An answer to the discourse of Mr. William Sherlock, touching the knowledge of Christ,…

that is, the satisfaction of God's justice, ⟨p. 375⟩or the price of our redemption, by the offering of his body, and shedding of his Blood with fulfilling of the Law perfectly and throughly; and upon our part true and lively Faith in the merits of Jesus Christ, which yet is not ours, but by Gods working in us: So that in our Justification is not only Gods Mercy and Grace, but also his Justice, which the Apostle calleth the Justice of God, and it consisteth in paying our ransom, and fulfilling of the Law: And so the Grace of God doth not shut out the Justice of God in our Justification, but only shutteth out the justice of man; that is to say, the justice of our works, as to be merits of deserving our justification. And therefore St. Paul declareth here nothing upon the behalf of man, concerning his justification, but only a true lively Faith, which nevertheless is the gift of God, and not man's only work without God; and yet that Faith doth not shut out Repentance, Hope, Love, Dread, and the fear of God to be joined with Faith in every man that is justified, but it shutteth them out from the office of justifying; so that although they be all present in him that is justified; yet they justify not all together. These are the excellent words of our Church, worthy (without flattery be it spoken) ⟨p. 376⟩to be written in Letters of Gold, but much more in the hearts of all true Christians: We see here, that there is in justification nothing on the behalf of man but Faith only; no, internal Holiness, Repentance, Hope, Love, Fear of God, are in the justified, but shut out from the office of justifying: God's Grace, and Christ's Righteousness are the great causes of justification: But saith the Author, Is there here any mention of Christ's Righteousness, or the imputation thereof? I answer, Our Church surely thought so, and we have his passive Righteousness expressed, vers. 3. and where that is expressed, the active is implied: This is clear, when the Scripture saith, That we are made righteous by Christ's obedience, Rom. 5.19. It doth include his blood also, and when he saith, That we are justified by his blood, Rom. 5.9. It doth include his active obedience also, so that the Scripture (because it expresses justification by both, and because it must be consistent with it self) in expressing the one, includes the other: When therefore,