(344) ing fence he Believed (as David) mull wenotbe juflified from that Accufation ? And here let me askyou one Queflion which I forgot be- fore aboutthe firfl Point. Seeingyou think (truly) that Par- don is iterated as oft as we fin,by what Tranfient At of God is this done ? Doth God every moment at a Court of Angels Declare each finner in the world,remittedofhis particular fin? (for every moment we commit them.) If you once fee a ne cef ty of judging the NewCovenantor Promife Gods Par- doning Inflrraenent, I doubt not but you will loon acknowledge as much about Afl i fication. And Pure a Legal or written In- alrument is fo proper for thiswork, that we ufe to call it [ A Pardon,] which a Prince writes for the acquitting of an offen- dor. Befides,the`Gofpel daily juftifiethby continuing our Juftifi- cation, asyour Leak fill! giveth youTitle to your Land. (Mat. Y 2.37. is ofmore then the continuance ofJuftificati- on, even of juftification at Judgement.) PrHenext Point you come to about theNature and Object I of Faith,you are larger upon, through a miftake of my words and meaning. I knownot therefore how to Anfwer your Arguments till I have firfl told you my fence , andbetter ftated the Queftion. Indeed that in mg.' i. ofReft,I apprehended my felf,fo ob- jvio us to mifconflruttion, that I have corre&ed it in the fecond Edition (which is nowprinted.) Yeti. I fpoke not of faith as 7u flifying, but as the conditionofSalvation, which contains more then that which is thecondition of our firìt juftification. . I neuer termed thofeGos f el-Precepta,which are not in fome way proper to the Gofpel. And for the next words [ That fubjetlion to Chrifl ù an Effential part of ] I confefs I do not only take it for a certainTruth, but alfo of fo great mo- ment, that I am glad you have bentyouur ftrength againft it, 2nd thereby occafioned me to fearch more throughly. But then, ifyou think (as you feem to do) that by [ Subjetlion ] I mean [AtttialObedlence ] youquitemiftakeme : for I have fully
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