A.111111 g. Rom. to. 21.' & 5.12, &c. A Box ofpreatous Ointment: Or . , ['dale things we offend all, but in many things we offend all the Apofile fpeaking not of the fingular individual a&s of fin, but of the divers forts of fin ; nor the Apoftle does not fay, in many things we may offend all, but in many things we do offend all, yohn 8. If Ive fay that 1V e have no fin, NC deceive our [elves, and the truth is not in ki.4. The Apoftle does not fay, if thou fayea thou hall no fin thou deceiveft thy Pelf, as if he fpake to forne particular perfon only, but if we fay we have no fin we deceive our (elves; nor the Apoille does not fay, if ye fay ye have no fin ye deceive your felves, as if he intendoi weak or ordinary Chriffians alone, but if 'we fay we have no fin we deceive our felves, we Apoliles, we that in all grace, and in all holinefs, and in all fpiritual enjoy- ments exceed and excel all others, even we fin as well as o- thers. He that is fo ignorant and fo impudent, fo fancy and fo filly, as to fay he has no fin, 'fins in raying fo ' and has no fincerity, no integrity, nor no ingenuity in him. Ver. io. If re fay Ne have not finned,ge 7n4,e him a lyar,and his r;ord is not in w. As much as in us Iyes we makeGod a lyar,if we fay we have not finned; he that fays he has no fin,he does no fin,he does by confequence charge God with falfhood, who bath frequently told us in that word of grace that can't deceive us, that all men are finners, and that they have all gone affray, and that they all need pardoning and purging. grace, and that upon thefe very accounts he fern his beloved Son to lay down his dearth life, and to make himfelf an offering for fin. Now from thefe Scriptures thefe two things are molt evident : Firfl, that finful qualities do remain in the molt fanetified perfons Secondly, that thefe finful qualities are fornetimes very prevalent over the Molt fanaified perfons ; and there- fore I shall anfwer the objection thus, viz,. That a true pe- nitential turning from all fin, confifts in thefe fix things. Firft, In the alienation and inward averfation and draw- ino offal the foul, from the love and liking of all fin, and from all. free and voluntary fu'ojeaion unto fin, , the heart be- ing filled with a loathing dud deteftation of all fin, Tfal. 119.
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