righteousness_n be_v thus_o accept_v of_o god_n as_o soon_o as_o perform_v but_o it_o be_v not_o then_o as_o so_o perform_v impute_v to_o any_o singular_a person_n to_o his_o personal_a actual_a justification_n for_o it_o be_v accept_v before_o we_o be_v bear_v or_o believe_v but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o impute_v to_o our_o actual_a justification_n before_o we_o be_v bear_v or_o believe_v righteousness_n be_v impute_v to_o we_o if_o we_o believe_v rom._n 4.24_o and_o faith_n be_v impute_v to_o we_o for_o righteousness_n and_o he_o that_o believe_v not_o be_v condemn_v already_o and_o under_o the_o curse_n when_o yet_o christ_n righteousness_n be_v accept_v long_o before_o if_o they_o say_v that_o there_o be_v a_o new_a acceptation_n of_o it_o for_o every_o sinner_n just_a when_o he_o believe_v and_o that_o it_o be_v this_o that_o they_o mean_v i_o answer_v that_o as_o long_o as_o man_n take_v liberty_n to_o make_v new_a phrase_n about_o supernatural_a mystery_n which_o be_v not_o in_o 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gibberish_n word_n if_o they_o will_v but_o expound_v they_o as_o they_o go_v we_o shall_v the_o better_o bear_v they_o qu._n 40._o whether_o it_o follow_v that_o christ_n suffering_n or_o passive_a obedience_n do_v not_o merit_v eternal_a life_n at_o all_o for_o we_o because_o it_o be_v only_o active_a obedience_n which_o the_o law_n of_o innocency_n so_o reward_v do_v this_o and_o live_v not_o suffer_v and_o live_v ans_fw-fr 1._o their_o foundation-errour_n animate_v the_o affirmative_a they_o false_o think_v that_o it_o be_v that_o law_n of_o innocency_n which_o justify_v we_o which_o do_v curse_n and_o condemn_v we_o and_o not_o justify_v we_o at_o all_o but_o it_o be_v the_o gospel_n or_o law_n of_o faith_n and_o grace_n that_o justify_v we_o 2._o the_o merit_n of_o christ_n righteousness_n be_v to_o be_v reckon_v principal_o as_o justify_v we_o according_a to_o the_o tenor_n of_o the_o law_n or_o covenant_n make_v only_o to_o he_o as_o mediator_n that_o covenant_n lay_v on_o 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righteousness_n and_o life_n for_o we_o and_o therefore_o the_o objection_n false_o suppose_v that_o it_o be_v only_a adam_n law_n that_o justify_v christ_n and_o according_a to_o which_o he_o merit_v for_o we_o whereas_o it_o be_v the_o mediatorial_n covenant_n or_o law_n which_o make_v his_o suffer_a part_n of_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o promise_v make_v to_o he_o for_o himself_o and_o we_o his_o own_o glory_n be_v merit_v by_o death_n on_o the_o cross_n phil._n 2.7_o 8_o 9_o therefore_o also_o we_o by_o his_o blood_n he_o enter_v into_o the_o holy_a have_v obtain_v eternal_a redemption_n fâ—r_v we_o his_o bâ—â—od_n not_o only_o purge_v our_o conscienceâ—_n from_o dead_a work_n to_o serve_v the_o live_a god_n but_o for_o this_o cause_n he_o be_v the_o mediator_n of_o the_o new_a testament_n that_o by_o mean_n of_o death_n for_o the_o redemption_n of_o the_o transgression_n under_o the_o first_o testament_n they_o which_o be_v call_v may_v receive_v the_o promise_n of_o eternal_a inheritance_n heb._n 12.14_o 15._o heb._n 10.10_o 14._o by_o one_o offering_n he_o have_v perfect_v for_o ever_o thâ—m_n that_o be_v sanctify_v he_o have_v 〈◊〉_d we_o in_o the_o body_n oâ—_n his_o flesh_n through_o death_n to_o present_v we_o holy_a and_o unblameable_a and_o unreprovable_a in_o hiâ—_n siâ—ht_v col._n 1.22_o to_o â—at_a christ_n