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A91793	Justification by Christ alone, a fountaine of life and comfort, declaring that the whole worke of mans salvation was accomplished by Jesus Christ upon the crosse, in that he tooke away & healed all his, from all sinnes, and presented them to God holy without fault in his sight. And the objections against this are answered, for the consolation of such as beleive; & that they may not ascribe that which is proper to Christs preistly office, to their beleiving. / By Samuel Richardson.	Richardson, Samuel, fl. 1643-1658.; Kiffin, William, 1616-1701.	1647 (1647)	Wing R1408; Thomason E392_32; ESTC R201586	62,108	73

soul The things God hath prepared for us he hath revealed unto us by his Spirit 1 Cor. 2. 9 10. saying I am thy salvation I have done away thy sins I will remember them no more Heb. 10. 15. 17. The Spirit beareth witnesse to our spirits that we are the children of God Rom. 8. 16. Now the work of faith is to assent to the truth of this testimony and receive it Now to assent unto and receive a thing is not to manifest it for giving and receiving are two things as to declare a thing and to beleeve the Declaration are two things Ephes. 3 5. There are three that bear record in heaven the Father the Word and the Spirit these agree in one that our sins are forgiven There are three that bear witnesse on earth 1. the Spirit 2. water viz. dipping Baptisme 3. Bloud viz. the Sacrament of the Supper wherein Christs blood is shed and his body broken and these three agree in one that is they witnesse hold forth and declare the record which is that God hath given unto us eternall life and that this life is in his Son 1 Joh. 5. 7 8 11 12. By which ●t appears that faith is none of the three witnesses in heaven nor any of the three on earth If faith did justifie us would it not follow that faith were greater and more to be prized then love yet love is greater 1 Cor. 13. 13. We may more properly be said to be justified by the Scriptures the Word of God then by our beleeving for that is that which evidenceth to us our justification by Christ and happinesse by him for how could we know the safetie and happinesse of a beleever without the Word or that the world was made of things that did not appear but by the Word Heb. 11. 2 3. How could we try the spirits but by the Word of God which is more purer then our beleeving and I will rest upon that more then on my beleeving Psal. 119 42. 89. Sixthly we are not justified by our beleeving because all that are justified are justified before they beleeve which will appear if ye consider 1. The titles given to such persons whom Christ justified they are termed sinners enemies ungodly Rom. 4. 5. 5. 8. 10. The Scripture doth not call any that are beleevers ungodly they have their name from their better part therefore beleevers are called holy Saints living stones babes in Christ And therefore seeing they were justified when ungodly they were justified before they beleeved and therefore their beleeving did not justifie them Christ justified many by bearing their iniqnity he in taking away our sins made us righteous and this was our justification Isa. 53. 5. 6. 11. Rom. 5. 9. 2. If I am to beleeve I am justified and that all my sins are forgiven me is it true or false If it be true that I am to beleeve Isa 40. 1 2. then I was a justified man and free from all sin before I beleeved it and therefore I am to beleeve it because it 's true If it be not true and so is false then it seems I am to beleeve a lye and for me to beleeve I am justified when I am not is to deceive my self in beleeving that which is false Also if I am to beleeve I am justified when I am not justified that so I may be justified is to beleeve that which is false that it may be true which is unreasonable because neither faith nor unbeleef can make any thing true or false nor cause the being of that which had no being before Therefore when Christ by his Spirit and Word of truth declares and reveals to a soul that all his sins are forgiven and washed away in the blood of Christ c. it is a certain truth and it is the holy Spirit that bears witnesse because the Spirit is truth 1 Joh. 5. 6. Therefore seeing we are justified by Christ before we beleeved it we may not beleeve that faith in us was either a cause or a means or any instrument of it but onely a means of our receiving the knowledge of it and of our injoying the comfort of it And as for such as are troubled because they cannot beleeve as they think all that I can say to them is Use the means to know where life is wait upon God he cals one at the third houre and another at the eleventh thou knowest not but there may be life in the Son for thee it is there for thee if thou belong to the election of grace else not Also if if thou hungerest and thirstest after righteousnesse viz Christ Matth. 