9 6phefaans,Chap.i. V ER.7. through infirmity ; for the covenant ofGod is to forgive us our fns ; and to rememberthem no more ; Now who (hall limit this to finnes paft beforeconverfron, when God fpeaketh it indefinitely, and when fuch a partiall forgiveneffe maybe, and yet thefins forgivencome a- gaine tobe remembred ? Col.a. Godbath freely pardonedunto toAll our Idm tZ4 finnes ; He doth fee no iniquity in his Iacob, he to whom things tocome, Hebr' offendeersonce and things prefent aft are alike The remiffionwhich leaveh no place p purged 11141 for condemnation,muft needesbe ofall finnes : But we being in Chrift, have no more are fo remitted, that now there is no condemnation to us, though we conferenceof 8nne, daily finne,through the&ill which dwelleth with us. That juftification betweene which and the giving of eternall lifeor glorification nothing commeth, that isfrom all finnes : But who fo believeth, bath fucha forgiveneffe, that he receiveth eter- nall life ; or is fo juftified, that he isprefently glorified with the beginning of glory. Againe,webeleeving,receive that forgiveneffeof finne,which Chrift hath obtained by his blood for us : but this wasa full remiffon ofall our finnes, from the firft to the laft ofthem : Betide that, the redemp- tion and righteoufneffe Chrift doth bring areeverlafting,He6r.9.which they couldnot be ifour remiffion werebut of finnespaft;for then fhould every confequent fin makeus againe unrighteous,til we were reftored.If the fin prefent at our converfions be fuchas cannot be done away with- out the forgiving thofe that follow, thenwehave forgiveneffeofboth; but our fin dwelling in us is filch that it cannotbe forgiven, but all the ref mull be forgiven likewife,for all the other are in it,as an effe6t in the caufe,the caufeas the fruit is in a tree, and theguiltof the corruption pre- fent reacheth to the laft frn,which is to fpring from ir,and ergo it isfure, that whenGod forgivethus this, he doth forgiveus all other likewife, which hedoth fee are in it , and will in time illbue from ir. Did not God covenant with us,believing,to forgive all our finnes,andPeale this Grace by Baptifme, all I fay,paft, prefent, tocome, then we could not helpe our (elves in our after fall, by looking to that grace fealed in Baptifme, for that was helpfull for the finnes committed beforeit onely,which is contrary toall goodexperience and dottrine. Againe, were a manpar- doned for fins pail only,thenmuff we grant that either he may quite fall from his union with Chrift, or be in Chrift, and yet be fubje& to con- demnation: And ifwe had not pardon of finnes after committed, as well as before, whence commeth it that dailymany finnes ofinfirmity efcape us,thepeace which followeth our juftification,not once difturbed by them r Ifany fay we have pardon of thofe fins for after, without ' which none liveth, but not of crimes more grievous; this is toyeelde what they pleafe, and todelft where they pleafe, without any motive from reafon. Neither cloth that parable teach that God forgiveth us our finnes before our converfion, but not finnes after, which he doth charge upon us at his pleafure ; for the letter of the parable doth, ifit be followed, feeme to found as if God might requireour finnesafter thofe finnes whichbefore hehad forgiven us, and fodid forgiveus now abfolurely,
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