The trial & triumph of faithThe tryal & triumph of faith

no Law of God, or man can make actions evil and sinful, that are Physically, inherently, intrinsically, really the unjust actions of the doer, the formal sin, or intrinsical and fundamental sinful guilt of another man, who in that action is innocent, and is not a member, an hand or a foot of the man that committed that fault, which I speak for; the sons of Adam, who intrinsically sinned in Adam, and by Gods Supreme will were made a part of Adam: yet the surety is formally made a debtor, and by Law obliged to pay the debt, and its an act of justice that he pay the debt, his promise to the creditor maketh him a debtor, but his promise to the creditor putteth no act of injustice in lavishly spending his neighbours goods on him, for in that he is innocent, and cannot be charged morally, as a faulty and a broken bankrupt, the fruit and effect of the broken mans unjustice doth only lie upon him, in regard of his promise. There be three brethren born of the same parents, Adam, John, Thomas; suppose we then that the Law of the city or kingdom is so, that one brother may die for his brother, John murdereth Thomas traitorously, under trust; by Law then John ought to die; the elder brother Adam, out of love, interposeth himself to the Judge to die for his younger brother John; in this case Adam by Law ought to die, and he is in Law reputed and counted ⟨p. 249⟩the murderer, but truly, not morally, not intrinsically, for he can be reproached formally, with no act of treacherous dealing, as if under trust he had stabbed his brother, for he did no such act; if shame by accident accompany his public laying down of his life, its morally no reproach, no intrinsical blot to him; yea, that Adam dieth for John the murderer, it is through his own free consent an act of extreme love, in relation to the judge it is a most just act, and in Law only, in imputation and legal account, he is the murderer. But poor soul he never thought, nor acted any treachery or cruelty against his brother.

no Law of God, or man can make actions evill and sinfull, that are Physically, inherently, intrinsecally, really the unjust actions of the doer, the formall sin, or intrinsecall and fundamentall sinfull guilt of another man, who in that action is innocent, and is not a member, an hand or a foot of the man that committed that fault, which I speak for; the sons of Adam, who intrinsecally sinned in Adam, and by Gods Supream will were made a part of Adam: yet the surety is formally made a debter, and by Law obliged to pay the debt, and its an act of justice that he pay the debt, his promise to the creditour maketh him a debter, but his promise to the creditour putteth no act of injustice in lavishly spending his neighbours goods on him, for in that he is innocent, and cannot be charged morally, as a faulty and a broken bankrupt, the fruit and effect of the broken mans unjustice doth only lie upon him, in regard of his promise. There be three brethren born of the same parents, Adam, John, Thomas; suppose we then that the Law of the city or kingdom is so, that one brother may die for his brother, John murdereth Thomas traiterously, under trust; by Law then John ought to die; the elder brother Adam, out of love, interposeth himself to the Judge to die for his younger brother John; in this case Adam by Law ought to die, and he is in Law reputed and counted