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come_n under_o a_o law_n transaction_n for_o he_o say_v it_o be_v to_o satisfy_v divine_a justice_n and_o can_v justice_n be_v satisfy_v by_o the_o suffering_n of_o a_o person_n no_o way_n guilty_a in_o the_o eye_n of_o justice_n that_o be_v strange_a justice_n but_o still_o say_v the_o bp._n they_o be_v consider_v as_o our_o sin_n and_o not_o his_o true_a our_o sin_n original_o but_o he_o by_o a_o law_n transmission_n else_o he_o can_v not_o be_v punish_v by_o the_o law_n but_o now_o see_v how_o the_o bp._n after_o his_o brandish_v by_o way_n of_o opposition_n be_v necessitate_v to_o fall_v into_o rank_n and_o file_v with_o we_o they_o be_v not_o christ_n sin_n any_o further_a than_o by_o consent_n he_o take_v upon_o himself_o to_o bear_v the_o guilt_n which_o relate_v to_o punishment_n and_o so_o they_o come_v to_o be_v just_o charge_v upon_o he_o now_o i_o pray_v what_o be_v it_o that_o the_o bp._n say_v in_o the_o wind_a up_o of_o the_o matter_n more_o than_o what_o we_o say_v for_o he_o say_v 1._o the_o sin_n be_v we_o not_o his_o original_o and_o primary_o and_o the_o guilt_n remain_v in_o all_o those_o for_o which_o christ_n die_v not_o 2._o these_o sin_n of_o all_o save_v once_o become_v christ_n in_o the_o guilt_n of_o they_o through_o his_o free_a and_o voluntary_a intervention_n 3._o that_o he_o take_v upon_o himself_o that_o guilt_n which_o relate_v to_o punishment_n i._n e._n it_o be_v proper_a law_n relation_n 4._o and_o so_o they_o come_v to_o be_v just_o charge_v upon_o he_o here_o the_o bp_o have_v give_v we_o the_o whole_a point_n for_o 1._o he_o allow_v guilt_n to_o be_v distinct_a from_o punishment_n for_o relata_fw-la be_v contraria_fw-la affirmantia_fw-la and_o it_o be_v a_o true_a notion_n that_o guilt_n and_o punishment_n be_v proper_a relata_fw-la constantia_fw-la ex_fw-la mutua_fw-la alterius_fw-la affectione_n and_o therefore_o distinct_a 2._o that_o christ_n take_v upon_o he_o to_o bear_v the_o guilt_n that_o relate_v to_o punishment_n it_o come_v not_o from_o the_o sinner_n that_o christ_n bear_v the_o guilt_n but_o from_o god_n ordination_n and_o christ_n submission_n to_o law_n procede_v and_o thence_o write_v himself_o debtor_n to_o the_o law_n and_o justice_n of_o god_n instead_o of_o sinner_n and_o be_v accept_v as_o plenary_a paymaster_n 3._o he_o own_v that_o sin_n come_v just_o chargeable_a on_o he_o the_o charge_n of_o sin_n on_o the_o sinner_n be_v that_o whereby_o he_o become_v guilty_a before_o god_n rom._n 3.19_o for_o he_o that_o be_v just_o punish_v be_v just_o charge_v as_o he_o say_v charge_v upon_o he_o must_v be_v in_o a_o way_n of_o law_n proceed_v and_o though_o god_n have_v make_v he_o to_o confess_v the_o truth_n in_o word_n yet_o it_o full_o appear_v by_o his_o after_o discourse_n that_o he_o believe_v not_o a_o word_n of_o it_o in_o sano_fw-la sensu_fw-la §_o 3._o the_o three_o thing_n wherein_o our_o sin_n have_v relation_n to_o the_o suffering_n of_o christ_n he_o say_v as_o to_o the_o personal_a gild_n of_o our_o sin_n which_o he_o deny_v and_o decry_v after_o he_o have_v in_o the_o same_o breath_n own_a christ_n bearing_n the_o guilt_n of_o our_o sin_n now_o he_o will_v have_v christ_n to_o bear_v the_o guilt_n of_o our_o sin_n but_o not_o the_o personal_a as_o if_o there_o be_v or_o can_v be_v any_o guilt_n that_o be_v not_o of_o one_o person_n or_o another_o or_o if_o there_o be_v some_o generical_a guilt_n find_v in_o individual_a person_n his_o exception_n be_v 1._o the_o fault_n of_o the_o sin_n be_v not_o lay_v on_o christ_n 1._o then_o its_o law_n relation_n be_v not_o lay_v on_o christ_n and_o christ_n be_v punish_v for_o no_o fault_n of_o himself_o or_o other_o be_v unjust_o punish_v nay_o he_o say_v he_o be_v just_o charge_v be_v any_o just_o charge_v when_o charge_v with_o no_o fault_n 2._o he_o except_v against_o say_v that_o lay_v sin_n upon_o christ_n make_v christ_n real_o a_o transgressor_n but_o how_o be_v that_o say_v