33E The Life of Faith. folutt names, as ifall were donee becaufe all is done which cone.;rneth God as Lrgiflator or Covenant maker, to do, b;fore our own Accitance of it. Suppofe a Prince redeem all his captive tub; as from the Turkith nave, y, and one half of them f, love their Rate of j, (e rr 1& bondage,or Come harlot or ill company there( yea if all of them do fo, till halfof them arc, ptrfwaded from it) that they will } u f xç e tot come away. It is no improper nor unufual language to `/" !P ; fa that he hath redeemed them, and given them a releafe Ñ 14h 1" though t ey would not have it. That may be given to a man, v -o f which he never bath, becaufe he refufeth to accept it ; when the Donor hath donc all that belongeth ro him in that rela- tion ofa Donor ; though.p:rhaps as a Perfwader he might do more. This is the fente of Heb. 1. 3. When he had by himfelfpurg- ed ourfiat (ormadepurgation of our Fns) he fate down on the right band f the Weltyon high ; that is, when hehad become a facrifice for fin, and fated the Covenant by his blood.] For actual perfonal pardon was not given by him before our ac- ceptance. This is the plain fenfc of z Cor. 5. 18, 19, 20. God was its Cbriff reconciling the world to himfelf, not imputing to them their trefpajfas (that is, purchafing and g ving them a pardon- ing Covenant) and bath committed to us the werd, and winiffry of reconciliation: N,wtbex we are Embafftdours for Cbrili, as though God did befeech you by tee, we pray you in Cbriffs head to be reconciled to God, John 1. 29, 36. Behold the Lamb of God which toketh away the fins of the world; (that is, as a facri6ee for tin.) As Heb. 9. z6. Oncein the end oftie world be bath appeared toput away fin, by the facriftce of himfelf : (Though the facrifi re as offered only, doth not ar ually and fully pardon ir.) The fame as Heb, to. 12. After be bad ofered one Sacrifice forfins for ever, fate downon the right band of God. So Mattb. 18. 2,7, 32. He forgave bins the debt I for - gave tbee all that debt --- viz conditionally, and as David for- gave Shimei. Pfal. 78.38. He forgave their iniquity, and deffroyed them not; shat is, he forgave the temporal p.tnithmcnt, and fuJ ended the execution
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