The Scripture Gospel defended, and Christ, grace, and free justification vindicated against the libertines…

Either Christ was our Legal Person before we were born, or from the time of our being, or from the time of our believing only. 1. Before we had a Being we were no sinners, nor bound to obey; and therefore needed not to obey or suffer by another. 2. When we were born, we were not in Christ, and perhaps not Believers till old Age: And so the Elect should Legally be just while they are Infidels, and never sin even in their state of Enmity. 3. If only since believing we were so personated by Christ, then his Righteousness is not imputed to us for all the time of our unregeneracy, and then we never sinned in Law sense after our believing. If they say that in suffering he represented us as unregenerate, and in his obedience as Believers only, then he suffered not for our sins after believing, nor obeyed to merit pardon of our sins before. If they say that so far as we are sinners, we Legally suffered in him, and as Believers further to merit glory we obeyed by him, the contradiction of this is showed before. If we obeyed ⟨p. 85⟩so far as to merit glory by the Law of Works, then we never sinned: And if we suffered in him, for all sins of Omission and Commission, we merited glory without any other obedience: For the Law requireth nothing but Innocency as necessary to life. He that hath no sin, doth perfectly obey. And pardon of all sin of Omission and Commission, is the pardon of all punishment of Sense and Loss, and so of the loss of promised Life.

Either Christ was our Legal Person before we were born, or from the time of our being, or from the time of our believing only. 1. Before we had a Being we were no sinners, nor bound to obey; and therefore needed not to obey or suffer by another. 2. When we were born, we were not in Christ, and perhaps not Believers till old Age: And so the Elect should Legally be just while they are Infidels, and never sin even in their state of Enmity. 3. If only since believing we were so personated by Christ, then his Righteousness is not imputed to us for all the time of our unregeneracy, and then we never sinned in Law sense after our believing. If they say that in suffering he represented us as unregenerate, and in his obedience as Believers only, then he suffered not for our sins after believing, nor obeyed to merit pardon of our sins before. If they say that so far as we are sinners, we Legally suffered in him, and as Believers further to merit glor• we obeyed by him, the contradiction of this is shewed before. If we obeyed