flesh_n and_o drink_v in_o blood_n be_v to_o believe_v his_o sacrifice_n which_o yet_o be_v that_o which_o have_v the_o promise_n of_o life_n indeed_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o objection_n will_v deny_v also_o christ_n active_a obedience_n to_o merit_v our_o salvation_n for_o by_o the_o law_n of_o innocency_n christ_n merit_v for_o none_o but_o himself_o for_o that_o law_n promise_v life_n to_o none_o but_o they_o that_o personal_o obey_v and_o never_o mention_v obey_v by_o another_o nor_o know_v any_o vicarâ—um_fw-la aut_fw-la â—bâ—aiertiae_fw-la aut_fw-la poenae_fw-la it_o be_v only_a god_n covenant_n with_o the_o mediator_n as_o such_o that_o give_v he_o right_a to_o make_v we_o righteous_a to_o pardon_v and_o to_o save_v we_o anâ—_n thâ—t_v covenant_n give_v it_o as_o be_v say_v on_o the_o whoâ—e_a condition_n it_o be_v true_a that_o life_n iâ—_n oft_o especialâ—y_o ascribe_v to_o christ_n resurrection_n anâ—_n life_n and_o deliverance_n from_o guilt_n to_o his_o death_n but_o that_o be_v not_o because_o hiâ—_n death_n be_v no_o part_n of_o thâ—_n meritorious_a cause_n of_o our_o life_n or_o holiness_n anâ—_n glory_n nor_o his_o life_n a_o meritorious_a cause_n of_o our_o pardon_n by_o fulfil_v all_o righteousness_n but_o because_o gild_n be_v it_o that_o be_v to_o be_v expiate_v by_o his_o death_n as_o a_o sacrifice_n and_o so_o it_o do_v but_o purchase_v by_o please_a god_n the_o gift_n of_o our_o life_n but_o his_o resurrection_n and_o heavenly_a intercession_n do_v more_o than_o purchase_n even_o further_o communicate_v and_o perfect_v our_o life_n christ_n death_n be_v in_o order_n of_o nature_n first_o 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and_o special_o that_o legallâ—_n we_o never_o sin_v and_o never_o deserve_v punishment_n nor_o need_v either_o pardon_n or_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o christ_n for_o pardon_n it_o be_v certain_a that_o christ_n never_o sin_v but_o obey_v perfect_o from_o first_o to_o last_o and_o if_o we_o do_v this_o legal_o by_o he_o we_o sin_v not_o in_o law_n sense_n that_o be_v not_o true_o at_o all_o when_o we_o show_v that_o it_o be_v a_o palpable_a contradiction_n to_o say_v that_o we_o be_v perfect_o obedient_a in_o and_o by_o christ_n from_o birth_n to_o death_n and_o yet_o that_o christ_n must_v suffer_v for_o our_o sin_n it_o be_v strange_a to_o see_v how_o some_o man_n satisfy_v themselves_o with_o wriggle_v or_o huddle_v out_o a_o few_o insignificant_a word_n unfit_a to_o satisfy_v any_o other_o and_o if_o christ_n habitual_a perfection_n be_v also_o so_o impute_v to_o we_o in_o a_o legal_a sense_n we_o be_v habitual_o perfect_a from_o birth_n to_o death_n whence_o it_o be_v that_o some_o 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habit_n will_v have_v be_v fit_o call_v the_o matter_n of_o his_o righteousness_n that_o be_v of_o the_o fundamentum_fw-la relationis_fw-la yet_o this_o be_v the_o difference_n adam_n right_a or_o relation_n of_o just_a will_v have_v result_v immediate_o from_o his_o own_o act_n and_o habit_n compare_v with_o the_o law_n whereas_o we_o result_v from_o christ_n merit_n or_o righteousness_n not_o immediate_o as_o we_o in_o itself_o but_o mediate_o as_o pay_v for_o we_o to_o god_n and_o the_o benefit_n of_o right_n and_o righteousness_n give_v we_o by_o the_o covenant_n for_o the_o say_a merit_n of_o our_o mediator_n §_o 16._o next_o you_o say_v that_o this_o imputation_n suppose_v not_o the_o person_n