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V
ER.
7.
Epbeflan.r,Chap.
I.
ally
get the pardon
of
our
finnes
r
Finally,he doth
diftribure nothing
to
us,which by vertue
of
his
obedience he receiveth
not
for
us.
In
the
third
place this remiffion
is
communicated from
Chrift to
us
in
manner
following.
r.
Chrift
fendeth
his
miniflers,
as
Legates, with the word
ofrecon
ciliation
or pardon, invitingthem to
believe on him,
that theymay
re.
ceive
forgiveneffe
of
finne.
z. He doth worke together by
his
fpirit,
making
thofe who
are his
childrenbelieve
on him
,that they
may
finde forgiveneffe
in
him.
3. Hee
doth communicate withthem the
forgiveneffe
which
himfel
had procured and obtained
for
them
:
Thus
even
as
condemnation
was
firft
within the
pleafure
of
God
;
fecondly, come forth againft
Adam,
and
us
all
in
him
;thirdly,
is
communicated aélually from .idam
to
us,
what time we come
to
beborne
of
Adam
:
Soon
the contrary, our
jufti,-
fication
or
remiffion
of
finne
is
firft
with God ; fecondly,in
Chrift,
who
hath
by
his
obedience obtained for
us
the
remiffion
of
all
our finnes;
thirdly,it
is
communicated to
us
when foever we
are
fupernaturally be-
gotten
of
him,thatis,brought to
believe:He
that
believeth
inborn of
God;
for though we have not juflification
aCìnally
applied
before we are
cal-
led
to faith,yet
we
doe
receive
it vertually
in
Chrift,
when
he was
quit
from all our finnes,
as it
is
in Adam
who
was
his
type
;
for though con-
demnation
is
not
actually applied till
weare
borne of him,
yet
in
vertue
his
condemnation wasthe condemnation
of
us
all.
And by the way,we
may fee
here
how God forgivethfinnes,how Chrift the Mediator, how
the Minilters:
Godby the
principal
I
and prime
authority
;
the Mediator
God,indepen
by
a
fecondary derived authority
;
Man,by
a
minifteriall publication
of
dente
exglobe.
the word
of
pardon
;
for
Chrift
Both
not
minifterially declare
pardon,
there
p"m'e
'
the Mediator
even
as
he
is
man
;
for
though
he be
a
fervant and
fubjeét
as
Mediator,
exeommipa,e:
yet he
is
fuch
a
fervant
as
hath
an
under
power
of
judgement
:
The
Pa-
Man,exmx;-
ther giveth
all
judgement to the Sonne,he judgeth none himfelfe
:Such
(laic
a
fervant
as
my
Lord Chancellor
is
to
his
Majefty, not fuch
a
fervant
as
an
ordinary or
fpeciall meffenger
in
forgiving
firmest
Then
conceive it
thus,as
in
citing one to appeare,
the
originali
authority
is
the
Kings,
the
under
authority
is
with the Iudge
of
this
or that Court, the
Minifteriall
authority
in
the
meffenger,
which doth carry
and ferve
the
Writ
;
and
the
meffenger may be
Paid
to fetch
fuch
a
man up,
not
becaufe any
au-
thority
in
him
doth
it, but
the
Writ
he
carrieth,
as a
frgne,
bath autho-
rity
to
doeit
;
fo
here
God
firff
pardoneth,
as
having
the prime
and o-
riginall
authority
;
then Chriff
as
chiefe Judge under
God,
in
the Court
of
Chancery, that Throne
of
Grace ;
the
Minifters
as
meffengers par-
don, becaufe they
difpenfe
the word
of
God,
and
Chrift,which
giveth
pardon, and
hath authority to
give
ir.But
this
bythe
way.
The
fecond
point
followeth,
concerning
the
fubjed ofthis
forgive-
s
nrffe,how far
it
is
to
be
extended.I anfwer,it
is
to be extended to
all
our
fins
paff,before
our
conver(ions, following after our converfions,to the
whole
guilt
or blame,&to the whole
punifhment
of
them:
We
muff not
think that only
fins
pall are
forgiven,but
al
the
fins
which
fflal
efcape
us
through
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