Of the imputation of Christ's righteousness to believers in what sense [sic] sound Protestants…Of the imputation of Christ's righteousness to believers in what sence [sic] sound Protestants…

1. The common distinction in Politics, inter judicium Privatum & Publicum, is fetched from the Judg, who is either Persona privata vel publica: a private Man, or an authorized Judg judging as such: And so the Judgment of Conscience, Friends, Enemies, Neighbours, mere Arbitrators, &c. is Judicium privatum; and that of a Judg in foro, is Judicium publicum, (yea, or in secret, before the concerned Parties only in his Closet, so it be decisive): If this Learned Doctor so understand it, then, 1. Constitutive Justification (which is truly first) is public Justification, being done by God the Father, and by our Redeemer, who sure are not herein private authorized Persons. 2. And the first sentential Justification, as merely Virtual, and not yet Actual, viz. as it's virtually in the Justifying Law of Grace as norma Judicis is public in suo genere, being the virtus of a Public Law of God, or of his Donative Promise. 3. And the ⟨p. 158⟩first Actual Justification, per Deum Judicem per sententiam conceptam (which is God's secret judging the Thing and Person to be as they are) is (secret indeed in se, yet revealed by God's public Word but) public as to the Judg. 4. And the first sententia prolata (the fourth in order) is someway public as opposite to secrecy, (for, 1. it is before the Angels of Heaven; 2. And in part by Executive demonstrations on Earth): But it is certainly by a public Judg, that is, God. 5. And the first Apologetical Justification by Christ our Interceding Advocate, is public both quoad personam, and as openly done in Heaven: And if this worthy Person deny any Justification per sententiam Judicis, upon our first Believing, or before the final Judgment, he would woefully fall out with the far greatest number of Protestants, and especially his closest Friends, who use to make a Sentence of God as Judg to be the Genus to Justification.

1. The common distinction in Politicks, inter judicium Privatum & Publicum, is fetcht from the Judg, who is either Persona privata vel publica: a private Man, or an authorized Judg judging as such: And so the Judgment of Conscience, Friends, Enemies, Neighbours, mere Arbitrators, &c. is Judicium privatum; and that of a Judg in foro, is Judicium publicum, (yea, or in secret, before the concerned Parties only in his Closet, so it be decisive): If this Learned Doctor so understand it, then, 1. Constitutive Justification (which is truly first) is publick Justification, being done by God the Father, and by our Redeemer, who sure are not herein private authorized Persons. 2. And the first sentential Justification, as merely Virtual, and not yet Actual, viz. as it's virtually in the Justifying Law of Grace as norma Judicis is publick in suo genere, being the virtus of a Publick Law of God, or of his Donative Promise. 3. And the