5. thou art blessed and shall be saved Seventhly they that say they are justified by their beleeving know not what to stand to sometimes it is the act of faith justifieth them sometimes it is not the act but as it is a grace then not for the excellency of it but because God imputes it for righteousnesse then that there is a righteousnesse in faith it self We place justification in Christ alone by which means we are at a certainty And they that think otherwise if they please let them satisfie me in these few questions 1. Whether faith in the nature and power of it unacted do justifie or no if yea I desire to know how the power to beleeve apart from the exercise of it can be known to us 2. How it may fitly be called faith when there is no beleeving as there is not without the act seeing faith and to beleeve is one thing and whether the same light and power c. be not the same power by which we obey the rest of Gods commands and if it be how you can distinguish it apart from it's act and if it justifie as it is a grace unacted can you tell how and when you were justified and if it may abide in the soul one houre and not act why not two and so two seven yeers and whether then this opinion doth not imply that a man may have faith in him and be justified by it and yet he never beleeve nor know it And if Faith justifie in respect of the righteousnesse or meritoriousnesse of it whether it will not follow that we are righteous in our selves and so stand in no need of any righteousnesse in another and so need not live by faith in the Son of God seeing we have our righteousnesse in us If there be no merit no righteousnesse in the act of our beleeving but onely God is pleased to accept it for righteousnesse and reckon it so whether it will not follow that God esteemes and accepts of that for righteousnesse and imputes it for righteousnesse which is not so in it self and whether this is for his honour or no and whether it tends not to the dishonour of Christ that his righteousnesse in him is not sufficient and may not be that which justified those he dyed

sinnes away and that is the Lord Jesus Christ ver. 5. 3. How and by what meanes he washed them away and that was with his bloud It is ascribed to his blood Because Without bloud there is no remission Heb. 9. 22. Question Did Christs blood as bloud Simply so considered effect this worke Ans. No there is something else included in it As appeares The bloud of Christ who through the eternall Spirit offered himselfe without spot to God Heb. 9. 14. The word was God the word tooke flesh Joh. 1. 14. Christ who is God by taking flesh united the Elect by his flesh to himselfe and so became one with God as God and Christ are one Joh. 17. 22. 23. So that the flesh of Christ became in an unspeakable maner one with the perfection of the Divine and Infinite Being which was the life and substance of all which lay hid under This vaile that is to say his flesh Heb. 10. 20. So that by the power of his Divine Nature he might make satisfaction in and by the humane and by reason of this union there was an infinite value and worth in Christs bloud therefore it is called The precious bloud of Christ 1 Pet. 1. 19. yea the blood of God Acts 20. 28. So that we may not know Christ simply after the flesh but in the flesh and in the Spirit together 2 Cor 5. 16. 4. The time when he washed their sinnes away which was then when he shed his bloud for in his bloud they were washed away Christs bloud and their sinnes went away together 5. The ground and cause why he tooke their sinnes away Was his love which was in himselfe nothing in us or done by us could move him to die for us The Summe of all is That Jesus Christ by once offering the Sacrifice of himselfe when he was upon the crosse he tooke away put to an end blotted out and utterly destroyed all the sinnes of his people for ever and presented them just righteous and holy without spot before God This will appeare to be true if yee consider these severall Reasons which are proved by plaine Scriptures 1. Because that was the time which Christ was to doe this worke in Seventie weeks are determined upon thy people and upon the holy City to finish the transgressions and to make an end of sins and to make reconciliaton for iniquity and to bring in everlasting righteousnesse and to seale up the vision and Prophecie and to anoint the most holy And after threescore and two weeks shall the Mesiah be cut off but not for himselfe And he shall confirme the Covenant with many c. Dan. 9. 24 25 26 27. Which time was at an end when Christ died therefore it is said The yeare of my Redeemed is come Isa. 63. 4. Yea the houre is come saith Christ Joh. 17. 1. 2. Because Christ was ordained of God to take away sinnes and to present us holy Who verily was fore ordained to redeeme us with his precious blood 1. Pet. 1. 