us a perfect and absolute redemption, that he has discharged our whole debt, not only in satisfying for the punishment of the law but in imputing also to us his innocence and obedience as may appear by these reasons. 1. Christ is of greater power to communicate to us his innocence than Adam was to derive unto us the guilt of his sin and disobedience. Then as by Adam sin was propagated and death came in by sin (Rom 5:12), so it is necessary that we should receive from Christ not only exemption from
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