Lnke 2. iTim.1. SE R.- M o N.S of the Forgi'Ymejs of SINs. dcr it. I 01all only add, if God pardon& Men as ungodly, How foal/ he judge the World• :Twas 'p.-ophefied. by EnD<h, Behold the Lord <o»ifr witb ten thou.fand Saints to judge all that arc ungodly ·ft~ their ungodly Deedr, whicb they have ungodlily committed. Now " S.Jnm.er argu!:S ~gainfl: the Perverfenefs of Men, when from the .fame Mouth proceeds Bleji". nndCurjing; Doth a FountamfendforthfweetWater and bttter' Th1s Infl:ance isincompf 'rably more fi.rong wtth refpect.to God than ro Men. 'Tis more confift:enr and concciveablc,d)at a :Fountain 010uld fendJonh frcfh Water and Salt, than that the holy and rightcf;:s ~'dd~~~~'d:,~~~r~~~:~r:s t;:~~~~~;'~~rtl~~;~afl: Difcord, lhould juf1:1fic Come as ungod- •· faith in the Lotd Jcfus Chrifl: is the, Evangelical Condition of our obtaining Pardon ,This will appear by confiden11g rhe Nature of Faith. Saving Faith is an unfeign'd Per: f~afion of the Power, and Befire of Chnfl: to favc Sinners, that induces the Soul to receive him, and rely on him, as he is offer'd in rhe Gofpel. )Ve arc affur'd of liis Allfi.Jfficicncy , an~ of !1 i ~ compafi~cnatc W illingnefs to fave us! l.Ze is able 'to faVe to tbe ~tmofl .all tbat coff!e to rJ.od ~Y htm. Our Saviour declares, Wboe-ver comes to bim, be will in no 1vift cafl out. Fatth tS feated in the whole Soul, and accordi~g to the Truth and tranfCendem Goodnefs of the ObjeCt, produces the mofi: precious and facred Efl:ecm of !t in the Mind, and the mofl: joyful Confem and Choice of ir in the Will. According- !~ ~t~~~.~~"~el~~·~~i se~~~;t~~: :~t~~ 2;~i~d a~;o~r~~~e s:~ific~~~i~;~e;~;n~~ :~;W~H~ once arc the cffcmial Ingredients of jufl:ifying Faith. This is the DoCtrine of the Everla !ling G_ofpcl. The Angel declared this to the Shepherds: Behold, I bring you 1idiwgr nj great Joy , w!Jicbfonll be to all People; for to you tr born tb;r Day, m the City of DaVJ\1, f!. Sa'V/our, .wluck ~s C::brifi th_e f-orr{. This is ,a fait~ful ~aying, and worthy of all Ac· Ct>,~tdtiM , th~t Jefqs Chrifl is..come into the World to fa-r;_~ Sinn_us, ·of whom I am chief. Luth i< indllpenfibly , necelfary to our obtaining Forg1vencfs. Faith is the . Channel \vhefein the p[etious IITucs of his Blood and Suflerings are conveyed to us: To drake more cvidcnt .how necelTary and gracious a Condition Faith in the Redeemer is, for oUr ~~~~~~;nwl~~J~r~:gedn~~c1~~~~~u~:~~~t~n~1~o~h~~f:~ d~c~~~.i~h~:e ~~{,r.~ ~bl~s~af~~d~~1~~ P~cl~1~ ;~n~fl.!:~i~0de;:e~~ ~~n~i~h~ ~~~il~ngti~!~o~~.er~ro;~~Qt rily followed, he mu!l:. fuffer a Punilhment equivalent in Duration. To prevennhis there was n.o p91ftblc way but by admitting a Surety, who lhould reprefcnt the Sinnet: and in his fl:ead fuffcr the Punilhment due for Sin. A threefold Confcnt was requiftte in this Tranfachon. , (•.) The Confent of the Sovereign, whofe Law was violated, and Maje£ly defpifed: For as thete is a natural Di!l:.ind:ion between Pcrfons, and between the AClions of Per~ Cons, Co there mufl: be between the Recompences of thofe ACtions : Confequemly the Sinner is obliged to fuffer the Punifhrnent in his own Perfon. From hence 'ris clear, that the Punifhment cannot be transferr'd to another without the Allowance of the Sovereign, who is the Patron of the Rights of Jufl:ice. Ju~i:] ,;~~~o~b~f;~~ia~J1~ns~~e%~~:;~u:~~}~,[o~~t\~~~~,~~~~~~~a:; i~:~;~fii~; ~! fave the Guilty. A Surety is legally orie Perfon with the Debtor :, Ol:hcrwife the Credi- ~or canno' ~xa4, by the Rule of Right, the Payment from him; ·which is fixd by die Law upon the Pcrfon of the Debtor. ( l.) 'Tis ~s Clear, rhat the Confcnt of the Guilty is requifite, who obtains Impun1cy by the vic~iious Sufferings of another. For if he refolves to bear his OWIJ Guilt, and wilfully refufes to be freed by rhe interpofing of another between him and the Punilh'· l)lCnt, neither tha Ju,dge nor the Surety can confirain him to it. Now all thefe concur in thiogreat TranfaCtion. . As rhe Creation of Man was a Work of folemn Counfel, Let ur make Man, Co his Redemption was the ProduCt of the Divine Counfel. I may al· lyde to ,what is reprefenred to us in the Vifion of the Divine Glory ro the Prophet/foiah·: I IJra,rd the Lord }aying, Who foal/ I fend, and 1vho wr/1 go for ur? Then fard I, H!r! I am, jrnd "Ji!. Thus the R1fe of our Salvation was from the Father. He makes the In· q'uiry, Who fhallgo for us, to recover fallen Man? Th~Son intetpofes, Here I tim,[entf me. The Farher from his Sovereignty and Mercy appornted and accepted the Med.ator and ,Surety .for us. It was no part of the Law given !" Paradife,' that if Man finned, he fhould die, or.his Surety; but it was an ACt of God s free Power as fuperiour to the Law, to appoint h!s Son. to be ollr Surety, and to die in our fread.. And the AfpeCl of the Law upon a Sinq:er being withour ·Paffion, It adrtutsofSattsfaChon bytheSulfen_n_gs of another. 'Tis faid in the Gofpel, God fa loved the World, .fa above all Campan;~d
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