to_o have_v do_v and_o suffer_v himself_n what_o be_v impute_v to_o he_o and_o note_v their_o mistake_n that_o suppose_v the_o doctrine_n of_o imputation_n to_o imply_v that_o christ_n do_v commit_v our_o sin_n and_o we_o perform_v his_o righteousness_n ans_fw-fr this_o grant_v much_o 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adam_n or_o from_o his_o posterity_n not_o from_o we_o for_o we_o exi_v not_o and_o make_v no_o such_o covenant_n not_o from_o adam_n part_n antecedent_n to_o natural_a derivation_n for_o 1._o no_o man_n can_v prove_v that_o ever_o adam_n make_v such_o a_o covenant_n 2._o or_o that_o god_n give_v he_o any_o such_o power_n much_o less_o command_n to_o bring_v sin_n and_o death_n on_o his_o posterity_n by_o his_o consent_n or_o will_v or_o contract_n further_o than_o by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n they_o must_v derive_v it_o from_o he_o if_o he_o sin_v 3._o not_o by_o god_n covenant_n act_n for_o 1._o no_o such_o covenant_n of_o god_n can_v be_v show_v that_o make_v man_n sinner_n further_o than_o natural_a derivation_n do_v 2._o else_o god_n shall_v be_v the_o author_n of_o sin_n even_o of_o all_o man_n original_a sin_n if_o his_o arbitrary_a covenant_n make_v they_o sinner_n where_o nature_n do_v not_o nay_o more_o it_o be_v not_o mere_a natural_a relation_n much_o less_o such_o covenant_n relation_n that_o do_v it_o for_o relation_n do_v not_o so_o operate_v of_o itself_o but_o it_o be_v that_o generation_n which_o cause_v fundamental_o at_o once_o both_o the_o relation_n of_o son_n and_o the_o adherent_a guilt_n and_o in_o my_o foresay_a second_o disputation_n i_o have_v prove_v that_o natural_a derivation_n even_o from_o near_a parent_n deserve_v more_o than_o temporal_a hurt_n §_o 18._o ii_o your_o second_o ex_fw-la voluntaria_fw-la sponsione_n you_o exemplify_v in_o onesimus_n and_o judah_n to_o jacob_n gen._n 43.9_o ans_fw-fr 1._o there_o be_v no_o talk_n of_o imputation_n in_o either_o of_o the_o text_n as_o to_o the_o receiver_n much_o less_o of_o a_o imputation_n which_o be_v donation_n indeed_o paul_n undertake_v to_o pay_v onesimus_n debt_n to_o philemon_n and_o so_o bid_v he_o set_v the_o debt_n on_o his_o account_n that_o be_v take_v he_o for_o the_o paymaster_n if_o this_o be_v impute_v the_o debt_n to_o paul_n we_o be_v agree_v that_o so_o not_o our_o reatus_fw-la culpae_fw-la but_o poenae_fw-la our_o 〈◊〉_d of_o punishment_n be_v impute_v to_o christ_n that_o be_v he_o undertake_v to_o bear_v it_o for_o we_o paul_n give_v not_o the_o money_n to_o onesimus_n but_o for_o he_o by_o promise_n he_o be_v not_o a_o antecedent_n surety_n but_o a_o consequent_a he_o do_v not_o promise_v to_o pay_v it_o in_o onesimus_n legal_a person_n nor_o be_v the_o payment_n proper_o impute_v to_o onesimus_n as_o any_o way_n do_v by_o he_o but_o only_o the_o effect_v benefit_n give_v he_o and_o judah_n only_o undertake_v to_o bring_v benjamin_n again_o or_o else_o to_o bear_v the_o blame_n for_o ever_o no_o doubt_n but_o christ_n undertake_v our_o ransom_n and_o also_o to_o effect_v our_o actual_a deliverance_n if_o you_o will_v call_v this_o give_v or_o impute_v his_o own_o righteousness_n to_o we_o so_o as_o that_o in_o se_fw-mi it_o be_v make_v the_o same_o accident_n of_o every_o believer_n beside_o give_v they_o the_o benefit_n of_o that_o which_o he_o give_v to_o god_n for_o they_o i_o will_v not_o imitate_v you_o iii_o that_o of_o bathsheba_n 1_o kin._n 1.21_o take_v imputation_n