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to_o his_o seed_n as_o upon_o the_o supposition_n of_o adam_n continue_v in_o obedience_n because_o he_o have_v then_o continue_v a_o public_a person_n all_o the_o act_n of_o his_o obedience_n even_o unto_o the_o finish_n of_o perfect_a righteousness_n have_v be_v impute_v unto_o his_o seed_n according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o work_n unto_o their_o attain_n of_o justification_n by_o the_o law_n the_o union_n between_o adam_n and_o his_o posterity_n be_v not_o personal_a nor_o only_o natural_a but_o mystical_a it_o be_v a_o conjunction_n of_o the_o person_n of_o adam_n and_o all_o contain_v then_o in_o his_o loin_n in_o one_o spiritual_a body_n by_o the_o institution_n of_o god_n whereby_o he_o be_v as_o their_o head_n they_o as_o his_o member_n to_o stand_v or_o fall_v with_o he_o stand_v or_o fall_v dialogu_n adam_n disobedience_n have_v this_o effect_n that_o it_o procure_v a_o corrupt_a and_o sinful_a nature_n to_o himself_o and_o to_o all_o
his_o posterity_n which_o otherwise_o have_v continue_v righteous_a and_o sinless_a in_o like_a sort_n christ_n mediatoriall_a obedience_n have_v this_o effect_n that_o it_o procure_v god_n fatherly_a atonement_n and_o acceptance_n of_o all_o his_o posterity_n and_o seed_n that_o shall_v be_v bear_v of_o the_o same_o promise_n gen._n 3.15_o answ_n if_o the_o sinful_a nature_n of_o adam_n posterity_n be_v the_o effect_n of_o adam_n disobedience_n in_o like_a sort_n as_o atonement_n i._n e._n remission_n of_o sin_n be_v the_o effect_n of_o christ_n obedience_n than_o it_o be_v the_o effect_n thereof_o according_a to_o justice_n as_o indeed_o it_o be_v for_o original_a sin_n be_v the_o penal_a effect_n of_o adam_n sin_n he_o be_v just_a to_o forgive_v we_o our_o sin_n 1_o joh._n 1.9_o dialogu_n by_o one_o man_n namely_o adam_n sin_n in_o eat_v the_o forbid_a fruit_n death_n enter_v into_o the_o world_n and_o death_n by_o sin_n namely_o spiritual_a death_n in_o sin_n fall_v upon_o adam_n and_o his_o posterity_n for_o his_o sin_n and_o so_o death_n pass_v upon_o all_o man_n for_o that_o all_o man_n have_v sin_v that_o be_v to_o say_v in_o who_o loin_n all_o man_n have_v sin_v by_o receive_n from_o his_o loin_n his_o corrupt_a nature_n which_o be_v sin_n and_o also_o be_v the_o punishment_n of_o adam_n sinful_a eat_n not_o who_o act_n of_o disobedience_n in_o eat_v the_o forbid_a fruit_n all_o man_n have_v sin_v in_o eat_v the_o forbid_a fruit_n for_o than_o we_o must_v have_v be_v unite_v to_o adam_n as_o one_o person_n with_o he_o answ_n what_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v by_o death_n see_v in_o the_o vindication_n of_o gen._n 2.17_o the_o dialogue_n not_o endure_v the_o imputation_n either_o of_o our_o disobedience_n unto_o christ_n or_o of_o christ_n obedience_n unto_o we_o to_o avoid_v the_o apostle_n argument_n take_v from_o the_o imputation_n of_o adam_n disobedience_n to_o mankind_n rom._n 5._o deni_v that_o we_o be_v guilty_a of_o adam_n sin_n acknowledge_v only_o that_o we_o receive_v from_o adam_n a_o corrupt_a nature_n or_o a_o spiritual_a death_n in_o sin_n viz._n that_o which_o we_o call_v original_a sin_n while_o you_o acknowledge_v corruption_n of_o nature_n to_o be_v the_o punishment_n of_o adam_n sinful_a eat_n and_o yet_o deny_v that_o