2.1 But surely this is not all, that it should only argue our Justification by way of Evidence: This alone would not have deserved such a [rather] to be put upon it, if Christs Resurrection had not had some farther real causal influence into Justification it self, and been more then simply an evidence of it to our apprehensions. Therefore secondly, in Justification, although the materiale, or matter of it, be wholly the obedience and death of Christ;2 yet the act of pronouncing us righteous by that his obedience, (which is the formale of Justification) doth depend upon Christs Resurrection. Ordinarily there hath been no more expressed concerning this dependence, then that the Resurrection of Christ justifies by working actual faith, to lay ⟨p. 45⟩hold upon what Christ hath done in his life and death, which is called the applying of it, (of which more anon.) But that speech of Paul, 1 Cor. 15. 17. seems to import more, If Christ be not risen again, [ye are yet in your sins, [and your faith is in vain:] That is, although you could suppose faith to be wrought in you upon the merit of Christs dying, yet it would be in vain, if Christ were not risen again; for your title to Justification it self would be void: You were yet in your sins. Which is said, because his Resurrection was it, whereby sins (though satisfied for in his death) were taken off, and they acquitted from them: Which I take to be the meaning also of that Rom. 4. ult. He was delivered for our sins, [and rose again for our Justification.] When the Apostle says, for our sins he was delivered, he means, his laying down that which was the price for them, a satisfaction for them, which his death was: And in that sense, He dyed for our sins; that is, his death stands in stead of our death, and so satisfies for sin. But yet still that upon which the act of Gods justifying us, & his discharge given us from our sins, and whereby he reckoneth us justified, that depends upon his Resurrection. He rose again for our justification. Note that Justification there imports the act of imputation, and reckoning us just, which he had spoken of in the verses immediately fore-going, ver. 22, 23, 24.
2.1 But surely this is not all, that it should onely argue our Justification by way of Evidence: This alone would not have deserved such a [rather] to be put upon it, if Christs Resurrection had not had some farther reall causall influence into Justification it selfe, and been more then simply an evidence of it to our apprehensions. Therefore secondly, in Justification, although the materiale, or matter of it, be wholly the obedience and death of Christ;2 yet the act of pronouncing us righteous by that his obedience, (which is the formale of Justification) doth depend upon Christs Resurrection. Ordinarily there hath been no more expressed concerning this dependance, then that the Resurrection of Christ justifies by working actuall faith, to lay ⟨p. 45⟩hold upon what Christ hath done in his life and death, which is called the applying of it, (of which more anon.) But that speech of Paul, 1 Cor. 15. 17. seems to import more, If Christ be not risen again, [ye are yet in your sins, [and your faith is in vaine:] That is, although you could suppose faith to be wrought in you upon the merit of Christs dying, yet it would be in vain, if Christ were not risen again; for your title to Justification it self would be void: You were yet in your sins. Which is said, because his Resurrection was it, wherby sins (though satisfied for in his death) were taken off, and they acquited from them: Which I take to be the meaning also of that Rom. 4. ult. He was delivered for our sins, [and rose again for our Iustification.] When the Apostle sayes, for our sins he was delivered, he means, his laying down that which was the price for them, a satisfaction for them, which his death was: And in that sense, He dyed for our sins; that is, his death stands in stead of our death, and so satisfies for sin. But yet still that upon which the act of Gods justifying us, & his discharge given us from our sins, and whereby he reckoneth us justified, that depends upon his Resurrection. He rose again for our justification. Note that Justification there imports the act of imputation, and reckoning us just, which he had spoken of in the verses immediately fore-going, ver. 22, 23, 24.
- 12. By way of Influence.
- 2Though the matter of our Justification be the price of Christs death, yet the act of pronouncing us righteous, depends on the Resurrection.
