The doubting believer, or, A treatiseThe doubting beleever, or, A treatise

Now this guilt, (in which lies our debt) this is charged upon Christ: Therefore (saith the Apostle) God was in Christ, ¹reconciling the world to himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them: And, hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sinne• ⟨p. 240⟩You know in Law, the wives debts are charged upon the husband; and if the debtor be ²disabled, then the creditor sues the surety. Fidejussor, or surety, and Debitor in Law, are reputed as one person: Now Christ is our Fidejussor, He is made sin ³for us, saith the Apostle: For us, (i.) vice nostra, or loco nostro, (i.) in our stead. A surety for u•, one who put our scores on his accounts, our burden on ⁴his shoulder: So the Prophet, Isaiah 53. He hath born our griefs, ⁵and carried our sorrows. How so? He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: (i.) He stood in our stead, he took upon him the answering of our sins, the satisfying of our debts, the clearing of our guilt, and therefore was it that he was so bruised, &c.

Now this guilt, (in which lies our debt) this is charged upon Christ: Therefore (saith the Apostle) God was in Christ, ¹reconciling the world to himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them: And, hath made him to be sinne for us, who knew no sinne• ⟨p. 240⟩You know in Law, the wifes debts are charged upon the husband; and if the debtor be ²