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righteousness_n of_o god_n in_o christ_n than_o as_o christ_n be_v make_v sin_n for_o us._n how_o be_v that_o be_v christ_n make_v sin_n for_o we_o by_o have_v our_o sin_n inherent_a in_o he_o or_o infuse_v into_o he_o god_n forbid_v for_o he_o know_v no_o sin_n but_o if_o sin_n have_v be_v inherent_a in_o he_o or_o infuse_v into_o he_o he_o have_v know_v sin_n yet_o he_o be_v make_v sin_n for_o we_o that_o be_v by_o the_o imputation_n of_o our_o sin_n note_v here_o also_o christ_n be_v not_o say_v here_o simple_o to_o be_v sin_n for_o we_o but_o to_o be_v make_v sin_n for_o we_o and_o that_o we_o simple_o be_v not_o but_o be_v make_v the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n in_o he_o imply_v a_o passiveness_n in_o both_o both_o of_o christ_n make_v sin_n and_o of_o we_o make_v righteousness_n make_v that_o be_v not_o of_o or_o in_o ourselves_o but_o extrinsical_o from_o without_o from_o another_o as_o therefore_o our_o sin_n be_v impute_v to_o christ_n make_v he_o become_v sin_n for_o we_o 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bernard_n excellent_o to_o this_o innocent_n purpose_n homo_fw-la qui_fw-la debuit_fw-la homo_fw-la qui_fw-la soluit_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la unus_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la ergo_fw-la omnes_fw-la mortui_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la videlicet_fw-la satisfactio_fw-la unius_fw-la omnibus_fw-la imputetur_fw-la sicut_fw-la omnium_fw-la peccata_fw-la unus_fw-la ille_fw-la portavit_fw-la it_o be_v man_n that_o owe_v the_o debt_n and_o man_n that_o pay_v it_o for_o if_o one_o die_v for_o all_o therefore_o be_v all_o dead_a that_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o one_o may_v be_v impute_v to_o all_o as_o he_o alone_o bear_v the_o sine_fw-la of_o all_o we_o be_v then_o make_v the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n in_o christ_n as_o christ_n be_v make_v sin_n for_o us._n but_o christ_n be_v make_v sin_n for_o we_o by_o the_o imputation_n of_o our_o sin_n unto_o he_o not_o by_o infusion_n of_o they_o into_o he_o therefore_o we_o be_v justify_v or_o make_v the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n in_o christ_n by_o the_o imputation_n of_o christ_n righteousness_n unto_o we_o not_o by_o inherency_n or_o infusion_n of_o righteousness_n into_o us._n this_o be_v such_o a_o unmoveable_a rock_n of_o truth_n as_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n can_v never_o prevail_v against_o it_o here_o all_o popish_a argument_n be_v put_v to_o silence_n no_o romish_a sophistry_n or_o schoole-subtilty_n can_v invent_v any_o probability_n or_o seeming-reason_n to_o oppose_v this_o clear_a and_o invincible_a truth_n but_o perhaps_o they_o will_v find_v some_o gloss_n upon_o this_o scripture_n that_o shall_v make_v another_o sense_n of_o it_o indeed_o they_o want_v not_o their_o gloss_n but_o mala_fw-la glossa_fw-la quae_fw-la corrumpit_fw-la textum_fw-la it_o be_v a_o ill_a gloss_n that_o corrupt_v the_o text._n indeed_o the_o ordinary_a gloss_n upon_o these_o word_n he_o be_v make_v sin_n for_o we_o understand_v by_o sin_n either_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o sin_n according_a to_o the_o hebrew_n phrase_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n as_o hos._n 4._o 8._o or_o else_o the_o similitude_n of_o sinful_a flesh_n as_o rom._n 8._o 3._o so_o the_o gloss_n be_v uncertain_a it_o pitch_v upon_o no_o one_o sense_n but_o the_o scripture_n have_v one_o prime_a and_o proper_a sense_n now_o that_o the_o apostle_n shall_v not_o simple_o mean_v by_o sin_n the_o sacrifice_n of_o sin_n as_o be_v a_o obscure_a hebrew_n phrase_n be_v more_o than_o probable_a because_o he_o write_v this_o epistle_n not_o to_o the_o hebrew_n to_o who_o writing_n his_o epistle_n be_v full_a of_o legal_a type_n and_o term_n a_o language_n which_o they_o well_o understand_v but_o to_o the_o roman_n who_o be_v not_o acquaint_v with_o the_o law-term_n but_o the_o main_a reason_n why_o the_o apostle_n can_v mean_v here_o by_o sin_n bare_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o sin_n be_v in_o regard_n of_o the_o antithesis_fw-la or_o relative_a opposition_n here_o between_o sin_n and_o righteousness_n for_o sin_n and_o righteousness_n stand_v 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discussa_fw-la poterat_fw-la ex_fw-la sola_fw-la iudicis_fw-la pielate_fw-la convalescat_fw-la dâ—cat_n ergo_fw-la qui_fw-la etiamss_fw-la habuero_fw-la quiâ—piam_fw-la iustum_fw-la non_fw-la respondebo_fw-la sed_fw-la meum_fw-la â—udicem_fw-la deprecabor_fw-la velut_fw-la si_fw-la apertiùs_fw-la fateatur_fw-la dicens_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la ad_fw-la opus_fw-la virtutis_fw-la excrevero_fw-la ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la meritis_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la venia_fw-la convalesco_fw-la all_o humane_a righteousness_n say_v he_o if_o it_o be_v strict_o judge_v be_v convince_v to_o be_v unrighteousness_n therefore_o a_o man_n after_o his_o work_n of_o righteousness_n have_v need_n to_o pray_v that_o his_o righteousness_n which_o be_v discuss_v may_v sink_v down_o under_o the_o burden_n may_v recover_v strength_n again_o by_o the_o only_a clemency_n of_o the_o judge_n let_v he_o say_v then_o that_o though_o i_o have_v do_v any_o thing_n that_o be_v just_a yet_o i_o will_v not_o 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