is δικαιοσύνη Θεού, not Χριστου. To declare his (God's) righteousness (or method of acquitting), that he (God) might be just, and the justifier of him that believeth in Jesus.' In one sense, however, it must be allowed that Christ's merits are imputed to the justified person. The pardon of sins, and the eternal life and happiness promised to believers, are the purchase of Christ's obedience and death; and through him and for his sake are they conferred, being merited only by what he has done, not by any thing that men have done, or can do. But this is properly, not the imputation of merit, but an actual grant of the reward purchased by the merit. V-LIST OF PASSAGES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT QUOTED IN THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS. Rom. i. 17. Hab. ii. 4. ii. 11. Deut. x. 17. 24. Ezek. xxxvi. 20-23. iii. 4. Ps. li. 6. 10. Ps. xiv. 1. 13. Ps. v. 10. Ps. cxl. 4. 14. Ps. x. 17. 15-17. Is. lix. 7. 8. 28. Ps. xxxvi. 2. iv. 3. Gen. xv. 6. 6-8. Ps. xxxii. 1. 11. Gen. xvii. 10. 17. Gen. xvii.5. 18. Gen. xv. 5. vii. 7. Ex. xx. 17. viii. 36. Ps. xliv. 23. |