From Moore’s book again, Perkins writing: “the raising up of Christ is . . . his actuall absolution from their sins, for whom he died; for even as the Father by delivering Christ to death, did in very deede condemne their sinnes imputed unto Christ, for whome he died; so by raising him up from death, even ipso facto hee did absolte Christ from their sins, and did withall absolve them in Christ.”
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