90 e Dummy of é e Zíbúu IfttributcV -`hap z s How defperate the Rate is ofimpenitent Unbelievers. t-y-.JThey are cut off from any claim to the Benefits of Chriff's Death.The Lawof Faith,like that of the Medes and Perfians, isunalterable: He that believeth not the Son, (hall not fee life. Chrift diednot to expiate final Infidelity. This is the mortal Sin, that achually damns. It charges all their guilt upon Sinners : Itrenders the Sufferings of Chrift fruitlefs and ineffedual to them. For 'tis not thePreparation ofa Sovereign Remedy that cures the Difeafe,but the applying it.Asour Sins were imputed to him,upon the account of his Union with us innature,and his confent tobe our Surety ; fo his Righ- teoufnefs is meritorioufly imputed to us, upon our Union with him by a lively Faith. The man that lookt on the Rainborv,when he was ready to be drown'd, What relief was it to him, that God had promifed not todrown the World,when hemuff perifh in the waters : So, though Chrift bath purchafed Pardon for repenting Believers, Rev. 3. and a Rainbow encompaf fes theThrone ofGod, the fign of Reconciliation,What advantage is this to the Unbelie- ver, who dies in his Sins and drops into the Lakeof Fire ' 'Tis not from any defeóf of Mercy in God, or Righteoufnefs in Chriff, but for the obffinate refufal of it,that men certainly perifh. This inhances their Guilt. and Mifery. All the rich expence of Grace for their Redemption (hall becharged upon them. The Blood of Chriff [hall not be imputed for their Ranfom, bat for, their deeper Damnation : and inffead offpeaking better things than the Blood ofAbel, (hall call louder for Ven- geance againff them than that innocent Blood which reacht Heaven with its voice againft the Murderer. Briefly, whom foprecious a Sacrifice doth not redeem, . they are refereed entire viclims, whole burnt - Offerings to Divine Juffice. Every impenitent Unbeliever (hall be Maihg, 49, fattedwithfire. CHAP.
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