as_o the_o scripture_n do_v for_o account_v and_o reckon_v they_o to_o be_v sinner_n and_o use_v they_o according_o and_o not_o as_o you_o do_v for_o make_v they_o such_o by_o make_v another_o fact_n or_o guilt_n to_o become_v they_o all_o these_o instance_n be_v for_o what_o i_o assert_v none_o of_o they_o mention_v any_o such_o thing_n as_o impute_v one_o man_n act_n or_o habit_n to_o another_o so_o as_o to_o make_v they_o or_o repute_v they_o to_o be_v real_o he_o iv._o your_o four_o sort_n of_o imputation_n ex_fw-la merâ_fw-la gratiá_fw-la you_o say_v be_v the_o impute_v of_o that_o which_o before_o that_o act_n we_o have_v no_o right_n to_o and_o you_o do_v well_o to_o say_v there_o be_v no_o other_o instance_n of_o it_o in_o scripture_n but_o you_o do_v not_o well_o to_o say_v without_o proof_n that_o this_o be_v it_o that_o be_v mean_v 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posterity_n say_v some_o as_o in_o he_o that_o if_o he_o stand_v god_n will_v continue_v he_o and_o his_o posterity_n and_o if_o he_o fall_v god_n will_v take_v it_o as_o if_o all_o his_o posterity_n then_o personal_o sin_v in_o he_o and_o so_o that_o either_o we_o be_v all_o then_o personal_o in_o he_o or_o god_n by_o imputation_n will_v take_v we_o to_o have_v so_o be_v and_o so_o that_o god_n covenant_n and_o imputation_n make_v adam_n sin_n we_o further_a than_o it_o be_v by_o natural_a propagation_n not_o true_o distinguish_v between_o our_o be_v personal_o in_o he_o and_o be_v but_o virtual_o and_o seminal_o in_o he_o and_o feign_v god_n to_o make_v adam_n not_o only_o the_o natural_a father_n and_o root_n of_o mankind_n but_o also_o arbitrary_o a_o constitute_v representer_n of_o all_o the_o person_n that_o shall_v spring_v from_o he_o and_o so_o that_o god_n make_v they_o sinner_n that_o be_v none_o and_o that_o before_o he_o make_v they_o man_n ii_o whence_o they_o infer_v that_o christ_n be_v by_o god_n imposition_n and_o his_o own_o sponsion_n make_v the_o legal_a representative_a person_n of_o every_o one_o of_o the_o elect_a take_v singular_o so_o that_o what_o he_o do_v for_o they_o god_n repute_v they_o to_o have_v do_v by_o he_o iii_o hereby_o they_o false_o make_v the_o person_n of_o the_o mediator_n to_o be_v the_o legal_a person_n of_o the_o sinner_n and_o deny_v the_o true_a mediatorship_n iu._n but_o they_o can_v agree_v when_o this_o personate_n of_o the_o elect_a begin_v some_o say_v it_o have_v no_o beginning_n but_o be_v from_o eternity_n because_o election_n be_v from_o eternity_n and_o we_o be_v elect_v in_o christ_n and_o so_o be_v person_n from_o eternity_n in_o he_o v._o other_o say_v that_o it_o begin_v at_o the_o make_n of_o the_o world_n christ_n be_v then_o the_o first_o of_o god_n work_n in_o a_o superangelical_a nature_n emane_v from_o the_o divine_a which_o contain_v all_o our_o person_n in_o it_o as_o the_o beam_n be_v of_o or_o in_o the_o sun_n vi_o other_o say_v that_o this_o personation_n begin_v at_o the_o give_v to_o adam_n the_o first_o law_n or_o covenant_n of_o innocency_n and_o that_o christ_n be_v a_o person_n in_o the_o bond_n or_o covenant_n and_o that_o the_o meaning_n of_o it_o be_v thou_o or_o christ_n personate_n thou_o shall_v perfect_o obey_v or_o thou_o or_o he_o shall_v die_v the_o threaten_a death_n for_o sin_n vii_o other_o say_v that_o this_o personation_n begin_v at_o the_o make_n of_o the_o promise_n gen._n 3._o of_o the_o seâ—d_n of_o the_o woman_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o