Chapter 9: satisfaction imputed after faith, not before existence
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This example is not like, nor does it in any way overturn my reasoning.Christ's satisfaction is indeed imputed to us believing, but that imputation follows our faith, does not come before it, much less before our very existencer we are justified by faith, not before faith.When therefore we are said to have satisfied in Christ, as the phrase does not stand in Scripture, so it ought to be taken conveniently, and cannot be understood properly.The sense ought to be no other than this, Christ satisfied for us.
Latin
PLAC. Hoc exemplum non est simile, nec meam ratiocinationem ullo modo evertit. Imputatur quidem nobis credentibus Christi satisfactio, sed ea imputatio fidem nostram sequitur, non antecedit, nedum ut antecedat nostram existentiam. Iustificamur enim fide, non ante fidem. Cum igitur dicimur satisfecisse in Christo, ut locutio non extat in Scriptura, sic commode accipi debet, nec proprie intelligi potest. Sensus alius esse non debet quam iste, Christus satisfecit pro nobis.