The truly blessed man

6. Hence this pardon of sin removes our Guilt to Christ's account, and his Righteousness to ours: this is fully expressed, in 2 Cor. 5.21. He was made sin for us, that we might be made the Righteousness of God through him; i. e. Our sin was charged on him, and his Satisfaction went for it, and his Righteousness was reckoned to us, and so became ours: and this is done by Imputation. Nor can it be in any other way; it must be ours either Relatively, or Inherently; Inherently it cannot be, neither can Christ be the real Sinner, nor can his Sufferings, which in person suffered, be suffered personally by us; but by this transaction it becometh so by Imputation.

6. Hence this pardon of sin removes our Guilt to Christ's account, and his Righteousness to ours: this is fully exprest, in 2 Cor. 5.21. He was made sin for us, that we might be made the Righteousness of God through him; i. e. Our sin was charged on him, and his Satisfaction went for it, and his Righteousness was reckoned to us, and so became ours: and this is done by Imputation. Nor can it be in any other way; it must be ours either Relatively, or Inherently; Inherently it cannot be, neither can Christ be the real Sinner, nor can his Sufferings, which in person suffered, be suffered personally by us; but by this transaction it becometh so by Imputation.

7. This is done upon our believing in Christ; they that talk of an Eternal Justification, forget to distinguish between a purpose, a purchase, and the application of it to us, which are not to be confounded. It was purposed from Eternity, settled in the Covenant of Suretyship; it was purchased when Christ suffered in our stead, and confirmed to him in his Resurrection, Rom. 4.25. but it is conferred on us, and this translation actually made, on our believing in Christ,