19. 20. For he hath made him to be sin for us that knew no sin that we might be made the righteousnesse of God in him 2 Cor. 5. 21. Who of God in made unto us wisdom righteousnesse sanctification and redemption 1 Cor. 1. 30. 3. Because Christ was mighty to save Therefore he did do this work himself alone Who is this that cometh from Ed●m with dyed garments from Bozrah that is glorious in his apparell travelling in the greatnesse of his strength I that speak in righteousnesse mighty to save I have troden the wine-presse alone and of the people there was none with me I looked and there was none to help therefore my own arm brought salvation unto me Isa. 63. So that Christ did all this work alone for none else could help Then thou spakest in a vision to thy holy One and said I have layed help upon one that is mighty Psal. 89. 19. 4. Because Christ took flesh on purpose to effect this work Wherefore when he came into the world he said Sacrifices and offerings thou wouldst not but a body thou hast prepared for me in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hadst no pleasure Heb. 10. 5. It was the will of God that Christ should by the shedding his blood sanctifie his by the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus once for all Heb. 10. 5. to 11. 6. Because Jesus Christ came on purpose to take away our sins c. Then said I L● I come to de ●hy will O God Heb. 10. He was manifested to take away o● sins and in him i● no sin 1 Joh. 3. 5. Once in the end of the world hath he appeared to take away sin by the sacrifice of himself Heb. 9. 12. 25 26 28. 7. Because Jesus Christ was made a curse for us and suffered all the punishment due to us for sin Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the Law being made a curse for us Gal. 3. 13. Surely he hath born our griefs and carried our sorrows we did esteem him stricken and smitten of God and afflicted He was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all He bare the sins of many and made intercession for the transgressours Isa. 53. 8. Because the Scriptures saith he hath obtained eternall redemption for us Having obtained eternall redemption for us Hebr. 9. In whom we have redemption through his blood the forgivensse reproveable in his sight Col. 1. 20 21 22. For this end Christ gave himself for his Church that he might present it to himself a glorious Church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing but that it might be holy without blemish Ephes. 5. Therefore the Scriptures say all our sins are scattered removed cast behinde his back Thou hast cast all my sins behinde thy back Isa. 38. 17. They are cast into the depth of the Sea Mich. 7. 19. As farre as the East is from the West so farre hath he removed our t●ansgr●●ssions from us Psal. 103. 12. This is something but this is not all they are covered Whose sin is covered Psal. 32. 1. Yet the soul is not satisfied because a thing may have a being that is covered therefore God saith they are b●otted out I have blotted out as a thick lond thy transgressions and as a cloud thy sin Isa. 44. 22. This is more for now they are not they have no being But God can remember that which is not this is answered for God saith I will not remember thy sins Isa. 43. 25. I will remember their sins no more Jer. 31. 34. I hope now you are satisfied 16. Because they are holy and without spot Therefore Christ saith of his Thou art all fair my love

by faith Rom. 3. 28. Gal. 3. 24. by Christ Isa. 53. 11. Rom. 5. 9. We have peace with God by faith Rom. 5. 1 2. by Christ Ephes. 2. 8. 3. 12. we are sanctified by faith Act. 15. 9. by Christ Heb. 10. 14. 1 Cor. 1. 30. we overcome the world by faith 1 Joh. 5. 4 5. by Christ Joh. 16. 33. 1 Cor. 15. 57. We are the s●ns of God by faith Gal. 3. 26. by Christ Ephes. 1. 5. we have an heavenly inheritance by faith Act. 26. 18. by Christ Gal. 4. 7. we have eternall life by faith Joh. 3. 16. and 5. 24. and 6. 47. 〈◊〉 Christ 1 Joh. 5. 11 12. we are saved by faith Ephes. 2. 8. by Christ Matth. 3. 21. Joh. 3 17. These things are not proper to faith but onely to Jesus Christ alone Also the Scripture saith It 's God that justifieth Rom. 8. 33. with 3. 24. Christ is said to justifie Isa. 45. 24. 53. 11. that we are justified by his blood Rom. 5. 9. with Rom. 8. 34 35. the Spirit of God is said to justifie 1 Cor. 6. 11. These three are one 1 Joh. 5. The question then is by which of these we are justified before God we conceive that is onely by Jesus Christ Our Reason why we ascribe it to Christ alone is 1. Because it was promised of Christ that he should justifie many Isa. 45. 25. and 53. 11. 