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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02460	A sermon preached at Nevvport-Paignell in the Countie of Buckingham. By R.H.	Hacket, Roger, 1559-1621.	1628 (1628)	STC 12590; ESTC S119751	27,838	60

epistles shewed that Christ was made vnto vs our righteousnes that we are iustified onely by faith that is by Christ apprehended by faith So he speaking of Christ saieth he is onely iust and the iustifier made that he sayeth the only iustifier And againe in an other place Blessed are they that thirst after righteousnes for they shal be satisfied now the Apostle Paule saith he doth shewe that Christ is our righteousnes and therfore he that hūgreth after this bread hungreth after righteousnes that came downe from heauen which God giueth not which man maketh to himself And in the end concludeth This is righteousnes of God not by which God is righteous but by the which God giueth vnto man that mā might be righteous before him Thus then you see that if we seeke to be found righteous before God wee must bring not that righteousnes which is of our workes but that righteousnes which we haue not in our selues but by faith in Christ Iesu For as Chrysostome speaketh this is Gods righteousnes since not of our workes And as vertuous Bernard discoursing on the merite of man the comfort of christians in the midst of their troubles My merite saith he is the mercy of God and so long as he shal not be without mercy so long I shall not be without merite what then shall I sing of my righteousnes nay I wil remember thy righteousnes onely euen the righteousnes of God which he giueth in Christ for by this he iustifieth the world For as there is no sitting at the supper of the great king except we are clothed with our wedding garmēt so there is no comming into the presence of the Father but with this robe of righteousnes the righteousnes of the sonne The which Pighius seing in this wise writeth Therfore it is that our righteousnes is placed in Christs obediēce because the same is imputed to vs which are incorporated into him as though it were our owne so that by it euen we are accounted righteous And as Iacob being not the first borne yet couering him self with his brothers sweet smelling garmēt did so insinuate himselfe vnto his father that vnder an other person he obteined the blessing of the first borne euen so is it meet that we lie hid vnder the purenes of Christ our elder brother that wee smell of his sweet couer our imperfections with his perfections that so comming into the presence of God our father we may receiue the blessing of righteousnes frō him And the same Pighius after not well vnderstanding the fauorers of the truth would seeme in this cause to conclude against them but with them as his words do speake But we say if we speake formally and properly that we are not iustified before God either by our faith or by our loue but by the onely righteousnes of God which is in Christ And that which Pighius speaketh the same we speake with our Apostle we are made the righteousnes of God in him Wherfore as Beda noteth out of Austin vpō the 126. Psalme Away with thy selfe away I say with thy selfe for thou doest but hinder thy selfe if thou shalt build thy selfe thou buildest thy ruines for except the Lord builde the house in vaine doe they labour that doth build the same do not therfore wil to haue thy righteousnes least thou be voided of the righteousnes of Christ What then wilt thou say shall I liue losely be nothing studious of good works God forbid for you are Gods workemanship created to good works which God hath prepared that you should walke in them Although those thy workes doe not make thee righteous before God yet they are fruites of that righteousnes which thou hast in Christ by them thou causest thy father to be glorified sealest vp thine election to thy selfe A good tree is knowen by his fruit a true faith by his loue What should we say they that are iustified in Christ doe liue in Christ nay Christ liueth in them his good spirite maketh them fruitfull vnto euery good worke but this is not questioned at this time what we should be in this life or how we should be iustified before man but by what meanes we should stand iustified before God and that wee say is not by our workes but by the righteousnes of God which is found by faith in Iesu Christ But yet the weake Christian will say how can this be one man may pay an others debt but how can one satisfie for an others sinne the Scripture sayth the father shall not eate a sower grape and the childes tooth shal be turned an edge but that euery one shall beare his owne burden and that the soule which sinneth shall die the death How then is the iustice of God satisfied that he which knew no sinne should be punished for our sinne that we which are full of sinne should reape the fruite of that righteousnesse that is in him How euen very well because he is not an other from thee but is one with thee for if we looke vpō that blessed vnion by which al faithfull soules are iayned vnto Christ the man is not more ioyned to his wife nor the science to the stocke nor the foode vnto the body which it doth nourish nor in the body one member to one other or they al vnto the head as is Christ Iesu vnto his Church and to euery faithfull soule that trusteth and beleeueth in him And therefore sometime we are said to be one bodie in him sometime to growe vp into him which is our head sometime to be members of Christ sometime to be bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh sometime to dwell in him and he in vs sometime to be one with him what should I say this the faithful know and thus wee must know except as S. Paule speaketh we be reprobats know ye not your owne selues how that Iesus Christ is in you except ye be reprobates Thus beloued are we his vnworthy members vnited vnto him which is our head by those two most blessed handes his spirit which he giueth vnto vs and our faith which we reach to him Then goe to let this bee graunted that Christ and the faithfull are but one that he is the head of that misticall body whereof they are members then let vs see how the iustice of God is violated whilest he is punished we rewarded Thou sayest in thy vsuall speach that man seeth and man heareth yet it is his eare that heareth and eye that seeth euen so thou mayest say that it is man that hath borne the punishment of sin although it is his head Christ Iesu that hath borne and endured the same For as in the naturall body that which is proper to the eye and to the eare is attributed vnto the whole in