that_o christ_n personate_v none_o under_o the_o first_o covenant_n viii_o other_o say_v that_o it_o begin_v at_o christ_n incarnation_n when_o he_o take_v the_o nature_n of_o man_n and_o therewith_o all_o our_o person_n ix_o other_o say_v that_o it_o begin_v on_o his_o cross_n or_o at_o least_o at_o his_o humiliation_n and_o that_o he_o only_o suffer_v in_o our_o person_n x._o other_o say_v that_o it_o begin_v at_o our_o believe_a and_o our_o union_n with_o christ_n by_o faith_n and_o then_o he_o by_o union_n personate_v we_o xi_o they_o deny_v god_n covenant_n or_o law_n of_o innocency_n that_o require_v our_o personal_a obedience_n as_o the_o condition_n of_o life_n xii_o they_o forge_v a_o law_n that_o god_n never_o make_v that_o say_v thou_o or_o thy_o surety_n shall_v obey_v perfect_o or_o dye_v xiii_o they_o false_o say_v that_o god_n justify_v none_o that_o be_v not_o real_o or_o imputative_o perfect_o innocent_a obedient_a and_o such_o as_o never_o sin_v but_o keep_v all_o that_o law_n fourteen_o they_o confound_v god_n covenant_n with_o christ_n as_o mediator_n impose_v on_o he_o his_o mediatorial_n part_n and_o the_o covenant_n of_o the_o father_n and_o son_n with_o fall_a man_n impose_v on_o they_o the_o term_n of_o recovery_n and_o life_n xv._n they_o hold_v that_o the_o first_o law_n and_o some_o of_o they_o also_o moses_n law_n be_v do_v away_o as_o to_o all_o the_o elect_n but_o be_v still_o in_o force_n to_o all_o the_o reprobate_n and_o be_v in_o force_n to_o christ_n but_o whether_o it_o bind_v he_o to_o obedience_n as_o our_o representative_a antecedent_o to_o man_n fall_n or_o only_o consequent_o they_o be_v in_o their_o confusion_n at_o a_o loss_n and_o they_o hold_v that_o its_o curse_n and_o penalty_n sentence_v after_o the_o fall_n by_o god_n fall_v on_o all_o the_o reprobate_n and_o on_o christ_n but_o none_o of_o it_o on_o any_o of_o the_o elect_n as_o have_v be_v suffer_v by_o christ_n full_o for_o they_o as_o i_o have_v say_v the_o promissory_n part_n of_o that_o law_n cease_v and_o so_o do_v the_o condition_n of_o the_o promise_n by_o man_n sin_n make_v it_o impossible_a but_o the_o threat_n do_v transire_fw-la in_o sententiam_fw-la and_o if_o christ_n be_v antecedent_o in_o the_o bond_n of_o obedience_n for_o we_o he_o be_v bind_v not_o to_o eat_v of_o the_o forbid_a tree_n and_o bind_v to_o dress_v the_o garden_n and_o bind_v to_o take_v eve_n for_o his_o wife_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v all_o false_a if_o he_o be_v bind_v by_o it_o as_o our_o representative_a after_o the_o fall_n it_o bind_v he_o when_o it_o cease_v and_o bind_v not_o we_o which_o be_v false_a and_o therefore_o it_o be_v only_o the_o law_n of_o perfect_a innocency_n anew_o impose_v on_o himself_o by_o the_o mediatorial_n covenant_n that_o bind_v he_o and_o if_o the_o penal_a sentence_n and_o curse_n be_v execute_v on_o all_o the_o reprobate_n than_o it_o be_v not_o cease_v and_o then_o it_o must_v be_v a_o penalty_n and_o that_o curse_v even_o on_o the_o elect_n before_o they_o believe_v because_o till_o then_o they_o have_v no_o part_n in_o christ_n and_o after_o they_o believe_v they_o must_v bear_v part_n of_o that_o penalty_n call_v a_o curse_n which_o be_v fix_v and_o not_o reverse_v and_o pardon_v that_o be_v the_o privation_n of_o those_o degree_n of_o grace_n peace_n and_o joy_n which_o they_o shall_v have_v have_v if_o there_o have_v be_v 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