SEA· 1. .9 Triumph of Faith: \ 2~ i Now -when I fay with the Prephet, It is Iniqui• ty itfeif that 'the I..vtd bath laid on Chrift, I mean as the Prophet doth, it is··the Fault or the Tranfgreffion itfeJf; and to[peak more jutJy, that erring, andflr:aying like jhet!p : :lha_t very erring, and jira~mg, and tranjgr~/]ing IS pajfed of from thee, and laid upon Cbri.ft: 'Io [peak it more plainly, Haft th~u been an Idolater ? Haft thou been a :Bta.fPhcmer? Haft thou been a 2Jefpifer of God's H/ord, and a Trampler upon him? Haft thou been a Prophaner of his Na,me and Ordinances? Haft thou bee:-J a Murderer, an Adulterer, a :lhiif, a Liar, a :Dru.nkard ? Rec.. kon up, what thou canji againfl tbyfeJf: If thou haft pitrt in the Lord Chrijl, all thefe Tran{g_refJions of thine, become a8ually the Tranjj;reffionr ofChrift, and fo cettfe to be thine, and thou ceafijt to be a 'I'rcmjgreffor from that :time they ·were Jaid upon Chrift, to the Jafl Hour of tl;;y Life;--- -----Mark it well, Chrift himfeJf is not fo compleatty righteous, but we are as righteous as he &;JJas, nor we fo compteatly jinful, but C!Jrift became, being made Sin, as compleat h' jinfut as we; ·Nay more, the Righteoufiiejs that Chrift bath r..vith the Father, we a.re the fame Righteoufoefs, for we are made the Righteoufnifs ofGorJ: "''hat very finfu!ne{s that we were, Chrift is made that very Sinfutnefs before God. Anf. I. No Scripture: caUeth Chri!t the Thief, the Murderer, tohe Adulterer, the Idobter, God avert from pious Hearts fuch Blafphemies ; he may by a Figure . ' be called fin, and be faid to be made Sin fa,~ Uj~ but that is by mere Imputation : As if you would fay, 'Lhe Surety is the broken ~nd r~otous Wafter: All ~hat h~ve 'ommon Scnfc know this t e> .
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