37 . Nothingbiit fin needc'ti.; pardonby Chrift : And he never pardozethanywhile they are in th'r Rebellion, andunder the- 'full Aa.z3.19. dominion offin : But when thy inheart and Covenant R. turn to Aa,z6.13. their Allegiance,to their ;4,1.01Lordby theRedeemer, then cloth I ;Li6,17, m.316. he pardon all fins pall while they were in Rebellion am putteth ,19,zo. them in a floe way for the pardon cf their future impe, fedions & s.6 t. of obedience: JO that all their future pardon but ofsinperfeeti loci z.f z,i;, ons, or fins conflifirgwith their Allegtance,which INl millfinz 14. cere obedience but si is not of the fin of Rebellion,or Ae%ouncing E7giq 8'30' their Soveraign again, norofdenying °tally the In by fhoptidthey do this, therewere no more fzertfi:efo, afear- full looking for of lodgement. whereby it 7tftittLr appears that our pardonoffins after Conversion, is not our whole or only Righteoufners but as to our oratebefore Converfion , the pardon of our fins then committed , is all our true Righ: eoufnefs r unlefs improperly, fecunciiin quid, comparativey, or the like, pit fhould call a wickedmans works Righteons,when theyare lefs unrighteous. Tea,this Righteonfneff,which confifteth in Remiffion ofour pajff fins, doth in order of Nature follow our inherent Righteonfiiefr ; There is no Adult perfon that ever partake:th of this, commonly called ImputedRighteoufnefs, till he havefirft the inherent Rghteoof- nefs of Faith and Repentance, which contains a refolution,for fu- tore New Obedience ; thoughyet he have not (0114 Jo obeyed yea,, and that ettialobedience followeth in the fame minute oftime according to the opportunity of exercifing it , and thats ever in forbearing evil ; andas Joon as may be in doing good. So that its Godsftabli%hedorder,that the Inherent Righteoufnefs ofFaith and Repentance (ball gobefore the Righteoufnefs of Remipion , as the conditionof enjoying it, 38. There is ;winch thing in realm natura, as a true Righteonf- nefs,which doth not formaliter make the perfon fo far Righteous. It is a contradiEtion : As to fay, There is whitenefr which makes 21011.3.7: not white, or Honour that makes not Honorably : Or merit that makes not deferving, orfinoilitade that makes not fimile : Or parity that makes not parein ; or Paternity that makes not pa- trem, c. Rom.5:1 6, ' 39. To make, jug., is one (the firTh fort ef juflifying, com- 17,18,19,21, monly called Cop/flit-wive, as the followingfort s are efieemins Compared. judicio difcretionis, andmaintaining itelt, Apologetically by plea, and
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