The Institution of Christian Religion

But it is truly and perfectly gathered by many places of the Scripture, that Christ by his obedience hath purchased us favour with his father. For this I take for a thing confessed, that if Christ hath satisfied for our sins, if he hath suffered the punishment due unto us, if by his obedience he hath appeased God, finally, if he being righteous, hath suffered for the unrighteous, then is salvation purchased for us by his righteousness: which is as much in effect as to deserve it. But,¹ as Paul witnesseth, we are reconciled and have received reconciliation by his death. But reconciliation hath no place, but where there went offence before. Therefore the meaning is: that God, to whom we were hateful be reason of sin, is by the death of his son appeased, so that he might be favourable unto us. And the comparison of contraries that followeth a little after, is diligently to be noted: As by the transgression of one man,² many were made sinners: so also by the obedience of one, many are made righteous. For the meaning is thus: As by the sin of Adam we were estranged from God & ordained to destruction, so by the obedience of Christ we are received into favour as righteous. And the future time of the verb doth not exclude present righteousness, as appeareth by the process of the text: For he had said before, that the free gift was of many sins unto justification.

But it is truely and perfectly gathered by many places of the Scripture, that Christ by his obedience hath purchaced vs fauour with his father. For this I take for a thyng confessed, that if Christ hath satisfied for our sinnes, if he hath suffred the punishmēt due vnto vs, if by his obediēce he hath appeased God, finally, if he beyng righteous, hath suffred for the vnrighteous, then is saluation purchaced for vs by his righteousnesse: whiche is as much in effecte as to deserue it. But,¹ as Paule witnesseth, we are reconciled and haue receiued reconciliation by his death. But recōciliation hath no place, but where there went offence before. Therefore the meanyng is: that God, to whome we were hateful be reasō of sinne, is by ye death of his sonne appeased, so that he might be fauorable vnto vs. And the comparison of contraries that foloweth a litle after, is diligently to be noted: As by the trāsgression of one man,