( 277) after all that is come upon*, for our evil deeds,andforourgreat tref- feeing that thou our God haft punifhed us lefs then our ini- quities dela ve, &c. Daniel faith, 9. 7, 11. 0 Lord,righteoufnefs be- longeth unto thee, but unto us, Confujion of face, as at this day, &c. Therefo're the Curie is poured upon us,and the oath that is written in the - Law of Mofes the (ervant of God becaufe we have finned argainfl him. Andhe bath confirmedhis words which hefpake againft &c. Yea, I wii argue higher yet. They whofe damnation to hell were Juft if God fhould execute it, have not perfe6tly obeyedor fatisf,ed in and by Chrift : But the Damnation of many of the Redeemed ( at leakof all the unconverted ) wereJuff : there- fore. The Major is plain, if we fpeak of Damnation in proper fenfe, as a punishment, and not as a meer Torment ; for I will not deny but God might do what he would with his own creature, antece- dently tohis Retor-fhip arid Covenants. The Minor is the ex- prefs confeffion of all humble Chriftians that ever I fpoke with,ot heard pray (that mentioned thefe matters) that God might juffly have damned them beforeconverfion ( yea and in fome refpetl, fince ) And the Apoftle fpeaking of thole that fay Let us do evil that good may come, or that flandered them as fo faying, faith of them, whofe damnation is just. Rom. 3. 8. But this is a fin that a Redeemed or Elea man may commit,and the Apoffle knew not all the non- Elegy from the Elea : therefore the Redeemed may fo fin that their Damnation were Juit : But that any mans Dam-, nation can be juft, that bath either nerfealyobeyed, Or elfe made perfett fatisfaaion for his fins, is part my a pprehenfion. Yea the Dodrine oppofed,accufeth and overthroweth all Penal Laws and Executions ofMagittrates, and confequently all Government, and all Common-weak-11s, For if we have made perfed fatisfaetion iit Chrift for all fin,then we owe no more puniflunent : and then God cannot inflift any by himfelf or his Inftruments. All power is of: God ; and all Legiflation. and Judgement of men , is by Gods Commiffion, if juft , Magiftrates are Gods Officers and nfiru- ments. If Gods Juftice therefore have nothing arainft mans canhave nothing : For mans is Gods. He cannot grant a Corn- miflion to a Magiftrate to punifh the innocent, or one that pa--. aieehathnothing,againft. The Judgementeis the Lords, l'Ut° N,n 3 the.,;
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