{Chap, I Queftions,and Cafe: ofConfcience about 4116fions. Ordinances, and the obligation of theLaw bynailing them tohisCroffe, Col. 2.14. Gal. 3. r 3. and therefore God cannot require a new fatisfa&ion byour fufferings, &c. Yea, God is fo far off from punifhing, wherehis Ju(tice being fatisfied, willeth him to fpare, that when he corre&s his people, irs called his ffrange work, Ifa. 28.21. and he is grieved for it, fudg. 1 0.16. 3. Where there isno fin, there is, noplace for. punishment : but in the faith- ful there is no fin, becaufe it is not imputed to them theirfins are waffledaway by the blood of Chrift, and being juflifi d for his righteoufneffe and obedience, they areaccepted as righteous in Codsfight, Col. 1. 14. and 2. 13. R,v. 1.5. I John I. 7. John 3. 29. Jer. 31. 34. Ifa. 1. IS. Jer. 50. IS. (-Mich. 7.. 19. `Pfal. 31.1,2. 4. Atfli&ions tend to our good, to the mortifying ofour fins, and to the mul- tiplying and encreaung Gods graces in us, and furthering our everlafling happi- nefle,* Rom. S. 18, 28. i C'or. r i. 32. Heb. 12. 10, I I. 2 Cor. 4. s7..Lam. 3. 27. therefore they are not punifhments for fin, not being infli&ed for our hurt, but for Our good. 5. That which is eithera caufe, or meanes ofeternal bleffedneffe, cannot bea punifhmentfor fin : but fo are af$i&ions CO the godly, Pfal. 94.1a, i 3. and -23. 4. and16. i r. and 119.67. Secondly, that affli&ions are to the godly the chaftifements of a gracious Fa- ther, wherewith out of nicer love he corre&s them as his children, not for any difpleafure he bath againft their perfons, nor for anypleafure he takes in their pain, but only for their profit both here and hereafter.tAnd that, Becaufe we have teflimonies andexamples in Scripture tomake this out, Ier. 25. 29. I Pet. 4. 17. e...1mot 3. 2. Prov. 3. II, I 2. Heb. r2. 5, 6. Aev. 3. i9. I Cor. I I. 32. Sowe fee in the examples of Job, David, í Sam. 12. 25. 2 Sanì'. 7. 14. of the Church, Pfal. 89. 31, 32, 33. `Pf. 99. 8. Rom. 8. 35, 38. Q..e(t. How sr this love of God manifefled unto 'them in their affli- ctions ? !info. Fitft, by themeafure of afi&ions, and that r. In general, in that he corre&s us in meafure, when ourfins have been out of meafure, both in their greatnelfe and number, as alfo having ben com- mittedagainft fo infinite a Majefly, Ifa. 64.9,12. Jer. 30. t I. and 46. 28. Mat. ro. 3o So we fee in Job i. I z. and 2. 6. and Ifraels bondage, Exod. 12. 40, 41. Jer. 25. I i. and 29. I0. Rev. 2. to. and ia. 6. 2. In that all our afflr &ions are (Mall and light, far inferiour to the defert of, ourfins, Lam. 3. 22. 2Cer. 4. 17. ICor. l i. 32. 2Cor. 6.9. 3. In that they are momentany, and of fhortcontinuance, i King. II. 39. 2 Sam. 7.14. Ifa. 57. i6. Lam. 3. 3i, 32. Mich. 7.18. Pfal.103. 8, ? r. t31fa1. 3.17. Pf. 30. 5. Hof. 6. 1, 2. Ifa. 54.'8. Pf. 71.20. Secondly, In that our affliaions exceednot our firength :In anger he remem- bersmercy, Hab. 3. 2. He corre&s in judgment, _Ter. 1o. 24. and 30. I I. 1 Cor. to. 13. yea, he proportioneth them according to the fcanteft mea= fure of nectffity,, laying nomore uponus thenbe is neceffarily enforced to do, having therein refpe& to hisown glory, and our benefit. Thirdly, in that God the Father hash committed the tempering of our Cup to Chrift ourSavioúr, who as he bathmanifefted his love tous, in givinghis life for our Redemption ; fo bath heno leffe skill in tempering a Cup fit for, our (tress;th. For hereinembreth whereof we are made, &c. `Pfal. 103. 14.Yea, liehimfelfbegan to ùs of'this Cup, and drank it all off, andbath left usonly fome few drops. His was given him in anger for the purgingaway ofpunifh- ment in refpe&of fin : but ours inlove, either topurge outfin, or to prevent fin Ifa. 5 3. 4, 5. Heb. 4.15, 16. and 2. 17,18. and ç. 2. job 5.18, 19. /list. 32. zó.. H 3 Fourthly, 2y4. xíc Cow-I^ f y...23J, II. I. 2 ((3r- II.
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