The Life of Faith., 3 35 than a term of time : and tome (in the matter of them, and not in the form) are a not- demeriting, or not- abufing the Giver, or not.defpifng the gift : and tome among men are meritor,e91,. 'And with God every a6 that is chosen by him to be a condi- Lon of his gift, is pleating to him, for force fpecial aptitude which it hath to that office. This is the full truth, and the plain truth about conditions. Ertour 18. There ir no degree of pardon given to any that are not perfeíi'ly jufftfïed, and that Ad not be Paved: But tbei giving of the Spirit fo far as to cause us to believe and repent, ie force degree of ex:cutive pardon: Therefore we are juffiftedbefore we believe. Contr. There is a great degree ofpardon given to the world befòre convection, which (ball yet jutlifie and fave none bu Believers : Gods giving a Saviour to the world, and a Ne Covenant, and in that an univerjal conditional pardon; yea his giving them teaching, exhortations and offers offree grace; and his giving them life and time, and many mercies which the full executionof the Law would have deprived them of, is a very great degree of pardon. God pardoned to mankind much of the penalty which tin deferved, even prefently after the first tranlgreffion, in the prom"it made to Adam, Gen. 3. 15. Many texts of Scripture (which partial then for their opinions fake do pervert) do ("peak magnificently of a common, pardon, which mutt be feed out, and made particular upon ear believing. The world was before under fò much impofbilíty ofbeing faired by any thing that they could do, that they mutt have procured all to be done firft which Chritt hash donc and fuffered for them ; which was utterly above their power, They that werea6t:tally obliged to bear the pains of death, both temporal, fpiritual and eternal, are now fo far redeemed, pardoned and deliv,,red, that all the merit and fat ne- seffary to actual forgivenefs, is made for them by another, and noone of them cil (hall perith for want of a Sacrifice made and accepted for them ; and an univerfal conditional pardon is en- aded, Pealed <; recorded, and offered and urged, on all to whom the Goip::l cometh; and nothing, but their obftinatc, 'wilful refuli,l or neglect, can deprive them of it t And this is fogreat u degreeof pardon, that it is called often by loch ab-
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