330 The Life of Faith. (Though that is nothing to his prefent Ïufification of us by Faith, unlefs as he revealeth it to Angels.) 8. And it is cer- tain, that at the day ofdeath and judgment, God will thus by an irrcfillible light, lay open everyman to himfclf, and to the world, which may be called his lenience, differing from the execution ; and that Chrill in out nature will be cur Judge, and may exprefs that fentence as aforcfaid. 9. And it is cer- tain, that Gods actual taking off puniflrment, and giving the Welling which fin had deprived us of, is a declaration of his mind, which may be called, an executive fentence, and might ferve the turn ifthere were no more : And that in Scripture, the terms cf [Gods judging the world] doth ufually fignifte Gcdsexecutive Government, rewarding and puralbingr And that God doth begin fuch execution in this life t and that his givirg the Si jilt is thus his principal pardoning and jut-trying a} ; and yet that this is but part, and not the whole of our prefent executive pardon . and that glorification in this feufe is the highell and noblefl Juflification or Pardon; when God giveth us all that fin had forfeited (But yet we deny not that Glorification is femtwhat more than an executive pardon, fo far as any more is then given us, than we did forfeit by our fins.) I mull delire the Reader not to forget all this explication of the nature of Jufliócation, becaufe it will be fuppofed to the ainderflandingofall before and after. Errour to. That the juftifird or regenerate never incur nary guilt or obligation to any punifhment, but only temporal corrections ; and thereforeneedno pardon at all of any fin, at leaft, Peace rege iteration, as totbe everlafling pionsfhrnent ; becasrfe Chrif{ dyed to prevent that guilt, and confequently the neaejity of any fuch pardon. Contr. This is beforeexplained, Chrifl died to procure us that pardoning Covenant, which (on its own terms) will pardon every fin of the Juflified when they are committed but not to prevent the need of pardon.. Otherwifc Chrifi' thould not fatisfie for any fins after regeneration, nor bear than in his fuffcrings at all : For his fatisfad}ion is a bearing of a punifhment, which in its dignity and ufefulilefi is equivalent as our dcfcrved, or (to be deferved) puniLhttte eta' Ndw 'if We never
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