A53686:534
The Doctrine of Justification by Faith
The doctrine of justification by faith through the imputation of the righteousness of Christ, explained, confirmed, & vindicated by John Owen ...
London: printed for R. Boulter, 1677
Chapter 8: Imputation of the sins of the Church unto Christ. Grounds of it. The Nature of his Sure…
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2. The making of this Covenant is every where in the Scripture ascribed (as is also the sending of Christ himself to dye) unto the Love, Grace and Wisdom of God alone; no where unto the Death of Christ, as the actual Communication of all Grace and Glory are. Let all the places be considered, where either the giving of the Promise, the sending of Christ, or the making of the Covenant are mentioned, either expressly or virtually, and in none of them are they assigned unto any other cause, but the Grace, Love, and Wisdom of God alone, all to be made effectual unto us, by the Mediation of Christ.
2. The making of this Covenant is every where in the Scripture ascribed (as is also the sending of Christ himself to dye) unto the Love, Grace and Wisdom of God alone; no where unto the Death of Christ, as the actual Communication of all Grace and Glory are. Let all the places be considered, where either the giving of the Promise, the sending of Christ, or the making of the Covenant are mentioned, either expresly or virtually, and in none of them are they assigned unto any other cause, but the Grace, Love, and Wisdom of God alone, all to be made effectual unto us, by the Mediation of Christ.
3. The assignation of the sole end of the Death of Christ to be the procurement of the new Covenant in the sense contended for, doth indeed evacuate all the virtue of the Death of Christ and of the Covenant it self. For (1) the Covenant which they intend, is nothing but the Constitution and proposal of new Terms and Conditions for life and salvation unto all men. Now whereas the acceptance and accomplishment of these conditions, depend upon the Wills of men no way determined by effectual Grace, it was possible that notwithstanding all Christ did by his Death, yet no one Sinner might be saved thereby, but that the whole end and design of God therein might be frustrate. (2) Whereas the substantial advantage of these conditions lieth herein, that God will now for the sake of Christ, accept of an Obedience, inferior unto that required in the Law, and so as that the ⟨p. 275⟩