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A50251	The summe of certain sermons upon Genes. 15.6 vvherein not only the doctrine of justification by faith is asserted and cleared, and sundry arguments for justification before faith, discussed and answered : but also the nature and the meanes of faith, with the imputation of our sins to Christ, and of Christs righteousness to us are briefly explained and confirmed / preached at Dorchester in New-England by Richard Mather ... ; and now by him published at the earnest request of sundry well-affected and Godly Christians.	Mather, Richard, 1596-1669.	1652 (1652)	Wing M1276; ESTC W18271	50,747	60

himself any punishment deserved by them it is manifest that the phrase of bearing sinn or bearing iniquity can have no such meaning but that it signifies to bear the punishment deserved by sinn as where it is said of such such offenders that they shall bear their iniquity Lev 20. 17. 5. 1. that every one shall bear his own burden Gal. 6. 5. 5. 10. and that the sonn shall not bear the iniquity of the father nor the father the iniquity of the sonn Ezek 18. 20. can any man imagin that here to bear iniquity should signifie to bear it away from himself or from another If any could so do there were no evill in such a bearing but that were a lawfull yea a commendable and blessed bearing of another mans sin But the text speaks of bearing iniquity in an other sence wherin no man shall bear the iniquity of another but every man bear his own burden his own sin that is the punishment of his sin Therfore inasmuch as the Lord Jesus bare our sinns he bare the punishment due by them they being imputed to him for that end 3 Christ was made a curse for us Gal. 3. 13. and this implies that he bare the punishment of sin for us for to be made a curse or to be cursed is alwayes used in that sence Math 25. 41. 2 Pet 2. 14. Gal. 3. 10. 4 Christ was a ransom or a price of redemption for us Math 20. 28. 1 Tim: 2. 6. 1 Cor 6. 20. and this doth imply that the punishment of our sinns was laid upon him 5 Christ was a sacrifice for us or for our sinns Heb 9. 26 28. 10. 12. John 1. 29. Math 26. 28. And inasmuch as all the sinns of the people were put laid upon the sacrifice Lev 16. 15 16 17. vers 21 22. Lev 10. 17. therfore this implies and teacheth that all our sins were imputed to Christ the punishment of them laid upon him 6 What can be more plain then what is written in Isai 53. 6. 2 Cor 5. 21. he was made sinn for us God hath laid on him the iniquity of us all But how can this stand with justice that our sinns should bee imputed to Christ and he be punished for them can it stand with justice that one should be punished for anothers sin and the innocent for the guilty Yes there is no injustice at all in it that the surety be responsible for the debt as Philem 18. Paul becoming surety for Onesimus saith to Philemon put that on my account let it bee imputed to mee let me answer pay it Now Christ was our surety Heb 7. 22. More particularly thus it is no wayes unjust that one be punished for the sin of another when the things here following do all concur 1 When all that are concerned in it are willing and do consent 2 When there is a neer relation and union between the offender and the sufferer 3 When the sufferer hath free dominion over that from which he parteth in his sufferings for another 4 When he hath power to break through and overcome all his sufferings and to reassume his former condition again 5 When this way is not to the dishonour of any but for the greater honour glory of all And so it is in all the particulars when the Lord Jesus did suffer for us But if God do not graunt forgiveness attonement righteousness without the punishment of our sinns laid on Christ and suffered by him where then is there any Grace or Mercy in our salvation For it seems God doth not save us without satisfaction to himself Yet there is much grace mercy in our salvation notwithstanding what is here said for 1 It is mercy to us though it be merited by Christ 2 It was great grace and mercy to accept of satisfaction from another for the rigour of the Law would not allow of this but exacts satisfaction from the sinner himself in his own person And therfore there was in it great grace to us that God by his soveraign power would in this point dispēce with the rigour of the Law 3 It was yet a point of father grace and mercy that he himself would find out this remedy this way of salvation by another For we our selves could never have found out such another nor could any other creature have found it out for us So that though justice be satisfied and punishment be suffered yet our salvation is of free grace and mercy notwithstanding Justice and Mercy most sweetly concurring in our salvation by Christ Jesus If then the righteousness of Christ be imputed to us What was that righteousness of Christ that is imputed Such a righteousness as man now oweth to yeild perform unto God and that is two-fould 1 Passive in a way of suffering penalty or punishment for his transgression this every sinner doth owe to God by the sentence of his just Law which requireth that the sinner be accu●…sed and suffer death for his sinn Gal. 3. 10. Rom 6. 23. 2 A sinner oweth obedience de novo and is still bound to obey the Law though he must when he hath satisfied for former breaches It stands not with reason that paying the penalty threatned for transgression hee should therby becom lawless or free from thenceforth from the debt duty of obedience which the Law requireth And this being the righteousness that a sinner oweth this therfore is the righteousness which Christ performed for us and which is imputed to us for our justification even both his active passive obedience Therfore it is said that he fulfilled all righteousness Math 3. 15. even all that the Law requireth of fallen man whether it bee suffering or doing both which seen to be comprehended in that one saying Phil 2. 8. that Christ humbled himself and became obedient even to death the death of the cross which place implyes that there is an obedience which falls short of death and an obedience in suffering death and that Christ for our sakes in our steed performed both In which respect also it is that he is said to bee the end of the Law for righteousness Rom 10. 4. Now the end of the Law is perfect righteousness in doing what is commanded and in suffering punishment in case of sin transgression and so Christ being the end of the Law hath therfore performed both these things for us which the Law requireth of sinners viz to do what it cōmanded and to suffer what is due for sinn If this righteousness be imputed to us doth it not then follow that we are as righteous as Christ and that every believer is a redeemer and saviour of others for Christ was so This will not follow at all and the reasons are 1 Because the sin of Adam is impated to all the sonn of Adam and yet every son of Adam is not a cause fountain of

