37Z 53£partno pof íá}e Zibitte2ifttributel Chap. 18. though the guilty Confcience were fecure fromWrath LA-N.) to come, yet chofe fierce unruly Paffions, the generati- L9 on ofVipers that lodg in the breaft of the Sinner,would caufe a real domeftick Hell. Till thefe are mortified there canbe no eafe nor reft. Be fides, Sin is the true difhonour ofMans Nature, that degrades him from his excellency and changes him into a Beatt or aDevil: So that to have a licence to wallow in themire, to live in thepractice of Sin that ftains and vilifies him, were a mìferable Priviledg. The Scripture therefore reprefents the curing ofour corrupt Inclinations, and the cleanf- ing of us from our Pollutions, to be the eminent effea`t and bleffed.work of Saving Mercy. Accordingly Sr.. Peter tells theyens, that Godhaving raiféd up his Son . 3,26° Jefus, fent him to Blefs you, in turning away every one of youfrom his Iniquities : that is, Chrift in his glorified Bate gives the Spirit of Holinefs to work a fincere tho- rough Change in men, from all prefumptuous reigning Sins to univerfal Holinefs. Unvaluable benefit! that equals ifnot excels our Juftification. For as the evil of Sin in its own nature is worfe than the evil ofPunifh- ment, fo the freeing us from its dominion is a greater Blefïing thanmeer impunity.The SonofGod for atime was made fubjed toour Miferies, not to our Sins. He elevefted himfelfofhis Glory, not ofhis Holinefs And the JpJle in the extafie of his affetion defired to be made unhappy for the Salvation of the yews,notto be unholy. Befides, the endis more noble than themeans: Now Jefus Chrift purchafedour Pardon, that we might be reftored to our forfeited Holinefs. He ranfomed us byhis Death,that he might biefs us by his Refurretion. a. t4. Hegavehimfelffor us, that he might redeem rss from all iniquity, andpure to himfelfapeculiarpeople, zealousof goodworks. Sanótification is the lait endofall he did and uffered for us. Holinefs
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