A brief discourse of justification. Wherein this doctrine is plainly laid down according to…

so that the Application, or actual imputation of Christs Righteousness to sinners, by virtue whereof they are justified, and have this privilege conferred upon them, to be delivered from the hands of the Law, and just accusations of a condemning conscience, is at such time as God gives them the grace to believe and lay hold on this Righteousness of Christ to that end, and not before: till when they are held under condemnation, as will appear under the next head: for though they are justified to Christ, yet they are not justified in themselves. The substance of what hath been here said, amounts to thus much; viz. that he only who could pay our debts of Active and Passive Obedience to the Law, could possibly be our Justification before God, and this there was none but Christ could do: and therefore God who justifieth, must needs as a righteous judge have a proper respect to his Righteousness in his proceeding to justify us: we could not obey the Law ⟨p. 72⟩perfectly in our own persons, but woefully fell short in all respects; but God is therefore pleased to reckon as if we had done all because Christ did all in our behalf.

so that the Application, or actual imputation of Christs Righteousness to sinners, by vertue whereof they are justified, and have this priviledge conferred upon them, to be delivered from the hands of the Law, and just accusations of a condemning conscience, is at such time as God gives them the grace to believe and lay hold on this Righteousness of Christ to that end, and not before: till when they are held under condemnation, as will appear under the next head: for though they are justified to Christ, yet they are not justified in themselves. The substance of what hath been here said, amounts to thus much; viz. that he only who could pay our debts of Active and Passive Obedience to the Law, could possibly be our Justification before God, and this there was none but Christ could do: and therefore God who justifieth, must needs as a righteous judge have a proper respect to his Righteousness in his proceeding to justifie us: we could not obey the Law ⟨p. 72⟩perfectly in our own persons, but wofully fell short in all respects; but God is therefore pleased to reckon as if we had done all because Christ did all in our behalf.