Rutherford - HP BS2575 .4 R975 1743

SEJ\o t 9 Triumph of Faith. · 2 r5 4 . He rhat borrowe' h Money, and profufely and lavj fhl y 1 pendeth it, is in that a Tran1greffor a- - ga1nft the Eighth Commandment, he commitretl1 an Aft of lnj ... fbce a~a i ntt his Brother; riow this .At! of h1 ju!tice cannot fi>rmally or . inrrrniically. be the fin or fintu1 Guilt of the mnoce.nr .Surety ; no Law of God, or Man, can make AC!ions evil ~nd finful, that ate ph) Llcally, inherently, intrin..: :fic.a!l),r··a 'ly the unjut1Actions ofthe Doer~the fortnal .Sin, or mrrinfical & fundament<tl finful GtJilt ot another lYlan, who in tlaat Attion is innocent, and is not a Member, an Hand or a Foot of the Man that committed t4at Fault, which I fpea«: fori the Sons of Adam, who .intrinfically finned in .Ad am, and b'y God's fupreme Vv ill were made a part of Adam; )et the'Surety is formally made a Debtor, and by La~ obliged. to pay the Debt, and 't1s an Atl of ltlJUfiice that he pay the Debt his Promife to rh~ Creditor maketh him a debtor, but his protnife to the .Creditor putteth no Act ot lnjuftice in lavifhly fpendi!lg his Neighbours Goods on him, for in that he is innocent, and cannot be charged moraJly, as a fatiltyand,a broken Bankrupt, the Fruit and :Effect of the broken Man's Injuftice, dcth only ly upon him, in regard of nis Pnvnif~. •There be three Brethren born of the fame Par{'nts, A darn, 7ohn, 'I/.1om_as; fuppofe we then that the Law of the Ciry or Kingdom is fo, that one Brother may die for his .Brother, .7ohn murderetp fhcmas traitoroufly, under truft ; by Law then John ought to die 1 ; tne elder Brother Adam, out of Love, interpofeth himfelf to t_he J ~dg~ to die for his younger Brother _.7obn ; m. t~ts Caie, Adam ~y I,aw cught to d:e, and he 1s m Law reputed aticl counted the Muxderer; bu~ truly, not morally, not intrinficall y, 0 4 for

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