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A brief discourse of justification. Wherein this doctrine is plainly laid down according to…
A brief discourse of justification. Wherein this doctrine is plainly laid down according to the Scriptures. : As it was delivered in several sermons on this subject. / By Samuel Willard, teacher of a church in Boston. ; [Ten lines of quotations]
Boston: printed by S for Samuel Phillips, 1686
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A. Though (as we heard) there was required to the making of Christs Righteousness meritorious, not only the work it self, but the person also that did it, and the office by virtue whereof he did it; yet we are here to consider, that the thing which is applied to us for our Justification, or that which God tries us by when he justifies us, and in which he finds the ground or reason for his so doing, is only the righteousness it self which this person by virtue of his Office did perform: That therefore which is applied to us, and by which we are justified, is the […] medi•••rly ⟨p. 38⟩Obedience of the Lord Jesus Christ, both active and passive. Whatsoever the Son of God in our nature either did or suffered, either in his life or death, or throughout the whole state of his Humiliation, wherein he was considered as standing under the Law, and (as so) acting for us; goes into the righteousness of his which is by God accepted for us, and is reputed as our righteousness: this is that which God looks upon as he is the Judg, when, and for which he pronounceth us righteous.
A. Though (as we heard) there was required to the making of Christs Righteousness meritorious, not only the work it self, but the person also that did it, and the office by vertue whereof he did it; yet we are here to consider, that the thing which is applied to us for our Justification, or that which God tryes us by when he justifies us, and in which he finds the ground or reason for his so doing, is only the righteousness it self which this person by virtue of his Office did perform: That therefore which is applied to us, and by which we are justified, is the 〈…〉 medi•••rly ⟨p. 38⟩Obedience of the Lord Jesus Christ, both active and passive. Whatsoever the Son of God in our nature either did or suffered, either in his life or death, or throughout the whole state of his Humiliation, wherein he was considered as standing under the Law, and (as so) acting for us; goes into the righteousness of his which is by God accepted for us, and is reputed as our righteousness: this is that which God looks upon as he is the Judg, when, and for which he pronounceth us righteous.