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phefians,Chap.i,
VE
R.7.
my confciencc condemning
of
mee, from the
life
and
poweroffinne,
which
is
the death
of
the foule,from
all miferies and death,
which
come
in
as a
wages
of
finne.
rfe
ez
This then
fhould
flirre
us
up
to
feeke remiffion
of
fin,it
is
tobe redee-
med or
fet free
from
all
evill,
to get
our
fin
forgiven; therefore David
faith,
Ble
/fed
ú
the
man
whole
finisforgiven,
to
wham
God
imputeth
not
fin.
Look
as
Malefactors will turn every (lone, make
all
their
friends
they
have,
to get
a
pardonfor their
lives
;
fo
would we beflirre
us
to get this
pardon,
which
once
gotten,
we fhallbe fure to have
in
Gods
time
all teares
wiped fromour
eyes, we
(hall fee
our
felves
delivered from
all
evill.
Obferve fecondly
,
that
every beleever
in
Chrift
receiveth forgive-
neffe
of
his
finnes; though by
nature
we
are
in
our finnes,
lie in
evill
of
guilt and punifhment,
yet once getting
faith
on
Chrifts bloud, we
are
juflified, we have forgiveneffe
of
fin, and areaccepted
as
righteous
to
life,
through Chrift
his
obedience
; though
the
one
is
named,yet the
o-
ther
is
by
a
Synecdoche
to be
conceived
:
Even as Kings
to
fhew
their
clemency
in entring
their
reignes,
they
giveout free pardons
to
many
kinde
of
trefpaffes
:
So
God to
glorifie
his
mercy,it pleafeth him
to
give
us
in
Chrifl,
the
forgiveneffe
of
all our finnes. My meaning here
is
to
fpeake precifely
of
remiffion
of
finne,
as
it
is
diftingui(hed from
impu
tang
righteoufneffe,
which
I
conceive
as
a diftin
t
part, concurring
in
our
juflification.
About
this then we
will
inquirethree points.
a.
In
what order we
have it.
3.
What
is
the extent or
latitude
of
it
in
refpeel
of
finne and pu-
nifhment.
3.
How
we
who
have
it,
can
be
faid
to
believethe
remiffion
of
our
frnnes.
I
For
the firft,
as
the
fupreame
power of
faving
or
deftroying
is
with
God,
fo
of
remitting
and holding
finne
unremitted
;
We
are
therefore
to
conceive our remiffion,
firfl
ofall,as
in
the gracious purpofe
of
God
toward us, who knoweth
on
whom
he will
havemercy, and
whom
he
will harden,as we thus had
in
Gods eternal' purpofe,fowe
have
it
given
us in
time
by
way
of
execution ; Firfl we have it given
to Chrift
our
Head, for
us
all
; for he being made finne for us,even
as
a
furety,having
all
our debt layd
on
him,
he
could not
5e
railed
up
till
now
all
our
fins
were done away;
Ergs,Faul,;
Cor.5
r.
faith,
That
if
Chrift
merenot
On,
we
wereflill
in
our
finnnes;where he maketh
the
cleering
ofus
al
from
fin,
and
Chrifl
his
refurration,
to
be accompanied one
with the other
:
Againe,
God
did reconcile the
world,
not imputing
finnes
in
Chrift,
which
could
not be without remitting
all
their
finnes
for whom
his
Chrift
did undertake.
Beides,
were
not
our
finnes
forgiven
in
him, we
could not
be
railed
up,fet
in heavenly places
with
him ; for before we
can have quickning
given
us in
Chrift,
we
muff have
pardon
of
finne
i
given
us.
Further, what
did
Chrifl
fhed his
blond for, but that he might
aEìu-
ally