sin to all others as Adam was and so we may say in the case in hand 2 The vertue that is in the head is communicated to all the members and yet it doth not follow that every member is hereby made an head to communicate vertue to all the other members as the head doth so here 3 Though Christs righteousness be sufficient for all the elect universally and for every one in particular yet when it is applyed it is not applyed to every particular person of them as it is a price for all but as it is a price sufficient for himself It behooveth then all the children of God to take heed of such spirits as deny the doctrine of Imputation Popish writers have sometimes made a jest a mock of this doctrine calling imputed righteousness a putative righteousness a new no justice and some others that in profession otherwise are farr from popery yet cannot yield that there is any imputing of our sinns to Christ or of Christs righteousness to us Against all which conceits let that be minded and considered which hath here been said for the clearing of these things And to sober minds it should weigh much that the term of imputing righteousness is frequently found in Scripture and the very word imputing no less then nine or ten times in that one chap of Rom 4. though it be englished sometimes reckoned sometimes accounted and somtimes imputed By this we may see the great grace of God in that we having no righteousness of our own and that yet without righteousness we could not be justified he is graciously pleased to impute unto us the righteousness of Christ that by it we might be justified and that faith should be imputed for righteousness Had we had any works of our own that might have sufficed in this matter then indeed the reward might have been reckned not of grace but of debt but now when righteousness is accounted by faith and is imputed to believers without works this doth exceedingly set forth the riches and freeness of Gods grace Rom 4. 4 15. and therfore it is of faith that it might be by grace Rom 4. 16. And in as much as our sinns were imputed to Christ and the punishment of them imposed upon him therfore the godly have in this respect great cause to be deeply affected with sinn and to grieve for it For it was not Judas nor all the malicious Jewes no nor Herod nor Pilate nor all the rest of the wicked world that could have brought Christ to his painfull passion and death no nor have so much as touched the least hayr of his head had not the sins of Gods people been imputed to him and laid upon him but hee was bruised for our iniquities for the transgression of Gods people was hee smitten Isai 53. 5 8. So that our sinns were the cause of his sufferings which consideration should be a means motive for the awaking of our hearts with godly sorrow as it is written Zach 12. 10. they shall look on him w●…om they have peirced and they shall mourn therfore with bitter mourning as a man for h●…s only son and for the loss of h●…s first born They that do deny that when the Lord Jesus suffered he bare the punishment of our sinns do not a little hinder the exercise of repentance and godly sorrow for sinn in all those in whom this opinion takes place there being no one consideration more effectual available for stirring up the exercise of this grace then this that we are speaking of that our sinns were the cause of Christs sufferings the thought wherof should exceedingly break melt our hearts And if righteousness be imputed to believers for their justification oh then how may this comfort stay the hearts of all poor penitent believers and mourning souls who can see much sinn in themselves for which they might justly be condemned but can see nothing in themselves for which they might be justified and hereupon are vile in their own eyes abhoring themselves looking and lamenting after Christ Be not dismayed all you that are such but be it spoken to the stay comfort of your hearts that though you can not be justified by any inherent righteousness of your own yet you may be justified by the imputed righteousness of another Abram we see believed in the Lord and it was imputed unto him for righteousness do you then believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and righteousness shall be imputed unto you also and therby you shall be justified though you have no inherent righteousness of your own that can any thing availe for this purpose Lastly if righteousness be imputed to believers for their justification let us then all learn highly to prize and earnestly to desire this imputed righteousness Shall we now content our selves with any inhere●… righteousness of our own whether inward vertues or outward performances and think to be justified in the sight of God no no all righteousness of ours is but as filthy raggs Isai 64. 6. there is no man living that can be justified before God by that means or in such a way Psal. 143. 2. It is the Lord Jesus who is our righteousness Jer 23. 6. and he it is who is made unto us Wisdom Righteousness and Redemption 1 Cor 1. 30. and in comparison of this Lord Jesus Christ and his righteousness which is by faith even the righteousness which is of God by faith all other righteousness all other things in the matter of justification are but loss and to be esteemed as ●…ung as they were unto the Apostle Paul Phil. 3. 7 8 9. And they that neglect this righteousness without them that it might be imputed to them and content themselves with their own righteousness inherent in them or wrought by them shall one day find that they have been miserably deceived and deluded like those that kindle a fire unto themselves and compass themselves about with their own sparks but in the end do ly down in sorrow Isai 50. 11. Wherfore let all that fear God yea all that desire to walk wisely for their own everlasting comfort seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness and then all other things shall bee added to them Math 6. 33. Yea let them hunger and thirst after righteousness for such are blessed and shall be filled Math 5. 6. FINIS THE TABLE A ABram adorned with many good works and yet justified only by faith pag 2 12. Attributes of God the consideration of them a means for the b●…getting of faith page 24. B Bear iniquity what is ment thereby page 39 40 41. Believing in the Lord is not only to believe the word to be true but also implyes Relyance on God page 1. Farther confirmation of faith called believing p. 2 To believe on Christ and to believe a mans self to be justified differ p. 17 18 To believe on Christ is not only lawfull but commanded p. 9 25. See