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Thomas Ridgeley, Body of Divinity, 1:615, 616. Quote: |
The effects of Christ’s resurrection, which respect his people, consist more especially in four things. First, their justification is owing to it. As we are said sometimes to be justified by his death, or by his blood; so elsewhere we are said to be justified, both by his death and by his resurrection, in different respects. “Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again.” By these words, some understand that Christ, by his death, paid the debt which we had contracted to the justice of God; and that, by his resurrection, he received a discharge or acquittance in their behalf for whom he died and rose again; so that when he was discharged, his people might be said to be discharged in him, as their public Head and Representative. This is well expressed in our large English Annotations. “Our justification, which was begun in his death, was perfected in his resurrection. Christ did meritoriously work our justification and salvation, by his death and passion; but the efficacy and perfection thereof, with respect to us, dependeth on his resurrection. By his death he paid our debt; in his resurrection he received our acquittance; Isa. 53:8, ‘Being taken from prison and from judgment.’ When he was discharged, we, in him, and together with him, received our discharge, from the guilt and punishment of all our sins.” This is very agreeable to what is said in the present Answer – that he did all this as a public Person, the Head of his church.
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