it_o be_v in_o a_o legal_a sense_n not_o physical_a therefore_o christ_n be_v say_v to_o be_v make_v sin_n viz._n such_o he_o be_v not_o before_o nor_o be_v in_o his_o own_o nature_n but_o be_v real_o accept_v instead_o of_o the_o guilty_a sinner_n not_o romantick_o and_o fabulous_o the_o transaction_n be_v real_a according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o as_o to_o the_o denial_n of_o imputation_n it_o be_v a_o gross_a error_n in_o whoever_o it_o be_v dr._n crisp_n or_o mr._n b._n the_o first_o mistake_o deny_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o word_n but_o mr._n b._n deny_v the_o thing_n itself_o the_o very_a doctrine_n of_o imputation_n of_o sin_n to_o christ_n as_o the_o bp._n the_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n to_o we_o have_v these_o invective_n word_n as_o the_o papist_n have_v by_o no_o mean_n more_o alienate_v the_o reform_a from_o they_o irreconcilable_o than_o by_o obtrude_a as_o a_o article_n of_o faith_n the_o impossibility_n and_o contradiction_n of_o transubstantiation_n so_o some_o erroneous_a protestant_n have_v no_o way_n man_n make_v the_o papist_n irreconcilable_a to_o we_o than_o by_o hold_v forth_o the_o impossibility_n and_o absurdity_n of_o impute_a righteousness_n as_o a_o most_o necessary_a part_n of_o the_o gospel_n meth._n theol._n part_n iii._o ch._n 27._o page_n 322._o the_o great_a argument_n propound_v by_o dr._n crisp_n very_o unwary_o he_o not_o see_v how_o far_o it_o will_v run_v but_o sufficient_o improve_v by_o mr._n b._n be_v this_o that_o god_n have_v no_o other_o thought_n of_o thing_n than_o as_o they_o be_v so_o do_v he_o esteem_v and_o think_v of_o thing_n and_o consequent_o of_o sin_n in_o knowledge_n we_o must_v distinguish_v between_o thing_n and_o relation_n and_o between_o one_o relative_n and_o another_o god_n think_v of_o thing_n as_o they_o be_v under_o divers_a respect_n god_n think_v and_o know_v what_o we_o be_v by_o nature_n yea_o the_o most_o eminent_a believer_n be_v by_o nature_n a_o child_n of_o wrath_n as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o but_o he_o know_v also_o what_o he_o be_v through_o grace_n what_o under_o a_o covenant_n of_o work_n and_o what_o under_o a_o covenant_n of_o grace_n sinner_n in_o the_o first_o adam_n righteous_a in_o the_o second_o god_n call_v thing_n that_o be_v not_o as_o though_o they_o be_v god_n call_v his_o son_n sin_n in_o a_o law-sence_n who_o never_o sin_v and_o a_o sinner_n righteous_a in_o christ_n who_o never_o be_v righteous_a in_o himself_o he_o see_v he_o as_o acceptable_a in_o his_o sight_n he_o have_v clothe_v he_o with_o his_o righteousness_n as_o if_o he_o be_v perfect_o righteous_a in_o himself_o god_n know_v and_o see_v all_o thing_n as_o he_o be_v omniscient_a but_o yet_o do_v not_o see_v reconcile_a one_o in_o their_o sin_n and_o gild_n of_o they_o by_o the_o eye_n of_o his_o justice_n god_n see_v christ_n under_o sin_n by_o the_o eye_n of_o his_o justice_n when_o he_o be_v under_o the_o charge_n of_o sin_n and_o his_o person_n absolute_o consider_v most_o please_a to_o he_o it_o be_v no_o way_n inconsistent_a with_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n to_o know_v what_o any_o thing_n be_v in_o its_o absolute_a be_v and_o what_o it_o be_v in_o this_o or_o that_o relation_n to_o know_v a_o creature_n be_v a_o man_n and_o to_o know_v he_o to_o stand_v under_o the_o relation_n of_o a_o father_n or_o a_o son_n to_o know_v what_o he_o be_v natural_o and_o what_o moral_o for_o this_o be_v not_o inconsistent_a with_o man_n knowledge_n much_o less_o with_o god_n therefore_o when_o god_n know_v a_o thing_n what_o it_o be_v in_o one_o respect_n and_o call_v it_o another_o it_o be_v to_o be_v suppose_v that_o he_o real_o put_v that_o respect_n or_o relation_n upon_o it_o as_o when_o god_n call_v a_o man_n a_o sinner_n in_o
