The Life of Faith. 3 31. never dodeferve it, Chrifi cannot beat that in our llead,which we never deferve : As the preventing of thefin or reatus culpe proveth that Chrift never suffered for that tin prevented, be- . caufe it is terminus dirninuens, and is no fin ; fo is it in pre- venting the defeat of punithm:nt. And as for Correction Chriti Both inilid fo much as is good for us ; and therefore did not die to prevent it. But ofthis Controvertie I have laid more at largecdèwhcre. Eirour a r. That Juffifisation by Faitb is perfect at the fie¡t' inflant ; thoughSancti,icauon be imperfect. Contr. Againft this Errour read Mr. George Hopkinsbooks offalvarian- fromfin; (hewing how /unification and Sanciofià cation, are equally carrycd on. It is granted that at our lìrtt true faith, we are pardonedall thefins that ever we committed before, as to the eternal pu- nithment-; And fo we arc converted from theta all : But (as our Sanét tication is impeded., to) our Pardon is yet imper-, 1rd in many !lipects : For 1. We are hill ltablè`to death,:r hiah í is the wages of tin, though it be fo far conquered as not to hinder our falvation : P-Lnocb and Eliar went to Heaven with- out ir, Korn. 5. 12, 14, 17, it: Gen. 3. 16 , 17, 19. r Cor.,15. 21, 26. 2. We are hill liable to many penal chattifements iaa this lift; which though they do us good by accident, are yet the fruits offin , no father chattiting a faultlels child,but doing him good in another way; 3. There ate many tins yet left uncuied, which though asfn they arc our on only, yet- an evil net cured, are allo penal 't am Cure that the not- giving of more of his Spirit and Grace is penal. Therefore till o.ir Ore be perfect, we arc not perfci;tly delivered from the pe- nal fruits of tin,- and therefore not pettedly ¡unified and pat- doa d. 4. That Pardon and Jattifcation is not perfect, which bath fomany conditions, and of loch a nature for its con hoick' Lion, as ours now hath : At say, you (hail loreyour j liiti:d ltr'e, unlefs you tight and overcome, in mortification, futrer- ; ings, perfeverance. &c. He that huh a title to au e(tate, which is held by fuch a tenure, and would b: loll if he thóuld fail id fuch conditions, hath not fo p_rf.d a title, as he that is pall all fuch conditions. 5 . That pardon which is only of Tins pall, while diets arc thoufands more hereafter tob: par- T t 2 Boned ,.
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