A53686:895
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
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.
5. God imputeth Righteousness unto us, Rom. 4.6. And that Righteousness which God imputeth unto us, is the Righteousness whereby we are justified, for it is imputed unto us that we may be justified. But we are justified by the Obedience and Blood of Christ. By the Obedience of one we are made Righteous, Rom. 5.19. Much more now being justified by his Blood, v. 9. He hath put away Sin by the Sacrifice of himself, Heb. 9.26. Isai. 53.11. By his knowledge shall my righteous Servant justify many, for he shall bear their Iniquities. But Faith is neither the Obedience, nor the Blood of Christ.
5. God imputeth Righteousness unto us, Rom. 4.6. And that Righteousness which God imputeth unto us, is the Righteousness whereby we are justified, for it is imputed unto us that we may be justified. But we are justified by the Obedience and Blood of Christ. By the Obedience of one we are made Righteous, Rom. 5.19. Much more now being justified by his Blood, v. 9. He hath put away Sin by the Sacrifice of himself, Heb. 9.26. Isai. 53.11. By his knowledg shall my righteous Servant justifie many, for he shall bear their Iniquities. But Faith is neither the Obedience, nor the Blood of Christ.
6. Faith, as we said before, is our own. And that which is our own may be imputed unto us. But the discourse of the Apostle is about that which is not our own antecedently unto Imputation, but is made ours thereby, as we have proved; for it is of Grace. And the Imputation of what is really our