( 302) theirs then to affirm ; i. That Juftification is a continued a& ? 2. That there is more requifite to the continuance of it, then / was to the beginning ? For it was one numerical adofFaith that fufficed (in its kinde ) to the beginning : but it mull be many renewed acts, even through our lives, that areneceifary for its continuance : And certainly believing all our lives, or perfeve- ring in the Habit, and renewing daily the ads, is fomewhat more then to perform the firft adof ing-Faith. 171 Iv 04 (.5,a1,../ 44-1.1 w.y4- tr,ip.r././4A7 5. . Fifth affertionof theirs is this , That renewed Repen- tance,elpecially forgrofrfins, isa caufa fine qua non , or neceffary Condition of our pardon for particular fins after Yuflifica- tion e../Ilfb that Prayer for pardon is the like Codition, and means to procure pardon : eAlfo that ronfejsion offin is the like condition that godmay forgive them : eAnd that reflitution of ill gotten, flailsgoods (where it may be done ) is the like Condition, to which end it is ordinarily urged,as from Auftin, Non remittiturpeccatum nifi reftituatur ablatum : without reflitution there is no Rernif: lion. (A cuttingconclulion, faith cilr, R. Bolton, to all cut-throat Vfurers.) Now let but any one of all thefe be granted, and I am war. ranted to fay I, That fomewhat elle betides Faith is a neceffa- ry Condition of pardon of fin, which they fay is effential to ju ftification. 2. That fornewbat more is required to renewed and continued pardon, then to the &ft. 3. That therefore (abfolute- ly and unlimitedly ) it is not fit to fay that pardon or Juftifica- tion is perfet1 at once, or as long as we are finners,and have more fins (future) to be pardoned, and more means to be ufed both for continuance and renewal of pardon. What man dare fay, I will never pray for the continuance of my pardon Juftification , or Gods favour and Acceptance ? I hope manyof thofe dare not do thus when it comes to praetice,whofe difputing principles lead them to it. And furely as long as means muff be ufed , the end is not obtained (unlefs they were mediafruitionis,inheaven:) there.. fore while you mull pray for continued Juftification and renewed pardon or Juftificationfrom the guilt of particular fins, all this is yet unobtained, and your Juftification not of the molt perfed kind.
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