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An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it…
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it was carried on in the Lords Days exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty, 1688 / by John Flavell.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Q. 8. But doth not the Apostle say that the righteousness of the la•• is fulfilled in Believers?
A. 'Tis true that the Apostle doth say so, Rom. 8.4. but the meaning is not, that we fulfil it in our own persons by our ⟨p. 154⟩complete obedience to it, but it is fulfilled in us by our union with Christ, who perfectly kept it; and that Righteousness of the Law which is in Christ, becomes ours by Gods imputation of it to us, Rom. 4.23, 24. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him. But for us also to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him, that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead.
A. 'Tis true that the Apostle doth say so, Rom. 8.4. but the meaning is not, that we fulfil it in our own persons by our ⟨p. 154⟩compleat obedience to it, but it is fulfilled in us by our union with Christ, who perfectly kept it; and that Righteousness of the Law which is in Christ, becomes ours by Gods imputation of it to us, Rom. 4.23, 24. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him. But for us also to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him, that raised up Iesus our Lord from the dead.