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