A53686:940
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 18 › Chap. 5. Vers. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.
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.
For as by one mans Disobedience many were made Sinners; so by the Obedience of one shall many be made Righteous.
This is well explained by Cyrillus Alexandrinus in Joan. Lib. 11. Cap. 25. Quemadmodum prevarication primi hominis ut in primitiis generis nostri, morti addicti fuimus; eodem modo per obedientiam & justitiam Christi, in quantum seipsum legi subjecit, quamvis legis author esset, benedictio & vivificatio quae per spiritum est, ad totam nostram penetravit naturam. And by Leo. Epist. 12. ad Juvenalem. Ut autem reparet omnium vitam, recepit omnium causam; ut sicut per unius reatum omnes facti fuerunt peccatores, ita per unius innocentiam omnes fierent innocentes; inde in homines manaret justitia, ubi est humana suscepta natura.
This is well explained by Cyrillus Alexandrinus in Joan. Lib. 11. Cap. 25. Quemadmodum praevaricatione primi hominis ut in primitiis generis nostri, morti addicti fuimus; eodem modo per obedientiam & justitiam Christi, in quantum seipsum legi subjecit, quamvis legis author esset, benedictio & vivificatio quae per spiritum est, ad totam nostram penetravit naturam. And by Leo. Epist. 12. ad Juvenalem. Ʋt autem reparet omnium vitam, recepit omnium causam; ut sicut per unius reatum omnes facti fuerunt peccatores, ita per unius innocentiam omnes fierent innocentes; inde in homines manaret justitia, ubi est humana suscepta natura.
That which he before called [Greek or Hebrew] & [Greek or Hebrew] he now expresseth by [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew], Disobedience and Obedience. The [Greek or Hebrew] of Adam or his Disobedience was his actual transgression of the Law of God. Hereby, saith the Apostle, many were made Sinners. Sinners in such a sense as to be obnoxious unto Death and Condemnation. For liable unto Death they could not be made, unless they were first made Sinners or guilty. And this they could not be, but that they are esteemed to have sinned in him, whereon the guilt of his Sin was imputed unto them. This therefore he affirms, namely that the actual sin of Adam was so the sin of all men, as that they were made sinners thereby, obnoxious unto Death and Condemnation.