0275) not the fame : therefore the thing is not the fame. Indeed it might prefuppofe a pardon ( according to their grounds) but is not a pardon it fell : For it is not a diffolving the obligation to Pu- nifhment, nor a Giving us Right to Impunity, 3. Doth not this make Gods punning of us in Chrift to be unjutt ? For if we were pardoned before, how can it be juft that we thould pay all the debt after ? or fuffer what was par- doned ? For if it be we in Moral or Law-fenfe that fatisfie, then it is the fame perfon thatwas pardoned that fatisfieth. 4. And if we did fatisfie in Chrift, then nothing was pardoned to us; if the perfon were Legally the fame. 5. But fuppofe thefe two laft anfwers may be put by, (by fay- ing that is a pardon to our natural perfon, though not our legal ; or fome fuch frivolous reply) yet can Chriftian Religion bear it, or Chriftian ears endure to hear it,that we have no pardon of fin, which was purchafed or merited by Chrifts death and fatisfaetion, butwas freely given before,by the change of perfons ? fome more I fball fay of this in the next. Argument 9. If we did merit or fatisfie ( as aforefaid ) in Chrift then muft our Abfolution and Deliverance be ipfoMI° from that moment fo compleated, that no Tuftice can continue us under the leaft punifhment, or inflict the leaft upon us : But the Confequent is falfe , and defperately fubverteth Religion, and blafphemeth Godsprovidence : therefore. It is eafie to argue aifiE70 ad 7tf-5, in all Gods Works he doth it : therefore it is Juft ; is anunqueftionable confequence. But that God doth inflict caftigatory Punifbments on Believers : and then doubtlefs no lets on Infidels and wickedmen, though Elea, is a truth fo plain, that while Scripture is believed, or providence acknowledged , all the Antinomians on earth Iball not prevail againft it. Is it no penalty for God tohate all the Workers of Iniquity ? to. abominate their Prayers? to deny them all fanStifying Grace? to continue themchildren of wrath, without hope, without God in the world ? Under the power ofSatan yea to be the children ofthe Divel oh.3.10. fit1.26.18.and tobe led Captive by him at his will, as his bond-(laves ? z rim. 2. :6. He that can make men believe that thefe men are under no punilhment, may next make them believe that there is no God, or N n 2 Providence,
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