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are not made rirhteeus Part !!•<br />
4rgMment that Chrifls fajftve obedience u bjGods imputation mdie<br />
nfinners right eonfnefs-^bj comparing »ftr union ^ith thefirfi Adam<br />
in his difobedienccy to cnr union with thefecend Adam tn bufaffive<br />
obedience.<br />
IVe are one(^(z\X.\\ \\Q)r»ith the firfi Mzmbji a Statural uniony<br />
and bj that union we didafiyX'ith him, and in him, difobejGods<br />
commandment in eJititig the fo^biddenfruity and bj reafon <strong>of</strong> our<br />
natural union with him, God imputed his finfitl eatingto all men,<br />
as if they had eaten it in their own perfons.<br />
Evenfo((m}\ he;4rf we one with the Second Adam by a ffirituat<br />
union compleated by ourfaith:and bj virtue <strong>of</strong> that union.we did<br />
all with him, and in him, fatufe the juftice <strong>of</strong> ^od in his paffive o-<br />
bedience'^ for bj reafon <strong>of</strong>ourfpirituat union with him,God doth<br />
impute his pajjive obedience ts all believers as their obedifnce ; fee<br />
ch. 24. andalfo the conclufton <strong>of</strong> his book^<br />
<strong>Our</strong> nstarai uni- Divine. 1 grant that all mankind arc one with Adam by a nan!nQ<br />
u diaiT- ^ural union, as proceeding from the fame root and fountain <strong>of</strong>naguiftied<br />
fiom u- turc J<br />
bur 1 fcar your Atuhordoth f^rctch OUT natural union uith<br />
Dion<br />
Adam unto a perfbnal union (I mean h« doth fo by confequcnce)<br />
to the end that he might miktAdams perfbnal adion to be ours by<br />
imputation.<br />
€ve was taken out <strong>of</strong> Adams CidCf and there was a natural u-<br />
nion,and prefently after (he was married to^^4w,andfothcie<br />
was a matrimonial unioTi ; but yet for all this, fhe was not united<br />
as one pcrfon with Adam^ they rtill remained two diflind<br />
perfons, and therefore their perfbnal actions mufl needs be diflinguilhed.<br />
As for cximple, in the cafe <strong>of</strong> eating the forbidden fruit; £ves<br />
ad in eating the forbidden fruit, was her own perfonal dilbbcdience^and<br />
Adam had not bin made a finner by itfif he had forborn<br />
eating) notvvidiflanding his natoral and matrimonial union with<br />
hcr : on the contrary. Adorns ad in eating the forbidden fruit was<br />
1<br />
his own perfbnal ad <strong>of</strong> difbbcdience, and Eve could not have bin<br />
corrupted thereby if fhe had not difobcyed in hcr own perfbn.notwi:hf\anding<br />
her nariiral and matrimonial union with >^^
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