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

Sect. 2. The Text drew him to use the Name of sinning. [I write to you, that you sin not.] But did not the Contradiction of it to his Doctrine convince him, while he read the Text against sinning; judge whether he took not the thing to be impossible? He saith, Tho' such do Murder, commit Adultery, Blasphemy, Idolatry, or any such thing, they are no Murderers, Adulterers, &c. or Sinners; because it is Christ's sin, and not theirs, and cannot be his and theirs too; so that they may live in the Act, but cannot sin.

Object. But it was their sin once, before it was Christs sin?

Answ. No; He saith, that it was Christ's sin, if not from Eternity, at least above Sixteen Hundred Years before we were born. And he that had ⟨p. 66⟩no being, could have no sin: And Gods fore-knowledge of future sin, maketh not sin: Nay, he could not fore-know, that which would never be; so that indeed, Christ could not take our sin as his, which was not ours, nor ever would be at all: And if he had, yet I hope they will not say, that now in Heaven he is the greatest sinner. And so, there neither was, nor is, any sin in us or Christ.