( 276 ) Providence, or Hell. Yet is it undenyable that the Redeemed tin_ dergo all this, and much more ( which I have before mentioned and proved at large) fo much to the Minor. For the Confequence of the Major ,it is evident in:it felf. No j.uffice caneither I. Continue him under Punifbment. Or inflict newpuniihment. 3. Or delay his meritedbappinefs, who bathhimfelf in Law- fenfe, fully undergone all the Penalty that was doe,and bath fully merited that happinefs. He that bath paid all, oweth nothing and he that ows nothing, cannot juftly be continued in Prifon. He that bath born all the penalty, or is perfedly jullified or pardon-, ed, is guiltyof nothing. And he that is guilty of no fault, can- not juftly be punifbed with the fmalleft penalty. As Dr. Twifs truly faith, It may be affli&ion and torment, but it is no punifh- ment, unlefs it be for fin and guilt. Thefe men therefore that feign us to have fuffered, fatished and merited in or by Chrift and that for all the fins of our life ; and yet that God doth keep us, or fufferus tocontinue under the power/0f Satan , and his ownwrath ; yea, were it but under chaftifements and imperfe- ct:Lions, and remnants of fin, and doubts and troubles of confci- ence, they do lay to his charge, that which they durft not do to the finful Rulers ofale Sonsofmen, whom:they account Juft and Home& gen. a 8. 23, 25- wilt thou alfo dean, the righteous with the ,wicked ? That be far from thee to do after this manner : to flay the righteous with the wicked .and that the righteous /hotted be as the wicked,that befar from thee;fhall not the yuci,o-,e ofall the earth do Right ? Rom..3 5, 6; 7, 9. But if our unrighteoufnefs commend the righteoufnefs of Godothat fball We fa)? Is godunrighteous who taieeth Vengeance ? fpeakas a man ) God forbid : For then howfhall Godjudge theWorld? &c. why am I alio judged as afinner? 3w.. They areall anderfin. 19. What the LaWfaith, it faith to them tharare under the Law, that every mouth may be flopped, and all the Worldmay become guilty before god.. I. mays well argue therefore fromGods jtiftice,thusI They who 40' juftly. Miler Gods. anger, anifeveral punifhments for lily, did not perfetily obey orTatisfie inor Chrift But the Elea be- fOte4ncraftor-converfion,do-Jaaftly, fuffef; c c. therefore, d-c. TheMiners. of fufferings for fin,i:hath bten,conitantly ac- atmoit40.41).'y the .Qoti4,':Ya-:.E.,zra eArne 4.1".p%-
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