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8. Prop. Faith, which is commonly called the condition of the new Covenant, is not in its self a new Righteousness, but as it were an instrument, or hand to apprehend and apply the Righteousness of the first Covenant; as fulfilled by the great Sponsor, ¹and Surety on the believer's behalf; That the Righteousness of the Law might be fulfilled in us, sc. in our Nature, to our justification: Christ is the end of the Law for Righteousness to every one that believeth.

1. 1Rom. 8 3. Perfectionem habet Legis, qui in Christum credit.

9. ^*Prop. This Mediatory Righteousness of Christ (for his Personal and essential Righteousness falls not at all under this consideration) can no way become the Believer's, but, as the first Adam's obedience became his Posterity's (who never had the least actual share in his transgression) sc. By an act of Imputation, from God as a Judg. The Lord Jesus having fulfilled the Law as a second Adam, God the Father imputeth it to the believing Sinner; as if he had done it in his own person. I say not, God the Father doth account the Sinner to have done it, but he doth impute it to the believing Sinner, as if he had ⟨p. 147⟩done it, unto all saving intents and purposes. Thus Abraham, the Father of the faithful, was justified; his Faith was imputed to him for Righteousness; his Faith, i. e. objective the Righteousness which his Faith apprehended, sc. Christ his fulfilling of the Law, as the Surety of the New Covenant. And so are all the Children of Abraham's Faith justified also; unto whom it shall be imputed also, if we believe on Him, that raised up Jesus from the dead, Who was delivered for our sins, and was raised again for our justification.