Cbap.3.Sect-4- LeokJng~tmo fe[tH. Boolc.IV.Part.J. 637 --- accomplifued in me, vi.:::. by the facrifice ~~ himfelfe be hath put p.way fin, even my fin, -and in him 1. have redemption through his Hab. 9.16, blood, ~1-·en theforgivenrJTe of .finneJ. As on this account he fuffer- Eph.• 7· ed, to ftnifh the tranjgrejfiorl, tomP-k! an end cf Jim, and to mak_e re- Dan. ,.14, conciliation for iniquity; fo if his death be mine I may afluredly fay, mJ fins are p.rrdoned, P.ild my iniquizirs are dwe awa;. Come then and try by this Ggne, canH thou a!fure thy fel fe that thy fins are forgiven thee? hall thou heard the whifpers of Gods Spirit, Sw, or Daughttr, be ofgooJ. comfort, thy .fins 11re remitted? there is no quell ion then but thou art redeemed by his blood,. thou hall part in his fufferings. Indeed this very character may feem obfcure, a!furance of pardon is the hidden Man~M,tbe white .ftone, which n~ man knowe1h, fa ving he that receives it and feles it, and yet if thou diligently obfervell the fpirits actings, ~ven this may be known; remitlion of fin and repentance for fi.n are twins of a birth, thofe two God in Scripture hath joyned together, if wt confrJTe our fins he u faithful and juft to fcrgive our J h fins. -And repent and pray, if the thoughr of thy heart may be for- ~a.~~~: given thee.- And Christ i.s t1 Prince nnd .1 Saviour to gi>ve rrpentflnce to Ifrael, ;~nd forgivenrJTe of ji-,r, - And thtu it u written, Ad:. ~ ·J 1 ; and thm it behooved Chrift to fuff'a.- Th,zt repentance, andre- Luk.l4,'\6,47 mijfion of fin! fhould be preached in hiJ Name. In this way D.JVid affureci himfelfe, I [aid I will confeJTe my tranfgre!Jionr unto the Pfll P·$~ Lord, and thou forgaveft theiniquir; of m; {in. Selah. It is no more th~h but to ask thy own foul, what are thy repentings kindled together? haft thou feriouny and fincc:rely repented thee of fin as ftn ? haft thou turned from all ftn unto God with connancy and delight? furely this is peculiar and proper to the child ofGod by verrue of Chrifl:s death. 3 ~ J f Chrills death be mine, then am I ingraffc~ into the likenefTe of Chrills death , than am I·made conformable to Chrift in his death; that I may "'-now him and the follow./hip of his [11jfer- Ph·l . ing s, being made conformablt unto hi.s deAth The fame that was 1 .,. , •• done to Chrift in a natural wa \' , is done and performed in the beIeever in a fpiritual way, (i.) as Clirift dyed, fo the beleever dies; as Chrifi·dyed for un, fo the beleever dyes to fin. in that he d;ed, he d;ed unt9 fi14, -likewi{e reckpn ye alfo your folves to R.om.6, 10 all; be dead indeed unto.fin. Obferve here the Analogy, and ·proportion, and refemblance betwixt Chrift 11nd us ; both dy~ unto ' M rrun m 3 · fin, ,
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