206 'DireEliom about rf\.ejlitutioll and SatufaElion. ( afes abot~t pardon of fin. Tit. :. DireElions about !J.Vjiittltioll a11d SatufaE!ion. Direl1. 1. Direct. '· pore fee tht tr?uble •! reftitution, and prevent it: Take heed ofCovetoufncfs, which would Dircll. 2. DireCI.3. DireCJ. 4• Dire{l. 5• DireCJ. 6. Direll. 7· ' ~eft.t. Sil!!•ft· 2. draw you mto tuch a fqarc .' What a perplexed cafe are fome men in, who have in. jured others fo far as that all they have will fcarce make them due fui,faction I Efpccial!y publick oppretfours who injure wh?le Nations, Countreys or communities : and unjull Judges, who ha~e done more wrong perhaps tn one day or week than all thm ellates are worrh: and unjull L 1 wyers who plead againll a righteous Faufe; and falfe witnetfes, who contribute to the wrong : and unjull Juries, or any fuch like: Alfo oppretling Landlords; and Souldicrs that take mens goods by vio– lence; and dcceuful cradcfinen, who l1ve by InJunc:s. In how fad acafe are all thde men? Direct. 2. Do nothing which is doubtful, if you can •v.Jid it, 'ltfl it jhould Put ' '" upon the t"Ouble of reftitution. As in cafe of any doubtful I!Vay of Vfury or other !.lain, confider, that it it thould here– after appear to you to be unlawful, and to you be obliged to rcllitution (though you thought it law– ful at the taking ofit,) what a fnare then \\'OU!d you be in? when all that ufe mull be rcpayed? And tO in orhcr cafes. Direct. 3· 1Ytjen reall] you art bound to reftittttion or [atiJ[ullion,jlick., "_Ot at theC.jl or Sufftring be it never [o great, hut be jure todeal fazthfuUy wub Gad and Con{cunce. Elfe you will keep a thorn in your hearts, which will fmart andfeller till it be out : And the eafe of your Confciences, will beaf the charge of your colllyeft rcll!tutton. . · Direct. 4· If you btnot abit inyour life time to makJ rcflitution, leave iti•your wiUJas adebt upon your Ejiatu; but never take it for your own. Direct. 5· If you are otherwife ttn•ble to fatiJjie, offrr your labour aJ a[ervant to him to .,.homyou are indebttd; if it !call by your fervice you c.m make him a. compenfation. · · Direct. 6. If you are that way unable alfo, beg of your friends, to help you, that Charity may enable you to P'Ythe debt. ' Direct. 7 . But if you have no means at all of fatisfying, confefs the illjurr and <rave fo~givenefs, and call your fdfon tqc meroy of him whom yqu have injured, CHAP. XXXIII. [afes a11d 'DireElions abot>t Ot>r obtai11ing Pardo11 from God. Tit. 1. (afes of (onfcience about obtaining pardon of fin from God. Q:efl. I· IS there pard11Jt to be bad f or aUfin witbout e:cctptioH,or not? · Anfw. r. There is no pardon procured nor olfaed, for the final non·pcrformance of the condjtionJ of pardon ; that is, for final impenitency, unbclief and ungodlincfs. 2· There is no pardon for any fin, without the conditions of pudon, that is, with... out true fai1h and rrpentancc, which is our converfion from fin to God. 3• And if there beany fin which cerrainiy excludeth ttuc Repentance to the Jail, it excludeth pardon alfo : whi,h is cam.. rnonly taken to be the cafe of Blafphemy againll the Holy Ghol! : of which I have written at large in myTreatife againlllnlidelity. But 1. All fin, except the final non-performance of the conditions of pa.rdon, is already conditi... onally pardoned in the Golpel; that is, If the finner will repent and believe, No fin is ex<epted from pirdon to penitent believers. 2· And all fin is atruaUy pardoned to atrue penitent believer. Q!ef\. z, 1J7hat if ama1tdo frequently commit the fame heynous fin? mayhtbtpartkned? An[rv. Whilcll he frequently committcth it, (being a mortal fin,) he doth not truly repent of it: And while he is impenitent he is unpardoned: But if he be truly penitent, his heart being ha.. birually ar.d actually turned from the fin, it will be forgiven him : but not till he lhus for~ fake it.
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