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The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By…
The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By Edward Polhill of Burwash in Sussex Esquire
London : printed, and are to be sold by Thomas Shelmerdine, at the sign of the Rose-Tree in Little-Britain, 1695
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.
2. Because Christ's whole Obedience, Active as well as Passive, being fulfilled for us makes us righteous before God: famous is that place, Rom. 5. 19. As by one mans disobedience many were made sinners; so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. But you'll say, the Passive Obedience is only meant there; but if so, why doth the Apostle oppose it to Adam's Actual Disobedience? and why doth he say Obedience in general? and when he says so, who may pare off ought, and say, it was not all but some? Why doth he call it Christ's righteousness, Ver. 18? and where are his Sufferings alone so styled in Scripture? or what is so properly such as his Active Obedience? Nay further, he speaks of such a Righteousness as brings justification of life, Ver. 18. The Promise of life was, Do this and live, and Christ's Active Obedience fully answered the terms of it; wherefore Christ's Active Obedience is within this Text, and jointly with the Passive makes us righteous, and consequently is part of the Price. But here it will be objected, ⟨p. 218⟩That if Christ obeyed the Law for us, so as to make us righteous, then we need not obey it in our own Persons: To which I answer two things.
2. Because Christ's whole Obedience, Active as well as Passive, being fulfilled for us makes us righteous before God: famous is that place, Rom. 5. 19. As by one mans disobedience many were made sinners; so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. But you'l say, the Passive Obedience is only meant there; but if so, why doth the Apostle oppose it to Adam's Actual Disobedience? and why doth he say Obedience in general? and when he says so, who may pare off ought, and say, it was not all but some? Why doth he call it Christ's righteousness, Ver. 18? and where are his Sufferings alone so stiled in Scripture? or what is so properly such as his Active Obedience? Nay further, he speaks of such a Righteousness as brings justification of life, Ver. 18. The Promise of life was, Do this and live, and Christ's Active Obedience fully answered the terms of it; wherefore Christ's Active Obedience is within this Text, and jointly with the Passive makes us righteous, and consequently is part of the Price. But here it will be objected, ⟨p. 218⟩