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

The difficulty of Christ's doing those things as Mediator, ¹which did not belong to the Laws of his Mediation, is a very material one, and requires great skill in Logic to get rid of it: but however, it is wisely done to make a show of saying something, to that which cannot be answered; for he was sensible, that what Christ did purely as Mediator could not be imputed to us, as though we had done it, though the [Greek or Hebrew], or fruits of it are, because we were ⟨p. 433⟩never designed to be Mediators and the Righteousness of a Mediator is as improper to be imputed to those, who are not Mediators, as it is to impute the Righteousness of a Prince to a Beggar; therefore he was forced to consider him not as Mediator, but as a private man, though this too was impossible; for he could not at the same time act so wany different and opposite parts as there are relations and conditions of men in the world; and yet when he thought on't again, he found, that it was not the Righteousness of a private person, that would avail us (because we have no way to come at it, to make it ours) but only the Righteousness of the Mediator, who did, what he did for us, and in our stead; and so wheels about again, and is caught in the net and labyrinth of his making.

The difficulty of Christ's doing those things as Mediator, ¹which did not belong to the Laws of his Mediation, is a very material one, and requires great skill in Logick to get rid of it: but however, it is wisely done to make a shew of saying something, to that which cannot be answered; for he was sensible, that what Christ did purely as Mediator could not be imputed to us, as though we had done it, though the 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, or fruits of it are, because we were ⟨p. 433⟩never designed to be Mediators and the Righteousness of a Mediator is as improper to be imputed to those, who are not Mediators, as it is to impute the Righteousness of a Prince to a Begger; therefore he was forced to consider him not as Mediator, but as a private man, though this too was impossible; for he could not at the same time act so wany different and opposite parts as there are relations and conditions of men in the world; and yet when he thought on't again, he found, that it was not the Righteonsness of a private person, that would avail us (becausè we have no way to come at it, to make it ours) but only the Righteousness of the Mediator, who did, what he did for us, and in our stead; and so wheels about again, and is caught in the net and labyrinth of his making.