intervening_a righteousness_n between_o christ_n and_o we_o what_o to_o call_v it_o mt._n cl._n call_v it_o subordinate_a and_o so_o do_v mr._n b._n but_o mr._n h._n like_n not_o that_o name_n so_o well_o have_v rather_o call_v it_o coordinate_a but_o i_o know_v not_o from_o the_o notion_n of_o the_o thing_n due_o consider_v why_o they_o may_v not_o go_v one_o step_n further_o and_o call_v it_o the_o principal_a or_o supreme_a justify_v righteousness_n for_o that_o which_o have_v the_o principal_a place_n in_o any_o thing_n ascribe_v to_o it_o be_v the_o principal_a but_o our_o own_o righteousness_n have_v the_o principal_a place_n in_o the_o thing_n ascribe_v to_o it_o which_o be_v justification_n therefore_o it_o be_v the_o chief_a and_o supreme_a righteousness_n for_o they_o say_v we_o be_v justify_v by_o the_o imputation_n of_o this_o righteousness_n only_o and_o by_o no_o other_o therefore_o all_o conduce_v righteousness_n to_o the_o introduce_v this_o be_v subordinate_a to_o it_o 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righteousness_n which_o need_v pardon_n be_v no_o justify_v righteousness_n but_o be_v condemn_v by_o the_o law_n for_o whatever_o be_v pardon_v be_v condemn_v by_o the_o law_n first_o neither_o be_v that_o person_n justify_v who_o by_o the_o law_n be_v unpardoned_a pardon_v be_v a_o essential_a part_n of_o justification_n in_o man_n court_n where_o many_o indictment_n lie_v against_o a_o man_n if_o he_o be_v quit_v of_o some_o and_o not_o of_o all_o he_o be_v not_o discharge_v as_o justify_v but_o here_o it_o be_v worse_o i_o do_v not_o find_v that_o at_o the_o new_a law_n bar_v a_o man_n as_o they_o say_v justify_v be_v quite_o discharge_v from_o any_o indictment_n at_o all_o for_o there_o be_v none_o full_o pardon_v wherefore_o our_o neonomian_o say_v that_o their_o justification_n be_v not_o perfect_a in_o this_o life_n so_o mr._n cl._n our_o justification_n in_o this_o world_n be_v not_o perfect_a and_o complete_a etc._n etc._n p._n 18._o §_o 6._o mr._n cl._n say_v there_o be_v a_o twofold_a guilt_n legal_a and_o evangelical_n legal_a gild_n be_v a_o obligation_n to_o eternal_a punishment_n this_o be_v full_o pardon_v in_o justification_n and_o can_v never_o return_v again_o because_o christ_n have_v take_v it_o all_o upon_o himself_o and_o make_v full_a satisfaction_n to_o his_o father_n justice_n for_o it_o but_o gospel-guilt_n which_o be_v a_o obligation_n to_o gospel-punishment_n i._n e._n fatherly_a chastisement_n for_o sin_n after_o justification_n return_v upon_o commission_n of_o new_a sin_n and_o be_v remove_v upon_o repentance_n sometime_o whole_o sometime_o in_o part_n this_o be_v also_o mr._n h_n doctrine_n resp_n the_o distinction_n be_v naught_o for_o we_o deny_v any_o evangelical_n gild_n evangelical_n gild_n threat_n or_o punishment_n be_v a_o bull_n a_o downright_a contradiction_n if_o we_o know_v what_o gospel_n be_v and_o they_o that_o will_v be_v ignorant_a and_o call_v this_o assertion_n antinomian_n poison_n let_v they_o be_v ignorant_a still_o i_o thank_v god_n for_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o gospel_n so_o far_o as_o that_o it_o be_v quite_o contrary_a to_o gild_n threat_n and_o punishment_n or_o obligation_n to_o it_o in_o the_o true_a legal_a sense_n thereof_o likewise_o he_o shall_v have_v distinguish_v of_o gild_n as_o usual_a reatus_fw-la culpae_fw-la and_o reatus_fw-la paenoe_n the_o first_o proper_o gild_n and_o that_o in_o judicio_fw-la legis_fw-la vel_fw-la judicio_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la if_o a_o man_n be_v sub_fw-la reatu_fw-la culpae_fw-la judicio_fw-la legis_fw-la as_o they_o say_v the_o justify_v one_o be_v he_o be_v unjustified_a for_o the_o law_n can_v justify_v a_o man_n and_o declare_v he_o guilty_a i._n e._n not_o guilty_a and_o guilty_a at_o the_o same_o time_n obligation_n to_o punishment_n be_v not_o gild_n in_o the_o true_a sense_n of_o it_o for_o we_o say_v a_o man_n cast_v in_o court_n be_v guilty_a of_o the_o charge_a fault_n and_o therefore_o the_o law_n bind_v he_o over_o to_o 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