S~a. r; . TriumphofFaith · ·21j which is etfential in fin, fuch as is, to be a ftnne:c: like us, to do Violence, to b: juftly accuied of tin, · that is different from fin : But Chrift took on him the Guilt of our fin ; that is, the actual Ob..; ligation to be punifhed for fin, while as he bare our fins in his vwn YJody on the Tree, 1 Per. iz. .z4. And was fl.vounded for our 'I'ranfgreffio?Js, .and bruifod for our Iniquities, aml did lJear on · him the Chaftifement of' our Peace, Ifa. liii. 5~ And died for our Offences, Rom. i v. z;. Ronz. v. 6. And this Puni.fhment Chrift could not have born, except by Law he had obliged himfdfas our furet.y to pay our Debts, Heb. x. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8'. and vii. .z2. Now that in all his Life a,nd ittffcr.. ings he did no Violence, committed no fin, . no: touched any Contagion of fin in his own Per· fon is evident' becaufc, he was hoty, harmlefi, undefiled, and jeparated from Sinners, Heb. vii• .z6. He/;. iv. 15. Ifo. liii. 9. The Propofition is fure, for if ChriH: was io made fin, and punifhed · for fin, ant! liable to fu£fer fur fin, and yet had not any finful or blame-worthy Guilt on him; th~n that Guilt of the Perfon by which imy isJiable to Puni,fhment for fin, is fome other Thing than · fin, and the blame-worthy Guilt that is in fin; forafmuch as they are really feparated, the one being in Chri ft, and the other not beirig in him, nay, nor could it be in him. , z. The Caufe cannot be one and the ·farr;e with the ElfeEt, nor the Subjea and Fundament ont> with the Adjunct,' and that which refulteth trom the Fundament. But. fin is the Caufe, Fun· dament and Subject, from which Guilt, or aClual Obligation to punifhment iifueth, becaufe therefore is the finner under Guilt-perional, and aB:nO) a!
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