266 A Box ofpr ecktus flintorent true penitent turns not meerly from this or that fin, but from every fin. 6, Sixthly, The principle of Regeneration, and feed of grace, which God iayes into the foul of every penitent per- fon at fait converfion, is a univerfal principle, a principle that fpreads it felf over all the faculties of the foul, and over all the m,:.mbers of the body, P fal. 45.13. The I dIantdoreh: ter ie all gtorivss Within, her eloathinges ot. 14 rought generation thc.tre is infufed the habits or principles of all grace, which like .a divine leaven fpreads it felf over the whole mln. Look, as Abfidom's beaucy was fpread all over ' 4iril l even ie from the crown of his head to foals of his feet; I fo grace fpreads it felf over every faculty of the foul, and l' lover every member of the body. Look, as Solomon's Temple was all glorious both within and without ; fo that grace' which a man receives at firlt converfion, makes him all glo- rious both within and without. Look, as Adam's fin fpread it felf over the whole man, fo that grace which we receive from the fecond Adam, fpreads it felf over the whole man, And as that grace which was in Chrift, did diffufe and fpread it fell over all' of Chrift ; fo that grace which is in the true peni- tent,does diftilfe and fpread it felt all over the penitent.Now, look as heaven is contrary to all of hell, and as light is con- trary to all darknefs, and heat to all cold ; fo that divine, that noble, that univerfal principle of grace, which God at firft converfion infufes into the penitents foul, is contrary to all fin ; and therefore the penitent turns . from all fin. But, Seventhly, The true penitent would have God to forgive him, not only fome of this fins, but all his fins i and therefore 'tis but jail and equal.!that he ihould turn from all his fins. ohn i, 9, IfGod be fo faithful air)'jtift to forgive us all our fins,we mufl,I be fo faithful and juft as to turn from all our fins. The plaifter malt be as broad as the fore, and the tent as long and as deep as the wound. It argues horrid hypocrifie, damnable folly, and wonderful impudency, for a man to beg the: pardon of thofe I The'. 5..23. Mat. 13.33 . Z Sara, 34. jolts, i,15.
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