greffion, but to do something more, ABUN"DANTLY more, for us."

"II. IT followeth, That the Apostle's Comparison, in ver. 18, 19. is to be under"ftood only fo far as the Confequences of

Chrift's Obedience are of the fame Extent "with the Confequences of Adam's Disobe"dience: fo far as the one hath Relation, or "is fimilar to the other, and no further. For "no further can the one be a Type or Pattern "of the other.

"THIS feems to be clear from what "hath been already faid, pag. 37, 38, 39. I "here add, that in the 15th, 16th, and 17th "Verfes he certainly fpeaks of the Disparity, "the ABOUNDING of Grace, in relation to "which, Adam was' not a Figure, or Type, of him that was to come. "the 18th and 19th Verfes,

And had he, in meant the fame Difparity or ABOUNDING of Grace on "CHRIST's Part, furely he would not "have faid, As by the one, so by the other: "but (as ver. 15, 17.) MUCH MORE by the

Righteoufnefs or Obedience of the other. "For had he intended a Disparity, no doubt " he would have used the Expreffions which "denote a Disparity. But whereas he only faith, AS by the one, so by the other, holding the Scales in an even Ballance, without "ufing the Terms of Disparity, MUCH MORE,

we may well conclude he intended no Disparity, but confidered the Effects of "CHRIST's

47 "CHRIST's Obedience only fo far as they "answer to, and reverfe the Confequences "of ADAM's Difobedience.

"AGAIN obferve, that the Juftification to “LIFE. ver. 18. is such a Juftification as comes upon ALL MEN, juft as the DEATH, "which answereth to it in the Comparison, ver. 12. is faid to pass, or come upon ALL "MEN. And the MANY who are faid to "be made righteous, ver. 19, are, for ought appears, the fame MANY, who are faid to "be made Sinners in the fame Verfe; and "therefore are not to be understood of any particular felect many, who alone are to be "Partakers of the ABOUNDING Grace; but " of all Mankind: For when the Apostle fpeaks of the REIGNING in Life, ver. 17. as the Effect of the ABOUNDING Grace, "he ufes a different Way of fpeaking; he "doth not fay, The MANY fhall REIGN in

Life; but thofe only who RECEIVE, that " is improve, the ABOUNDING of Grace, "and of the Gift of God's Kindness towards "Man; wherein his Mercy and Goodness "have indeed abounded unto many, ver. 15. "that is, unto all Men; but they only "REIGN inLife, who receive that ABOUND"ING of Grace. Therefore as, in the Compa"rifon, Juftification to Life, on Chrift's Part, "comes upon ALL MEN, as well as Death "on Adam's Part; and feeing the fame

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MANY are made righteous by Christ's one Obedience, who were made Sinners by "Adam's one Difobedience; it followeth, that "the Apostle, in those two Verfes, draweth "the Comparison only fo far as the Effects of Chrift's Obedience, and of Adam's Difobe"dience are of the fame Extent.

"FURTHER; this Sentiment is confirmed by the Phrafe Being made righteous, which, "as well as that of being made Sinners, is a "Hebrew Way of fpeaking. For as the "Word in Hiphil fignifieth to be made a "Sinner, by a judicial Act, as I have fhewn "before: So alfo the Word ps to be rightė

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ous, to be juftified in the fame Conjuga"tion Hiphil fignifieth to be made righteous by a judicial Act, i. e. to be acquitted, abfolved. And thus, as it ought to do, it "ftandeth directly oppofite to being made a "Sinner by a judicial Act. Exod. xxiii. 7."the innocent flay thou not "will not justify (make righteous) the wicked. "Deut. xxv. 1. If there be a Controverfy be"tween men, &c. pm then they shall justify, (make righteous by a judicial Act) the righteous, and condemn the wicked, make "him a Sinner, as before, 1 Kings viii. 32. Judge thy fervants condemning the wicked, "to bring his way upon his head, pnb and juftifying the righteous, &c. Prov. xvii. 15. He that juftifieth (maketh righteous

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by a judicial Act) the wicked, and he that “ condemneth the just, &c. Isa. v. 23. which justify (make righteous by an Act of Judgment) the wicked for a reward.

"FROM all this it followeth, That as the judgment, that paffed upon all men to condemnation, is Death's coming upon all Men, by the judicial Act of God, upon occafion "of Adam's Tranfgreffion: fo the free Gift's "coming upon all men to Juftification of life, is "the reversing of that Condemnation to "Death; or the appointing them to Life again "after they are dead, by a like judicial Act "of God, upon the account of Christ's "Righteousness. Or, in other Words, ver. 19. "As the many were made Sinners, [or con"demned to death] by one man's Difobedience, "fo the many fhall be made righteous, [by a "judicial Act, that is, fhall be acquitted, as

to that Condemnation, by being restored "to Life again at the Refurrection] by or thro' "the Obedience of one. And thus these two " Verses are evidently parallel to 1 Cor. xv. 21, 22. For fince by man came death, by man came alfo the refurrection of the dead: "For as in Adam all die, even fo in Chrift Shall all be made alive; that is to fay, as by "the offence of one, Judgment came upon all men to condemnation: even fo by the righteouf

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"difobedience many were made finners: So by the obedience of one fhall many be made righteous.

"THUS I judge concerning the Compari"fon in ver. 18, 19. Not that it would affect "the Point under Examination, if the Juftifi"cation to life, ver. 18, and the being made

righteous, ver. 19. should both be under"ftood in the full Extent of the ABOUND"ING Grace. For were this true, yet is it "evident, furely beyond all Doubt, that the "ill Effects or Confequences of Adam's Sin upon us, which the Apostle here fpeaks "of are no other than that Death which comes upon all Men, and from which all "Men will be delivered at the Refur"rection.

"HERE, by the Way, we may fee a good "Reason why the Scripture fpeaks fo fparingly of the Confequences of Adam's Sin upon

us: Because as thefe are freely abfolved "and reverfed to Mankind in Chrift, fo we

are not fo much concerned to know them,

as to understand,and improve the ABOUND"ING Grace, the Means and Seafon of Grace "which God hath abundantly provided in a "Redeemer, for the cultivating of our Nature, "to deliver us from the Corruption that is in "the World through Luft, to perfect Holinefs, and to prepare us for his King

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