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Answ. 'Tis for the Satisfaction or by the Price of the Redemption of Christ, Rom. 3.24. and 5.10. Eph. 1.7. for Mercy would, but Justice could not forgive, without Satisfaction for the Wrong done. ⟨p. 194⟩Hence Christ satisfies, that Grace and Mercy might have their full Scope of forgiving. So that, neither Works before Conversion, which are but glistering Sins, Rom. 1.18. nor Works of Grace in us after Conversion, can be the Causes of our Justification: For Abraham when he was justified and sanctified, yet had not whereof to boast, but believed in him that justified the Ungodly, Rom. 4.5. And the Apostle Paul saith expressly, We that believe have believed, that we might be justified, Gal. 2.16. 'tis therefore the Price of Christ's Redemption which doth procure our Justification. But understand this aright, for this Price is not applied to each particular Man as the common Price, redeeming all, (for then every Believer should be accounted a Saviour and Redeemer of all) but as the Price of those Souls in particular, to whom it is specially intended, and particularly applied. Christ's Righteousness is sufficient to justify all to whom it is imputed, but it is no further imputed than to the attaining the End of Imputation, viz. to justify and save me in particular, not to make me a Head of the Church or a common Saviour: It argues a Man weakly principled, that denies the Necessity of Christ's Satisfaction to our Justification, because forsooth every Believer should then be a Redeemer.

Answ. 'Tis for the Satisfaction or by the Price of the Redemption of Christ, Rom. 3.24. and 5.10. Eph. 1.7. for Mercy would, but Justice could not forgive, without Satisfaction for the Wrong done.