Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

For the better understanding of Christ's Righteousness, we usually distinguish, that Christ's Righteousness is either that righteousness inherent in him, or performed by him; the righteousness performed by him, is either his fulfilling the Commandments, or his satisfying the curse of the Law. The same distinction is given by others in these terms, Christ's Righteousness is either his original conformity, or his active and passive obedience unto the Law: his original conformity, is that gracious inherent disposition in Christ from the first instant of his conception, whereby he was habitually conformable to the Law; and this original righteousness answered for our original unrighteousness; his active obedience is his doing of legal obedience unto the command, and his passive obedience is his suffering of punishment due unto us for our sins.—I shall yet a little further enlarge this distinction of the righteousness of Christ, and give it in thus; viz. The righteousness of Christ is either negative (if I may so speak) or positive; by the negative I understand the absence of all sins and vices, forbidden in the Law; by the positive, I mean both a presence of all virtues, and duties, required to the perfect fulfilling of the Law, as also a voluntary suffering of the penalty, to satisfy the commination and curse of the Law.

FOr the better understanding of Christ's Righteousness, we usually distinguish, that Christ's Righteousness is either that righteousness inherent in him, or performed by him; the righteousness performed by him, is either his fulfilling the Commandments, or his satisfying the curse of the Law. The same distinction is given by others in these terms, Christ's Righteousness is either his original conformity, or his active and passive obedience unto the Law: his original conformity, is that gracious inherent disposition in Christ from the first instant of his conception, whereby he was habitually conformable to the Law; and this original righteousness answered for our original unrighteousness; his active obedience is his doing of legal obedience unto the command, and his passive obedience is his suffering of punishment due unto us for our sins.—I shall yet a little further enlarge this distinction of the righteousness of Christ, and give it in thus; viz. The righteousness of Christ is either negative (if I may so speak) or positive; by the negative I understand the absence of all sins and vices, forbidden in the Law; by the positive, I mean both a presence of all vertues, and duties, required to the perfect fulfilling of the Law, as also a voluntary suffering of the penalty, to satisfie the commination and curse of the Law.