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

which is true, tho' they nifer Falsehood from it, taking Imputation of Sin, strictly for a true Estimation. ⟨p. 11⟩XX. They that make this Imputation to be before the Incarnation, make God to make himself this great Sinner; that is, Christ while he was mere God: And so make us a wicked God. When Satan can but Tempt us to sin, and its not proved that any one Devil is guilty of all mens sins, they make God guilty of all; yea, they that lay it on Christ only after his Incarnation, lay it on him that is God. XXI. They that feign Christ to have personated us in his first Covenant of Redemption, make us by him, to have Covenanted to Redeem our selves, and to do the Mediator-work. XXII. They feign Christ to have made such an Exchange with the Elect, as that having taken all their Sins, he hath given them all his Righteousness; not only the Fruit of it, but the Thing in it self: So that they are as perfectly Righteous as Christ himself, and so esteemed of God. But here they differ; 1. Some say we have only all his Passive Righteousness: Some say also all his Active: 3. Others also all his Habitual: 4. Others, all his Essential Divine Righteousness; and so are Goded. XXIII. This perfect Righteousness, they say we have at least from the time of Christ's death, before we were born, or had any personal Being. XXIV. Hereby they must needs feign Christ, and us to be one and the same Subject; or else the same Accidents, Habits, Acts and Relations to be in divers Subjects, still the same, which is a contradiction. XXV. Hence they say, that the elect have no sin, because it is all Christ's, and cannot be his and theirs also. XXVI. They say that Christ having perfectly ⟨p. 12⟩done the Work of a Saviour, we are perfectly saved, and want nothing necessary to Salvation. XXVII. They say all sin past, present, and to come, are pardoned, even that not committed (that is no sin.) XXVIII. They say, that it is not possible that sin can do an elect Person any hurt, Christ having been a perfect Saviour from it all; so Dr. Crispe. XXIX. They say, that no Prayer, or Duty, or Act of Man, can do us any good, or further our Salvation, Christ only having done it already for us: so Crispe. XXX. They add, that to pray, hear, read, obey, or do any Duty, as a means to our own Good, or Salvation, is to sin against the Free Grace of Christ: But that we must do it, 1.

which is true, tho' they nifer Falshood from it, taking Imputation of Sin, strictly for a true Estimation.