Thirdly, End is taken in this notion, It notes the accomplishment, or the fulfilling and Completing of a thing, and in that sense it is used in Rom. 10. 4. Christ (saith the Apostle,) is the end of the Law for ⟨p. 9⟩Righteousness. The end of the Law, he hath brought the Law to its end—what end? why to its accomplishment, to its fulfilling, so that we are not to seek for righteousness by the Law for our Justification, for Christ hath made an end of the Law, or accomplished the Law, as to that point, for righteousness, Christ hath fulfilled the Law, both in doing the precepts of it, and he hath fulfilled the Law by enduring the penalty of it, and so he is the end of the Law, the fulfilling end of the Law; It hath no more to require than that we obey the precept, or endure the penalty of it, and both these Christ hath fully done, and so he hath fulfilled the whole Law, and Indeed, Christ having done so in his own person, having been the end of the Law in his obedience, both active and passive, I may say, He is the Abolishing end of the Law, he hath taken it away as to that use, for Justification by our own works, the ⟨p. 10⟩Law is quite out of doors, as to that point, Christ is the end of the Law for righteousness, and no more are we to seek for righteousness by the Law.
Thirdly, End is taken in this notion, It notes the accomplishment, or the fulfilling and Compleating of a thing, and in that sense it is used in Rom. 10. 4. Christ (saith the Apostle,) is the end of the Law for ⟨p. 9⟩Righteousness. The end of the Law, he hath brought the Law to its end—what end? why to its accomplishment, to its fulfilling, so that we are not to seek for righteousness by the Law for our Justification, for Christ hath made an end of the Law, or accomplished the Law, as to that point, for righteousness, Christ hath fulfilled the Law, both in doing the precepts of it, and he hath fulfilled the Law by enduring the penalty of it, and so he is the end of the Law, the fulfilling end of the Law; It hath no more to require than that we obey the precept, or endure the penalty of it, and both these Christ hath fully done, and so he hath fulfilled the whole Law, and Indeed, Christ having done so in his own person, having been the end of the Law in his obedience, both active and passive, I may say, He is the Abolishing end of the Law, he hath taken it away as to that use, for Justification by our own works, the ⟨p. 10⟩Law is quite out of doors, as to that point, Christ is the end of the Law for righteousness, and no more are we to seek for righteousness by the Law.