we_o sin_v in_o eat_v the_o forbid_a fruit_n you_o make_v a_o contradiction_n for_o there_o can_v be_v no_o punishment_n without_o sin_n and_o by_o consequence_n also_o you_o put_v injustice_n upon_o god_n who_o notwithstanding_o by_o his_o absolute_a will_v he_o may_v yet_o have_v limit_v himself_o he_o do_v not_o afflict_v without_o sin_n that_o all_o descend_v of_o adam_n by_o ordinary_a generation_n be_v guilty_a of_o adam_n sin_n be_v evident_a 1._o from_o the_o express_a text_n for_o that_o all_o have_v sin_v rom._n 5.12_o or_o in_o who_o i._n e._n in_o adam_n all_o have_v sin_v as_o it_o be_v upon_o the_o margin_n and_o according_a as_o the_o learned_a interpreter_n general_o turn_v it_o both_o come_v to_o the_o same_o sense_n in_o this_o chapter_n the_o apostle_n insist_o upon_o adam_n sin_n as_o in_o the_o 7_o upon_o original_a sin_n 2._o from_o the_o effect_n all_o sin_v in_o adam_n because_o all_o die_v in_o adam_n even_o those_o that_o have_v not_o sin_v after_o the_o similitude_n of_o adam_n transgression_n viz._n infant_n who_o sin_v not_o actual_o in_o their_o proper_a person_n but_o only_o in_o their_o public_a person_n rom._n 5.14_o gen._n 2.17_o 1_o cor._n 15.22_o 3._o there_o can_v be_v no_o other_o reason_n give_v according_a to_o the_o reveal_v will_n of_o god_n of_o the_o propagation_n of_o of_o original_a sin_n this_o doctrine_n of_o you_o too_o much_o favour_v pelagius_n who_o deny_v infant_n to_o be_v guilty_a of_o adam_n sin_n and_o of_o original_a sin_n 4._o adam_n in_o his_o first_o transgression_n stand_v as_o a_o public_a person_n by_o the_o free_a constitution_n of_o god_n who_o will_n be_v the_o rule_n of_o righteousness_n who_o be_v the_o figure_n of_o he_o that_o be_v to_o come_v rom._n 5.14_o adam_n be_v a_o public_a person_n be_v a_o great_a aggravation_n of_o adam_n sin_n hence_o a_o world_n of_o sin_n be_v in_o adam_n sin_n 1._o because_o adam_n be_v the_o whole_a world_n the_o world_n sin_v in_o adam_n sin_n 2._o because_o adam_n by_o that_o sin_n slay_v the_o whole_a world_n 3._o because_o all_o sin_n by_o consequence_n be_v contain_v in_o this_o sin_n thence_o be_v original_a sin_n as_o a_o effect_n from_o the_o cause_n hence_o actual_a sin_n as_o a_o act_n from_o the_o habit_n 4._o it_o be_v a_o universal_a sin_n because_o in_o it_o be_v in_o sum_n the_o violation_n of_o the_o whole_a decalogue_n dialogu_n but_o it_o pass_v my_o understanding_n to_o conceive_v how_o god_n in_o justice_n can_v impute_v the_o act_n of_o christ_n mediatoriall_a sacrifice_n of_o atonement_n to_o we_o as_o our_o act_n unless_o he_o do_v first_o make_v we_o one_o with_o christ_n in_o the_o personal_a unity_n of_o both_o nature_n noither_o can_v i_o see_v how_o any_o of_o the_o action_n of_o christ_n can_v be_v impute_v to_o believer_n as_o their_o action_n answ_n though_o there_o need_v no_o other_o ground_n for_o the_o justice_n thereof_o then_o the_o good_a pleasure_n of_o god_n and_o the_o free_a consent_n of_o christ_n yet_o herein_o the_o pleasure_n of_o god_n and_o consent_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o mystical_a not_o personal_a union_n of_o christ_n and_o believer_n concur_v the_o legal_a acceptance_n of_o the_o offend_a or_o creditor_n 1._o justitia_fw-la christi_fw-la non_fw-la imputatur_fw-la nobis_fw-la ut_fw-la