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But God when he justified him in raising him from the Dead, did not only release him from his Humiliation for Sin, and acquit him from any further Suffering or Abasement for it, but admitted him to that eternal and immortal Life, and to the Beginning of that Exaltation, that was the Reward of what he had done. And indeed the Justification of a Believer is no other than his being ⟨p. 7⟩admitted to Communion in▪ or Participation of the Justification of this Head and Surety of all Believers; for as Christ suffered the Punishment of Sin, not as a private Person, but as our Surety, so when after this Suffering he was raised from the Dead, he was therein justified, not as a private Person, but as the Surety and Representative of all that should believe in him; so that he was raised again not only for his own, but also for our Justification, according to the Apostle Rom. 4 25. Who was delivered for our Offences, and raised again for our Justification. And therefore it is that the Apostle says as he does in Rom. 8. 34. Who is he that condemneth, it is Christ that died, yea rather that is risen again.

But that a Believer's Justification implies not only Remission of Sins, or Acquittance from the Wrath due to it, but also an Admittance to a Title to that Glory that is the Reward of Righteousness, is more directly taught in the Scripture, as particularly in Rom. 5. 1, 2. where the Apostle mentions both these, as joint Benefits implied in Justification, Therefore being justified by Faith, we have Peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom also we have Access into this Grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in Hope of the Glory of God. So Remission of Sins, and Inheritance among them that are sanctified, are mentioned together as what are jointly obtained by Faith in Christ,