And the Sufferings of Jesus Christ may very properly be called a part of his Righteousness; partly because in them he did fulfil the command of God, and that duty that lay upon him as our surety, that was one of the things he undertook as our Mediator, to ⟨p. 21⟩redeem us from the curse, being made a curse for us: as it was his duty to fulfil the precepts of the Law for us, so likewise to bear the penalty of the Law; if he had failed in that he had not answered his Office obligations: he stood bound to God to undergo the punishment of our sins, God expected that from him to make his Soul an Offering for sin, Isa. 53, 10. and he was under a command to lay down his life, as the second person in the Trinity, he was equal to the Father, but as Mediator he was commanded by him, John 10.18. I lay it down of my self, I have power to lay it down, and power to take it again, and this Commandment have I received of my Father: Jesus Christ fulfilled the Law of the Mediator in his sufferings; and therefore he is said to be obedient unto death, the death of the Cross, Phil. 2 8. the same is implied in that expression, he learned obedience by the things that be suffered, Heb 5.8. the meaning is not that he learned to obey, but he Learned by the sufferings; what a difficult thing Obedience was: it was a part of his Obedience to suffer, and so may be called his righteousness, and so indeed there is righteousness in those sufferings of the Saints, which in a way of holiness, they do expose themselves unto: and those sufferings of Christ may be called his righteousness: partly because by them he became legally righteous: the sins of the Elect were imputed unto him, and he was legally guilty: he stood bound to answer for the sins of his people: and accordingly was apprehended by the justice of God, and the punishment of the Law inflicted upon him, by bearing of which he has paid the debt, and the Law has no more power over him: by his sufferings he is become righteous in Law, and discharged from any more sufferings for ever, having suffered the punishment of our sins, the Law has acquitted him, has nothing at all to object against him, ⟨p. 22⟩he has answered the Law, and now is reputed legally righteous: hence it is that presently upon his suffering he is said to be justified: justified in his Spirit, 1 Tim.
And the Sufferings of Jesus Christ may very properly be called a part of his Righteousness; partly because in them he did fulfil the command of God, and that duty that lay upon him as our surety, that was one of the things he undertook as our Mediator, to ⟨p. 21⟩redeem us from the curse, being made a curse for us: as it was his duty to fulfil the precepts of the Law for us, so likewise to bear the penalty of the Law; if he had failed in that he had not answered his Office obligations: he stood bound to God to undergo the punishment of our sins, God expected that from him to make his Soul an Offering for sin, Isa. 53, 10. and he was under a command to lay down his life, as the second person in the Trinity, he was equal to the Father, but as Mediator he was commanded by him, John 10.18. I lay it down of my self, I have power to lay it down, and power to take it again, and this Commandment have I received of my Father: Jesus Christ sulfilled the Law of the Mediator in his sufferings; and therefore he is said to be obedient unto death, the death of the Cross, Phil. 2 8. the same is implyed in that expression, he learned obedience by the things that be suffered, Heb 5.8. the meaning is not that he learned to obey, but he Learned by the sufferings; what a difficult thing Obedience was: it was a part of his Obedience to suffer, and so may be called his righteousness, and so indeed there is righteousness in those sufferings of the Saints, which in a way of holiness, they do expose themselves unto: and those sufferings of Christ may be called his righteousness: partly because by them he became legally righteous: the sins of the Elect were imputed unto him, and he was legally guilty: he stood bound to answer for the sins of his people: and accordingly was apprehended by the justice of God, and the punishment of the Law inflicted upon him, by bearing of which he has paid the debt, and the Law has no more power over him: by his sufferings he is become righteous in Law, and discharged from any more sufferings for ever, having suffered the punishment of our sins, the Law has acquitted him, has nothing at all to object against him, ⟨p. 22⟩he has answered the Law, and now is reputed legally righteous: hence it is that presently upon his suffering he is said to be justified: justified in his Spirit, 1 Tim.