2. Reason Because when the Scriptures expressions seem to contradict one another those expressions that ascribe most to Christ are the clearest and nearest the center the rest are to follow that and be interpreted by them for the Scriptures are to be interpreted for Christ and not against him Thirdly Because the whole voice of the Scripture being layed together doth wholly drive to set up and exalt Jesus Christ alone to acknowledge him to be as he is all in all Col. 3. 11. therefore he is called The Author of salvation Heb. 5. 9. and the means of our salvation through his blood Ephes. 1. 7. Col. 1. 14. and Salvation it self Isa. 49. 6. And if we should not ascribe our justification to God to Christ alone God could not be all in all 1 Cor. 15. 28. Col. 3. 11. 4. Because all things else besides God are but means of our knowing and injoying him that is the substance 5. Because all that faith can do is onely to receive remission of sins Act. 26. 18. it cannot give remission of sins faith cannot satisfie justice nor merit pardon for the least sin c. 6. Because the Scripture saith We a●e justified by his blood Rom. 5. 9 c. These and the like Reasons cause us to conceive that we are justified onely by Christ alone And therefore when the Scripture saith we are justified by faith by faith we are to understand Christ or else to understand it not properly but in a large sense not as if faith did justifie us but onely Christ For 1. it is the language of the Scripture to give The names of things to that which is not the thng but the similitude of it thus the similitude of Samuel is called Samuel 1 Sam. 28. 14 15. And an Image is called a God So the Priests offerings are said to cleanse men from sin Levit. 20. 30. and yet they nor their offering did not take away sin 2. So we may be said to be justified by faith as well as we are said to be justified by our works Jam. 2. 24. because by it we are justified to men and cannot be justified before men without faith and works Jam. 2. 24. 3. Because faith hath a relation and dependance on Christ the one implyes the other as a father implyes a son and an husband a wife they are relatives Faith looks onely to Christ and fixed in God That your faith and hope may be in G●d 1 Pet. 1. 20 21. Faith and Christ go together where one is present the other is present also And 4. Inasmuch as faith most honours God and is all for God and we enjoy the comfort of our justification through faith Phil. 3. 9. Rom 5. 1. it may have the name in as much as faith is an effect of justification Now it is the manner of Scripture to put the effect for the cause as Rom. 9. 33. with Isa. 28. 16. for making haste in Isa. Paul saith shall not be ashamed Shame and confusion being an effect that follows haste So sinners are said to love death because they love sin which is the cause and death the effect Some affirm faith doth justifie because by faith we receive our justification by the same reason the hand that receives a pardon from the Prince it may be said his hand pardoned him and why may he not as well say he pardoned himself because his hand did receive it I thought giving and receiving had bin two things And if faith may be said to justifie because it receives justification sure it is in a very large sence And seeing we by the act of faith receive justification c. then it 's the acts of faith that justifieth Which yet some evade Secondly our faith that is to say our beleeving cannot justifie us because it is not our righteousnesse For not any thing can be our righteousnesse or justification unto us but that which is made sin and curse for us onely Christ is both these to his He hath made him to be sin for us Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law being made a curse for us Gal. 3. 13. therefore he bare our sins and was wounded for us that be might bring us to God 1 Pet. 1. 18. Nothing can justifie us but that which is our reconciliation our righteousnesse and peace and nothing can procure peace to us but that which justifieth us and covereth our iniquities that separate us from God Isa. 57. and 59. 2. For he is our peace who hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us Ephes. 2. 14 15 17. Can faith do these things for us surely no Christ became our righteousnesse by his obedience Or more strictly by his obedience to the death of the Crosse Col. 1. 20. Ephes. 2. 16. God did ordain him to be our righteousnesse 1 Pet. 1. 18 19 20. and therefore we ought to look upon Christ to be our righteousnesse because God hath made him so 1 Cor. 1. 30. 2 Cor. 5. 21. Nothing can redeem us and set us free from bondage but Christ He● 2. 14 15. Heb. 9. 26 28. Nothing can present us holy and unblameable but Christ Col. 1. 22. therefore Christs Testament declares that all the parts of our redemption justification reconciliation salvation are attributed to Christs blood to his death Col. 1. 20. Ephe. 2. 16. Heb. 9. and 10. Rom. 5. 9. the slaying