Spiritual Peace and Comfort. zo; Conttoverfies : Some fay, that thefe grofs fins do extinguith true Grace, and are incontinent with it : and that David and Peter were out of the flat, of Grace till they did againRepent , Others fay, that they were in the RateofGrace,and not at all fo liable to condemnation,but that iftheyhad died in theA&, they had been faved : becaufe There it no condemna- tion to them that are in Chrift 7efu3 : and that there- fore all the furs of Believers are alike fins of Infirmi- ty, pardoned on the fame reruns : and therefore as a rafh word may be pardoned without a particular repentance, fo poffibly may there grofs fins. To others this feems dangerous and contrary to Scri- pture, and therefore they would fain find out a way between both : But how to do it clearly and fati- fa&orily is not eale (at leap to me, who have been long upon it, but amyet much in the dark in it.) I think it is plain that fuch perlons are n*t totally un- fancaified by their fin : I believe that Chrifts intereft is Habitually more in their VVils then is the intereft of the flefh or world, at that very time when they are finning, and fo Chrifis intereft is ;cart as to their A&ual Willing; And fo fin prevailech for that time againfi the Pi et of their Faith and Love, but not whollyagainft the prevalent part ofthe Habit. And therefore when the fhaking wind of that ftormy temptation is over, the foul will return to Chrift by Repentance, Love, and renewed Obedience. But then to knowwhat Rate he is Relatively in this while, as to his Juftification, and Reconciliation, and right to Glory, is the point ofexceeding difficulty. Whe- ther as we diftinguifh ofHabitual Faith, and Love, and Obedience,whicfi he bath not Loft; and A&ual, which
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