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Argu. 1 1. By what alone the Law is not fully satisfied, by that alone we are not justified; but by the passive obedience of Christ alone, the Law is not fully satisfied, therefore by his passive obedience only we are not justified. Thus far I grant that the Law is fully satisfied by his passive obedience in respect of the penalty therein threatened, but not in respect of the Commandment for the obtaining of the blessedness therein promised; and the righteousness of the Law is thus described,¹ that the man which doth these things shall live by them.

Argu. 1 1. By what alone the Law is not fully satisfied, by that alone we are not justified; but by the passive obedience of Christ alone, the Law is not fully satisfied, therefore by his passive obedience only we are not justified. Thus far I grant that the Law is fully satisfied by his passive obedience in respect of the penalty therein threatned, but not in respect of the Commandment for the obtaining of the blessedness therein promised; and the righteousness of the Law is thus described,¹ that the man which doth these things shall live by them.

1. 1Rom. 10.5.

Against this are divers exceptions of the Adversaries. As, 1. That the Law is satisfied either by doing that which is commanded, or by suffering the punishment which is threatened. Answ. It is true in respect of the penal Statutes of men, but not in respect of the Commandments of God, in which there is not only a penalty threatened, but a blessedness promised: if man had continued in his integrity, the Law might have been satisfied by obedience only; but being fallen into a state of disobedience, two things are necessarily required to the fulfilling of the Law, (i.e.) the bearing of the penalty, and the performing of the Command; the one to escape Hell, and the other to obtain Heaven. 2. They except that whosoever are freed from Hell, are also admitted to Heaven. Answ. The reason thereof is because Christ who did bear the punishment to free us from Hell, did also fulfil the Commands to bring us to Heaven; but howsoever these two benefits of Christ do always concur in the party justified, as the causes thereof concurred in Christ, who not only did both obey and suffer, but in obeying suffered, and in suffering obeyed; yet both the causes between themselves, and the effects between themselves, are carefully to be distinguished; for as it is one thing to obey the