causis_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la subjectis_fw-la tantura_fw-la bellarm._n encr_n tom._n 4._o l._n 6._o c._n 1._o and_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o surety_n be_v sufficient_a for_o the_o legal_a charge_v the_o offence_n or_o debt_n of_o a_o three_o person_n who_o be_v the_o offender_n or_o debtor_n upon_o the_o surety_n christ_n obedience_n be_v impute_v to_o we_o not_o formal_o as_o if_o we_o be_v the_o performer_n thereof_o but_o in_o respect_n of_o its_o efficacy_n because_o we_o have_v the_o benefit_n of_o it_o as_o effectual_o as_o if_o we_o have_v perform_v it_o ourselves_o the_o obedience_n of_o christ_n be_v impute_v to_o we_o as_o the_o subject_n mere_o not_o as_o the_o cause_n of_o it_o christ_n action_n be_v we_o not_o proper_o but_o virtual_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o vigour_n good_a benefit_n and_o efficacy_n dialogu_n in_o like_a sort_n our_o bless_a mediator_n as_o he_o be_v the_o mystical_a head_n of_o all_o believer_n in_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n do_v take_v care_n to_o do_v all_o and_o every_o act_n of_o mediatoriall_a obedience_n that_o may_v procure_v his_o father_n atonement_n for_o the_o good_a and_o benefit_n of_o every_o member_n of_o his_o mystical_a body_n as_o full_o and_o effectual_o as_o if_o every_o member_n can_v have_v perform_v those_o act_n of_o mediatoriall_a obedience_n themselves_o and_o in_o this_o sense_n god_n do_v impute_v the_o efficacy_n of_o all_o christ_n mediatoriall_a obedience_n to_o all_o believer_n as_o the_o only_a meritorious_a price_n of_o his_o father_n atonement_n for_o they_o answ_n the_o reader_n may_v at_o the_o first_o sight_n hereof_o haply_o think_v that_o as_o it_o be_v sometime_o with_o bellarmine_n who_o have_v spend_v whole_a book_n in_o a_o laborious_a disputation_n for_o man_n merit_n against_o grace_n etc._n bellarm._n tom._n 4._o l._n 5._o c._n 7._o tutissimum_fw-la etc._n etc._n at_o length_n say_v it_o be_v most_o safe_a to_o place_v our_o confidence_n in_o the_o alone_a mercy_n of_o god_n so_o it_o be_v here_o fall_v out_o with_o the_o author_n who_o after_o his_o labour_n hitherto_o against_o the_o doctrine_n of_o imputation_n now_o at_o length_n may_v seem_v to_o acknowledge_v it_o but_o though_o his_o word_n be_v equivocal_a yet_o his_o meaning_n be_v the_o same_o that_o it_o be_v before_o and_o so_o much_o the_o more_o dangerous_a because_o the_o same_o evil_a sense_n be_v insinuate_v in_o a_o better_a language_n to_o suppose_v a_o sinner_n to_o have_v perform_v those_o act_n of_o mediatorly_a obedience_n which_o christ_n perform_v be_v to_o suppose_v a_o impossibility_n christ_n be_v and_o be_v god-man_n and_o without_o sin_n neither_o of_o which_o can_v be_v find_v in_o he_o who_o be_v a_o sinner_n the_o voice_n of_o this_o whole_a clause_n this_o supposition_n except_v or_o somewhat_o qualify_v be_v not_o unlike_o the_o voice_n of_o jacob_n but_o the_o sense_n be_v the_o sense_n of_o esau_n i._n e._n the_o mind_n of_o the_o dialogue_n utter_v by_o the_o tongue_n of_o the_o orthodox_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o it_o be_v with_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o orthodox_n as_o have_v be_v say_v of_o old_a concern_v the_o scripture_n it_o lie_v not_o in_o the_o sound_n but_o in_o the_o sense_n 1._o