The Life of Faith. Dire & 5. VnderThcndwell whet fins Cbri f juftifiethwolfram, orforgivcth to them, and what not : All fins which conk'. with true faith and repestanee (or true cenverfion to God in loge, by faithhe Cbr t) and all that went before : Fur he fergiveth no man in Jtate of isspenitency and unbelief, nor any Juans final impenitencyand unbeliefat all ; nor any ether fins, when tbefe are final; except it be with the common conditional forgiveneft before mentioned; er that abfolute particular forgivenefs of force pretext penalties, which favetb no wan fromknonation, Matth. 12. 3 r. Ads24418, Rom. S. a, 3o. Ads 5. 31. As 2. 38,39. ,Mark 16.16. John 3. 16, i8, 36.1 John 5. 11,12. Mark 4..12.. Matth. i 8.27, 32. Dired. 6. Vnderftandwell the true nature ofthat Fairls and Rep, ntanee, which God hob made the condition of our Jujtifi- cation. This is fufficiently opened before ; and the confuta- tion ofall the cavils againtt it, would be tedious aunfa- voury here. area. 7. Underhandwell the Covenant and Prom; eof7u fi;ficati:on; and meaftnr your belief and expeEïatioru by that Prevtife. Expect no other pardon, nor on any other conditions ea terms than the Pronife cloth contain : For it is Gods pardon- ing ate or intirument ; and by it we mutt be juttified or con- demned: And we know not but by it, whom God will juftifie. Dire'. 8. Keep alwaiesthe. affuringgrounds cffaith before your eyes, when you look after pardon, thatyour faith may be firm, andpowerJtl, and quieting eJfecialyconfider the following grounds. t. Gods gracious Nature proclaimed even to Mofes, as alun-. dent in mercy, andforgiving iniquitys, tranÇreßtons and fins (te thole, and upon thole terms that he protacifechforgivenees) thoughhe will by no means clear theguilty (that is, will neither take the unrighteous to be righteous ; nor forgive, then:, or acquit them in judgment, whom his Covenant did not full forgive.) 2. The merciful Nature alto of our Redeemer, Heb. 2. 17. 3. How deeply Chrift harh engaged himfelf .to;,ibeev tner- cy, when he aifimed our, nature, and did Co mucn to- R r wards 313
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