CHAPTER IX. 361 1 Cor. xv, 45, 47. because he is the head and spring of that righteousness or justification, and right to life, which are also imputed, givenor conveyed to all his seed or posterity. As the children of men, the seed of Adam fell into condemnation and misery, by the disobedienceof Adam, their head and representa- tive ; so believers in Christ are his seed, and are raised also to justification, life and happiness, by the active and passive obedi- ence of their representative or surety, even the Son of God, of whom thefirst Adam was a type or figure ; see Rom. v. 14, 18, 10, As, by the offence ofone,judgment came upon all men to condem- nation ; even so, by the righteousness of ohe, thefree gift cane Qrpon all men, that'is, all those who are justified, to justification of life. For as, by one man's disobedience, many were made, or constituted, sinners, by a certain appointment or covenant; so, by the obedience of one, many shall be made, or constituted, righteous, byanother agreement or covenant : And they are interested therein by free gift on the part ofGod, andby faith or dependence on their part, as I said before. CHAP. IX.Sanctification or holiness Necessary as well as Faith. I. Bit let it be alwaysremembered, as under all the former dispensations, so under the christian, that this faith can never justify us if' it be a dead faith, that is, such a faith as produceth no good works ; that is, where there is time and opportunity for them ; James ii. 17, 18, 20. It is only that faith that works by love, that is of any avail to our salvation ; Gal. v.6. To trust in the grace of God, and to persevere in sinning against the authorityof God, are subversive and destructive of one another : And the great end and design of God, in saving us by his grace, is to restore us to his holy image, and our duty, and to a willing obedience or submission to his authority, and by all these to make us capable of everlasting blessedness. II. The very light of nature teaches us, it is in vain for rebels to expect or hope for favour from God, the Ruler of the world, while they repent not of sin, but abide in a state ofwilful rebellion. The scripture always supposes our return to God, by repentance, and continued endeavours to ,please him, if ever we would be received into his favour. It is absurd to imagine or suppose the contraryopinion. It is granted that the obedience which we canpay to any laws or commands of God, under any dispensation of grace, is not so perfect as to answer all ttie just demands of 'God in that dispensation, but has still some sinful defects in it, and therefore it cannot.become a righteousness sufficient tojustfì, us, or pro- nounce us completely righteous in the court of God : yet reason itself constantly assures us, that God is too wise and too holy a being, to pardon and accept, or justify any creature who continues
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