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if_o we_o ourselves_o have_v perform_v it_o in_o our_o own_o person_n this_o be_v not_o a_o notion_n only_o invent_v by_o man_n but_o it_o be_v the_o way_n wherein_o the_o holy_a ghost_n express_v it_o rom._n 4.6_o even_o as_o david_n also_o describe_v the_o blessedness_n of_o the_o man_n unto_o who_o god_n impute_v righteousness_n without_o work_n and_o v._o 11._o that_o righteousness_n may_v be_v impute_v unto_o they_o also_o and_o therefore_o let_v i_o entreat_v you_o to_o mind_v this_o scripture_n rule_v that_o in_o order_n to_o the_o satisfaction_n of_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n the_o sin_n of_o god_n people_n be_v impute_v and_o reckon_v unto_o christ_n and_o in_o order_n to_o our_o partake_n of_o the_o benefit_n of_o that_o satisfaction_n or_o deliverance_n thereby_o christ_n righteousness_n must_v be_v impute_v and_o reckon_v unto_o we_o the_o first_o branch_n of_o this_o rule_n you_o have_v isa_n 53.5_o 6._o he_o be_v wound_v for_o our_o transgression_n he_o be_v bruise_v for_o our_o iniquity_n etc._n etc._n and_o the_o lord_n lay_v upon_o he_o the_o iniquity_n of_o we_o all_o and_o for_o the_o other_o branch_n of_o the_o rule_n see_v rom._n 5.19_o as_o by_o one_o man_n disobedience_n many_o be_v make_v sinner_n so_o by_o the_o obedience_n of_o one_o shall_v many_o be_v make_v righteous_a how_o do_v adam_n sin_n become_v we_o why_o by_o way_n of_o imputation_n he_o transgress_v the_o covenant_n and_o do_v eat_v the_o forbid_a fruit_n and_o it_o be_v just_o reckon_v unto_o we_o it_o be_v personal_o the_o sinful_a act_n of_o our_o first_o parent_n but_o it_o be_v impute_v to_o many_o even_o to_o all_o of_o we_o who_o proceed_v out_o of_o his_o loin_n for_o we_o be_v in_o he_o not_o only_o natural_a as_o he_o be_v the_o root_n of_o mankind_n but_o also_o legal_o as_o he_o be_v the_o great_a representative_a of_o mankind_n in_o the_o covenant_n of_o work_n and_o the_o transaction_n thereof_o adam_n stand_v in_o the_o stead_n and_o act_v in_o the_o behalf_n not_o only_o of_o himself_o but_o of_o all_o his_o posterity_n and_o therefore_o his_o sin_n be_v reckon_v unto_o they_o even_o so_o say_v the_o apostle_n after_o the_o same_o manner_n the_o obedience_n and_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n be_v make_v over_o to_o many_o for_o justification_n 6._o observe_v further_o to_o complete_a this_o argument_n in_o the_o last_o place_n that_o no_o person_n whatsoever_o of_o the_o child_n of_o man_n can_v have_v the_o righteousness_n of_o christ_n impute_v to_o they_o but_o only_o such_o as_o be_v in_o christ_n such_o as_o be_v unite_v to_o he_o and_o make_v one_o with_o he_o for_o sir_n union_n be_v the_o very_a ground_n of_o imputation_n the_o sin_n of_o adam_n have_v not_o be_v reckon_v to_o we_o nor_o lay_v to_o our_o charge_n unless_o we_o have_v be_v legal_o and_o by_o way_n of_o representation_n in_o adam_n which_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o the_o sin_n of_o our_o more_o immediate_a parent_n and_o ancestor_n be_v not_o reckon_v to_o we_o 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